I have a YouTube channel, Mirakell. In my latest video, I made a music video to Ed Sheeran's "Thinking Out Loud." It was really hard to direct because I basically had three groups that I had to work with and that proved to be challenging especially with the time limit we had.

For the music group, I arranged a drummer, a guitarist, and a drummer, as well as a backup vocalist. I had to meet up with the pianist, guitarist, and the drummer ahead of time to arrange a meeting to talk about how ready they thought they were. A week later, we rehearsed our parts and everyone came in ready to perform.

We chose to perform the day it was snowing. I remember trudging in the snow with my boots that weren't waterproof while balancing both the microphone equipment as well as an umbrella. I remember my fingers and hands were getting numb from the rigidity of the position as well as the biting cold. When I got there, it was all worth it because as soon as we started performing, it felt almost magical. Feel free to check out my latest behind the scenes video!

For the dance group, the ballroom dance team kindly agreed to do this collaboration with me and when it came to the actual performance day, it came out so beautifully. I didn't expect this to be so well done and perfected especially with the very squished time limit we had. We were in the Wang Center and to fit in everyone's schedules, we had about an hour to complete everything. Thankfully, we managed to get everything just in the nick of time.

Of course, I have to thank the main couple who played through a lot of the romantic scenes in the music video, Cristy and Luke! They're really adorable and I'm so thankful that they came out to help with creating this piece.

While editing the music video, I looked back to the film and realized how amazing everyone was and how blessed I am to be working with these people. From the cameraman to the dancers to the instrumentalist to the whole cast, I'm grateful for every single one.

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