emi yaps about random objects for an extended amount of time in a room full of cambridge examiners

  WEEEEKKK 4 NEW WEEK NEW MEEE BAABAYYYYYYY

guys omg I am absolutely loving how long the sun has been out today

anyway the title is pretty self explanatory :D Today's post is gonna be touching on a bit more of planning! There's a couple things (like 3) I've gathered these past couple of days to get ready for the actual production portion of our project and I got some yap to get out of me in regards to these things for a lovely A, so that's what I am now going to do!

otto doodle😛 (emi, 2026) 

1. EL SOMBRERO

So I don't really remember if I ever mentioned any parts of Otto's potential costume in past blog posts but here I am now to explain to you some things my lovely Cambridge examiners :D At first we were thinking of making Otto wear a fez which was a thang worn often by the lovely Ottoman's during the peak of the Ottoman Empire I believe.

When I asked Joaquin why he was thinking of including this hat to Otto's look he was like "cuz it's cool lol" and I was like "type shi :D" I also don't know if I ever told you guys this either but we did think for a short amount of time about implementing an Ottoman Empire aesthetic and symbolism throughout our piece but in the end we concluded that we'd rather just eliminate all of that for better simplicity and more creative freedom and space to add in some crazy, original stuffs and making our own aesthetic as a result instead 😁

After that choice was made, my group and I began to brainstorm what else Otto could wear instead of an Ottoman fez. I thought about all the hats and accessories I have in my lovely home and what came to mind was 

1. A black top hat 

2.A military army cap thingy

3. horse mask

4. red and black sombrero

final choice?

EL SOMBREROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

LOOK AT IT

Otto will now be wearing a red and black sombrero as you've seen in some of my doodles of her :D And it looks pretty kickass! Also just for clarification, we did NOTTT make this choice because we wanted a Spanish aesthetic instead NAW kinda like how we (at first) decided to go with the fez cause cool, we went with this sombrero cause SUPA COOL! I didn't even have to show a picture of it to Joaquin and Andrew, literally after just describing it they were all like "wait thats fye" and so we went with it!! I'd say Otto with a red and black sombrero was truly definitely a match made in heaven because not only does it look pretty cool and awesome, but also because it's red and black! And that's the main aesthetic we're going for with the art direction in our short film! LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOO YAYYY YAYYY PICASSO EMI IS SO HAPPY

Within our short film, Otto begins by wearing this hat in a way that seems pretty silly as she's just starting out the deal and has NO idea how far deep she will go into it and how she will literally lose all of her humanity cause of it. By the end of da movie, Otto wears her hat in a scary lookin way, like eyes almost covered and shadows looming over her face typa way cause she turns supa evil and stuff :D ITS GONNA BE SO COOL! This right down below me is a great visualization of how Otto will look like with her hat throughout the film made by our super awesome teammate Andrew Zamboni :D

Before I go on and act as Otto during our super awesome production days, I would actually love to get a haircut both for my bangs and its general length. I've asked my mama a couple times and she was like "hmmm" but I HAVE GREAT REASON! I really want myself to look like exactly how I imagined and pictured the character so I would love to get shoulder length hair with shorter bangs that I'll be able to wear a hat and see through it easily with :] During the summer, I got this insane ahh cut that really complemented my face in all the right ways and I loved it SO MUCH. My bangs were the PERFECT length and my hair was PERFECTLY cut to the point where it wasn't too long and neither too short. Guys I peaked during the summer of 2025, and I am going to peak again real soon >:]]

I am saying all of this now because last year I also had to wear a hat cause I was acting as a super awesome cowgirl named Charlotte but unfortunately one of the issues that I had throughout our windy ahh filming days was my HAIRRRUGHHHHHH ESPECIALLY MY BANGS!! If only I got a cut beforehand.......if I did it would have been miles easier and my physical appearance would have been closer to how I envisioned Charlotte to look like so that's definitely something that I would love to change for this year's project :]] You live you learn! Wahoo!

sophomore emi living and learning

(you can find the blog post where this is from rigghht here!)

Also before I end this section on our lovely sombrero, I have a very fun fact that those of you in the Sound of Thunder program will very much enjoy :D If you didn't recall already, my sombrero is from the 2021 cybay marching band show: The Art of Bullfighting! I myself didn't participate during this marching season as I was a wee bit too tiny to be considered a high school student yet (i was a 7th grader), but my super awesome brother did! 😁😁😁 Out of all the marching shows that he has performed, this was my absolute FAVORITE. During the video of their last performance before FMBC that I'm about to embed right down below me, little Emi in the bleachers was SATTTTT

(Mateolmagine, 2021)

you see the sombreros they're usin :D im gonna use my brothers >:D

SOT FOR LIFEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

2. DA CAMERA

guys i love this thing

Like I mentioned briefly a couple posts ago, I got a Canon Rebel T7 for Christmas and have been using it frequently since :D I got a whole ton of landscapes, nature, animals, and people on my roll which I think is pretty worth showing to really establish here my supa skills and love for da cam >:D 

WELCOME TO EMI'S PHOTO GALLERY! LOOK AT ALL OF THESE RIGHT NOW

some landscapes

red shirt dude walking his dog with a friend

last sunset of 2025 :]

some nature

coconuts >:D

anotha coconut >:D

some animals

duck duck geese!

this ones cool me gusta

and some people!

my beautiful best friend Isa!:]
(please give her a modeling opportunity)

Isa and my close friend Ash mogging it up

HONORABLE MENTION

Photobooth pic taken on the same day :D
I love my friends :DD

EVERYONE STANDS UP AND CLAPS EMI THAT WAS THE GREATEST GALLERY EVER PLEASE SIGN MY FACE

Anyway, I don't know exactly what we're filming with yet, if we really have to we'll use mine, but what I would LOVE to especially use my camera for revolves all around the social media component! During production days I'd love to bring my cam out and just get as much footage and pictures of our recording processes, and some of you are out there probably wondering how I'll do that since I'm going to be the starring actress and it'll be hard to manage both, but I got my ways >:D

cambridge do u dig my pj's

A few days ago I thought about getting a tripod for my camera in order to be able to get some easy breezy BTS pics and footage in a convenient manner during film days, but before I asked my parents to get a whole new one, I asked if we already had one somewhere collecting dust. My supa awesome dad said yes and brought out a tripod compatible with my cam from the garage and showed me how to work it :] Thank you dad!

So if we don't end up using my camera for filming the actual shots of our production, then I'll use it solely for capturing some really cool, high quality BTS while having it hanging on the tripod throughout my acting endeavors!  I'd love to catch some funny moments on video and maybe create a supa awesome blooper reel just for fun around the end of this project (if possible) 😁  While I'm not acting, I'll grab the cam from the tripod and take some also high quality nice handheld shots/videos of my team, any other cast member, sets, and anything else for both the social media page and this lovely blog :]] I am SOOO looking forward to production, you guys genuinely have no idea. I smell some really awesome and amazing media adventures coming our way!

me and gang getting our production on

(raph in the back is the devil we summoned for our movie)

(fielaos, 2026)

Annddd yeah! :D That should be it for today my beautiful amazing awesome cambridge examiners! Be on the look out for some more blog posts this coming week! I'll be touching on a whole ton of artsy stuff like character development and costume design so stay tuned for some really cool stuff in the future! As for now, I am Emi Valdivia, thank you for listening to me talk about sombreros and cameras for over 20 minutes and may you all have a goodnight, good day, good evening, dusk, dawn, multidimensional space time continuum, literally whatever!

also the title of this post was inspired by this video u should watch it it's really funny

(Anything Can Be A Podcast w/ Taylor Cartago, 2025)

okie pasta la vista eu te amo muito blog bai bai hasta manana :DD