Elevate Film and Music Festival 9/15

Ok so, this blogger had to go to a film festival with their dad because he directed a music video for it. Said blogger was not informed of how fucking awesome the entire thing was going to be.

Held at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles, The Elevate film and music festival was 'uplifting people' and 'changing the world' or wahtever. I was excited because the entire theme was WAY Panic! At the disco. They had circus type performers mixed in with the crowd as they filed in or waited to get their tickets. A zebra woman on stilts, winged crazy dudes, and ring masters all danced and flipped around as the fest-goers sippped their Vodka and Tonics.

A semi-hipster event for sure. Of course no one had infoormed me of that beforehand so i wore a mildly cool outfit. But everyone else seemed to have known, and dressed for it. There were people from a hippie commune in Topanga, CA, where my dad shot the video. They actually kind of blended in with the dancers....

It was all pretty crazy at first. Then things were a little less awesome when the event started. i mean, seeing my dad's video up on the projecter at the KODAK THEATER where they hold the OSCARS, was awesome. BUt the event was put on in part by Agape Church, which is this place that scares the shit out of me, its so cult-like. But that's not something i should talk about, in case they come hunt me down or some crazy shit like that. Al i can say is: The Secret...yeah thats their stuff. And their 'reverend' dude, he's seriously got a cult following.....Stopping now. Before the secret agape police come and catch my ass. JUST KIDDING....hehe

But yeah, so the films and videos were good. Maybe if i can find a copy of my dad's i'll post it. The other entries were short films, documentaries, and commericals. All wwer pretty good. there was one particularly funny one that was called 'The Rub of Attraction', which if you are familiar with The Secret, is a play on 'The Law of Attraction'. The short was kind of dissing the secret, voicing most people's beefs and uncertainties about it. Then in the end it proved that it was all true...ish. What the secret is saying.

And then there were mini-documentaries n stuff. Did u know that the academy awards are the only awards allowed to be given out in the Kodak Theater. You can hold events there, but no one is allowed to give out any kind of award in that building except for the academy. How....interesting is that?

Then after we went to the after pparty upstairs. Cuz we were special and all. But it was really jsut a meet n greet type thing. So no flashing lites and awesome music. : l

So it was pretty lame. And i was exhausted.

so then we left. And went home, where i slept.

annnndddd my only pic from the after party!:
I'll post other pix later.

tscha. aria