Here I will be logging and posting videos about my adventures in Britain at Falmouth! I will try to post every two weeks, maybe once a month.
The Beginning, The Journey, and the First Few Days - February 2nd, 2025
I made it! My first time stepping outside America and I made it. The journey to Falmouth was long and as easy as it could have been. I will say that an eight hour flight was absolute torture. That is something I know I'll have to do again, but if there was a way to snap my fingers and be back at home when the semester is over, I would. The locals and the Falmouth film students have welcomed the others and I in a way I didn't think they would. I am happy that people were interested in my film, Party Hair. It is in active pre-production and I won't lie it is anxiety-inducing. However, I am always up for a challenge. I hope things are going well at Ringling! It's like I am getting a taste of what life beyond graduation is. I miss my friends and family deeply, so I find myself thinking about them a lot. I have things that I wanna tell people, but I can't because they are sleeping. I can't call cuz they won't pick up in their slumber. The time difference is the most difficult to get used to. I am sure that as the weeks go by, I will find this more easygoing. Recently, I was able to get a bus pass, so any time I can, I'll probably be at the movies or at a cafe. I like being in my solitude despite what you might think. Watching movies and dreaming. Homesickness is to be expected, but I didn't think this much. Despite everything, I am excited to step into this new part of adulthood and make marks across the world on my own.
Enjoy my first vlog! It's a bit more fun than the settled in FOMO. Click on the photo below to watch it on Youtube! Some clips glitch out because of the cam I used, so I hope it's not too bothersome.
Life Since the End of January - February 17th, 2025
I have learned the ultimate way of being alone in your room for a week and not going insane. We had reading week this past week and I didn't expect to go anywhere except do work in my room. I will say that it did feel like I did a darkness retreat, but the lights were still on. I did go outside once in a while, but the cold makes it hard to stay out. I'm hoping that filming Party Hair and preproduction for that will come together in the end. I'm really worried about casting because I need like one more Black actress then a bunch of white extras. I'm kinda doing the impossible rn. Pray for me. Anyway, I have a lot to prepare for and shoot in the next two weeks. I would show you, but I have a thing about not revealing certain things before I've actually gotten them, so you'll have to wait until later in the semester for anything.
I started watching Veronica Mars to pass the time (really random show, but I like the mystery). There's so many celebrities on that show from before they were famous it's kinda like a cameo every episode. Anyway, I am excited for this weekend! I am going to a bunch of animal themed events that my school is putting on. I also decided to start looking at the Artist's Way book because I think it'll help me write more. I was gonna start today, but I was in a rush to get to class.
Overall, the last few weeks have been a lot, but I am very thankful for the support I am getting from not only people back in America, but also from new people I am meeting here in Falmouth.
See ya in another two weeks with another blog post. Check out my vlog that encapsulates this post down below! Just click the photo.
Jayde OUT!
April 5th, 2025 - Where did March Go and How Everything Must Come To an End
Hello everyone! Soooo I haven't posted since February and didn't really blog or post videos in March. See, March was a crazy month for me here. Everyone was running around and filming at school, including myself. I didn't see it as useful to show and tell you all about me struggling in the depths of hell, but also I realize that may be what you are all here for. Seeing the success and the hard times within it. I have to grow comfortable in you all seeing me mess up. Since my last blog post, I have filmed my junior film, Party Hair. It has been an elevating experience in my academic career. Different from what I expected, but nonetheless a good difference. I'm currently editing my film, which is easier than it has been with past projects, but I also think that's because I was directing and choosing the shots I wanted based on how I'd edit the film. Yay me for that! I have also been working on a 4,000 word essay (note to Ringling students...yeah kinda crazyyy) about Attack the Block. The essay has been enjoyable only because it's been awhile since I've written a full-blooded essay. I used to write them for fun as a kid. I am excited to get everything done, even if I procrastinate a little bit.
Here's where the next part of my journey has led me: what now? Yes, I have other assignments due, but what do I do now that I've done what I came here to do? This is where the difference between Ringling and Falmouth comes in. As much as I love my school, Ringling has trained my brain to always be on. That's not exactly the best for someone with clinical anxiety, butttt it's done me well so far. Anyway, since shooting and coming close to being done with my film, I have found myself with some free time that I usually wouldn't have at Ringling. Instead of relaxing like a normal person, I have come to the conclusion that I must do work. I can't stay still or the work will not be done. I have moved so fast for so long that being idle is not normal for me anymore. A big part of being here at Falmouth has been learning how to slow down. It's learning to be okay with the down periods of time. I have been attempting to take my time by going out more with friends, going to the movie theatre to see horror movies, taking a bus to butt fuck nowhere in Falmouth. It's not a big jump to total relaxation and rest, but it's the middle that I am becoming more comfortable with.
Now that I only have about 6 to 7 weeks here in Britain, I have also come to a crossroads of emotion. I miss home so much in a way I never thought I would, but I also know that once I come home, I'll miss Falmouth. The friends that I have met this semester have taught me little lessons I will take with me home. I don't want to say goodbye, but when's the next time I'll be able to leave the country when I come back to America? I want it to be a see you later. Hopefully it will be.
Next week will be my last week of classes (can you believe it???), so expect a vlog out of that after I post my vlog about my filmmaking experience here and how March went. I have so many big things coming up that determine the next year of my life, so pray to whatever higher being you believe in for me. The support I have received from people back at home and from here in Falmouth has been how I have survived this crazy and different semester.
Side note: I wanna do a ranking of pubs and bars I've been to so far, so expect a blog post about that too cuz I have strong opinions! Maybe I'll do movie reviews at the theatre I go to!
Jayde OUT!
May 5th, 2025 - I Think I'm Bad at Blogging
Hello all....it's been a minute. Longer than I said I'd be, but when's the last time I've done something consistent? Not over the pond at least. I have huge updates as the year winds down. One, I am finally done with school this semester. I am still in Britain until the end of the month, but WAR IS OVERRRRRR! I submitted my film portfolio and have my 4,000 word essay left. Yay (save me). Anyway, the best and biggest news was that I got named the 2025-2026 Trustee Scholar for Film at Ringling! For everyone not at Ringling, it is essentially the biggest honor for a student to be given at the school. When I found out, I fell the fuck out. I am very proud of myself and the people who encouraged me to get to the place that I am. It was kind of the college version of a "I made it" moment. It seems stupid and minuscule, but the last year of my life has been a perpetual state of grief and working. I didn't think I'd have the strength to work as hard as I did in my first semester of Junior Year. I did that shit though. I really did and I'd say I am proud of myself for that.
I was excited to celebrate my win, but also I was going to Rome right after I found out. The timing of everything couldn't have been better. Rome was everything I hoped for and more. It had been a place I thought I'd be only able to visit in fiction and dreams. I am very thankful to my friends who came along with me in order to make it real. We saw the Colosseum, the Pantheon, the Trevi Fountain. I did cry a little bit for sure. I continuously surprise myself on how I keep achieving my lifelong dreams. It makes everything painful seem so small and almost worth it to get to the point I am now. I truly felt like I was Audrey Hepburn letting loose in Roman Holiday. All I needed was a princess crown and maybe a little bit of Gregory Peck.
Something that has been holding me over as I wait to go home has been film and television. I have seen Sinners four fucking times. I plan on seeing Thunderbolts next week. I have High School Musical the Show Season 3 and 4 on lock, and Pinterest hates to see me. This is what happens when a usually productive person is unemployed for more than 3 seconds. Either way, I got a few more weeks in this experience and I plan to post a bunch of videos. Rome, film, and other fun stuff. I am just really bad at doing so consistently. I can't wait for my acne to go away. I am pretty sure the shit I put on my face in America is not regulated by science in Europe! Anyway, I'll miss my little corner of Britain. I'll miss the people I've met, but all things must come to an end. Good thing being in the film industry means I'll see them again somewhere on a set in the future.
Until my next upload,
Jayde OUT!
