Talent Search…

Hi Everyone! Yesterday was my birthday and lots of fun, I’m 36 and my daughter keeps asking me if I am old now My response is to shake my head no and simultaneously say, “Yes.” (You should try that.)

Thanks for all you Facebook birthday “wall wishers”, it was fun to read those all day!

Last Saturday we had our “talent search” for the documentary. To recap what the documentary is, the story in the documentary will follow two Chinese college students as they find a kid in need and help them. Pretty simple and basic but with huge drama waiting around every corner.

So, how do you find two college students in China willing to give up their summer for some good ol’ drama? Well, we did a “talent search”. I believe this idea stemmed from one of David and I’s pre-production brainstorming sessions a month or so ago. We would hire other college students to find these potential participants and then bring them all together to choose which ones were going to work.

So, that brings us to last Saturday:

We had 16 incredible guys and gals show up that were interested in participating in the documentary. After some short introductions we all watched Hannah’s Story together and afterwards got their reaction to the movie and their own stories.

I have rarely been so impressed with a group of college students anywhere. These guys were full of the realization that there were people in their own country suffering and they could and should be doing something about it.

So, along with the college students we had 3 great judges who helped narrow it down from 16 people to 4 (2 girls and 2 guys). Last night we took them all to dinner for some more Q&A time before we make our final decision this Friday.

picture taken by Irene on the incredible Canon 550D: