Wopanga makanema ku Atlanta ND Johnson ndi zinthu zambiri. Wolemba wakuda wakuda komanso wotsogolera moona mtima adandidabwitsa pomwe adakhala pansi kuti akambirane ndi ine pa cholembera cha Horror Pride Month 2021.

M'mafunso ambiri, makamaka ngati ndi munthu yemwe simumamudziwa bwino ntchito, pamakhala gawo loti mudziwitsane momwe mumamvera. Osati ndi ND.

"Ndimaganizira za lingaliro loti ndidzakhala wamtopola ngati chisankho," atero a Johnson. "Anthu amati," O iwe wasankha kukhala wamtopola. Mudasankha kukhala amuna okhaokha; mwasankha kukhala ichi kapena icho. ' Ndikuganiza kuti chisankho chidapangidwa. Sindikuganiza kuti ndidasankha kukhala kapena ndani, koma ndidasankha chisangalalo changa. Ndidasankha kudzuka m'mawa ndikuyang'ana momwe ndimafunira kuwoneka ndikumverera momwe ndimafunira kumva ndikukhala yemwe ndimafuna kukhala ndipo sindimalola malingaliro kapena ziweruzo za anthu ena kapena maudindo azikhalidwe kusankha zomwe ine ' ndidzakhala wanga. ”

Muli ndi chidwi changa.

"Maloto aku America amangidwa pamenepo," adapitiliza. "Sintha kapena kufa, ndipo ndasankha imfa. Iphani kufanana kwanga mwa ine. Sizithandiza aliyense. Sindikuganiza kuti zimathandiza anthu owongoka, komabe. Ndikumva ngati kuwongoka, kapena kufunika kotsatira mfundo iyi yowongoka, wapha madera. Yapha mibadwo yonse ya anthu. Ine sindili nawo. ”

Inali nthawi imeneyo, ndinadziwa kuti tatsala pang'ono kukhala ndi zokambirana zowona mtima mchaka, ndipo ndinali wokonzeka kutero.

Tsopano, aliyense wokonda zowopsa amakhala ndi mphindi, kawirikawiri mufilimu, zomwe zimawapangitsa kukhala okonda mantha. Ndiko kuwopsa koyamba kuja; nthawi yoyamba kuzizira kumatsikira msana wanu ndipo mumamva china chake chofanana ndi zoopsa.

Mmenemo Johnson ali ngati tonsefe, ndipo wopanga makanema adakumbukira mphindi zingapo ali mwana pomwe adamva kuti koyamba. Akufulumira kunena, komabe, kuti sanakayikire kuti anali otetezeka, makamaka chifukwa cha amayi.

“Ndikukumbukira ndikuwonera The mphete ndili ndi zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri kapena kupitilira apo, ”a Johnson adandiuza. "Ndinali wamantha kwambiri kuti msungwanayo atuluka mu TV ndikunditenga ndipo amayi anga amandiyang'ana nati, 'Akabwera mnyumbamu, ali ndi kathumba kakang'ono kolakwika.' Ndipo ndimadziwa kuti amayi anga azanditeteza zivute zitani. Ndinadziwa kuti ndili bwino, ndiye. Monga, ngati abwera kunyumba kwanga, adalakwitsa. ”

Patapita kanthawi, Johnson adawona choyambirira Halloween kwa nthawi yoyamba, ndipo bwino… atha kufunikira chitsimikizo chowonjezera.

Kwa wopanga makanema mtsogolo, sikuti Michael Myers adazindikira kuti sangathe kufa kapena kulimba mtima komwe adamuphera. Mosiyana ndi anthu am'nthawi yake monga Freddy Krueger, Myers anali wakupha mwakachetechete akumenyetsa nyama yake ndipo adadyetsa zoopsa zomwe zimabwera atangowona kumene Johnson.

"Ichi ndichifukwa chake ndimakonda zoopsa," adatero. “Ndikuganiza kuti mantha ndi njira yabwino yophunzirira mantha ndi zophophonya, koma nafenso tili… kudzikuza mwina sikungakhale mawu oyenera, koma ndife okhudzidwa kwambiri. Zowopsa zimapanga malo omwe mutha kuwachotsera zinthuzo. Mutha kuwayang'ana ndikusanthula. Umunthu ndi wamdima. Monga, sikuti umunthu umachita zinthu zakuda zokha, koma anthu amachita zinthu zakuda kwambiri. Ndizovuta kumvetsetsa izi nthawi zonse. Chifukwa chake mtunduwo umatilola kuti tifufuze zinthu izi. ”

Johnson akukula inali nthawi yoyamba kupanga zisankho zamtsogolo. Mwana wodziwonetsa yekha wamasewera, anali ndi chidwi chokhala wolemba zisudzo ndikulemba nyimbo, koma anali ndi vuto limodzi. Malingaliro ake ambiri amangowoneka ngati wokulirapo mpaka siteji. Ngakhale adafunabe kulemba nyimbo ndikugwira ntchito zosewerera, panali kusintha kosatsutsika mu kanema komwe kumalankhula naye ndipo posachedwa anali paulendo wopita ku University of North Texas ku Denton kukaphunzira.

Pomwe amaliza digiri yake, adaganiza kuti Atlanta ndi malo omwe amafuna kukhalamo. Maso ake anali atayang'ana ku Savannah College of Art & Design ndipo chifukwa chake, adagulitsa zonse zomwe angathe, kuphatikiza chuma chake, ndikukhala ndi msuweni ku Atlanta pomwe amakonzekera ntchito ya grad.

Ndipamene zonse zidasokonekera.

"Ndinapeza ntchito ku Waffle House ndipo ndinakagwira ntchito kumeneko kwa miyezi isanu ndi umodzi kufikira pomwe sindinakwanitse," adatero. “Ndiye ine mwanjira inayake ndinayamba kupanga bungwe pano. Ndachita nawo ma internship angapo amaubwenzi kuchokera ku bungwe mpaka kutsatsa kwapa digito kupita ku PA-ing pamafilimu. Ichi chinali chisankho chabwino kwambiri chomwe ndikadadzipangira ndekha, ndipo pamapeto pake ndimafuna kukhala pafupi ndi anthu akuda komanso Atlanta akuwoneka ngati likulu la izi. Chifukwa chake, ndakhala pano zaka zitatu ndipo ndakhala ndikupanga makanema. Ndimawapanga momwe ndingafunire ndikupanga. Zonse zomwe ndakonza kuti zichitike zachitika. ”

Izi zidabweretsa ND Johnson pakadali pano pomwe wakhala akugwira ntchito yopanga kanema yotchedwa Kutsekemera zomwe akupanga kuchokera mufilimu yayifupi yotsimikizira mutu womwewo womwe ukupita kuzikondwerero pakadali pano.

Kutsekemera amatsitsa mizere yamtundu, kuthana ndi ubale wapakati pa amuna ndi ma transfem. Lingaliro ndi lomwe adakhalapo kuyambira pomwe amapita ku koleji, koma sanathe kuzipanga chifukwa ophunzira nawo sanadzipereka kuchita nawo kanema komanso uthenga wake.

"Iyi ndi ntchito yomwe imafunika kuuzidwa, makamaka kwa munthu amene amachita nawo nkhaniyi nthawi zambiri pamoyo wanga," a Johnson adalongosola. "Ndikufuna kuwona nkhani zomwe sindimaziwona. Nkhani zambiri zokhudzana ndi kusamutsidwa ndizokhudza ntchito zachiwerewere zokha kapena kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo kapena nkhanza zapabanja komanso nkhanza komwe amapita kumapeto kumapeto kwake kapena akusewera mitembo pa Lamulo & Lamulo okhala ndi amuna achilendo amawasocheretsa. ”

Chifukwa cha izi, a Johnson akuti, sanakopeke pakadali pano kuti azigwira ntchito muma studio momwe anthu ambiri amafika popanga zisankho pazomwe kanema ayenera kukhala komanso zomwe sayenera kukhala.

"Ndikalola situdiyo kuyika zoyipa zanga, adzafuna kusintha," adatero. “Ndi Kutsekemera, ndi ntchito yapadera kwambiri kwa ine. Ndapanga ma projekiti m'mbuyomu pomwe ndidadziuza kuti sindingathe kuwazindikira. Mumapereka kwa anthu ena kuti apange masomphenya awo. Inu mwangolemba izo. Sindikufuna kuchita izi ndi izi. Ichi ndi changa.

“Zomwe ndikufuna kuwona ndikuti anthu akuda opitilira muyeso kukhala ngwazi zathu munkhani yathu. Ndimakonda mtsikana womaliza. Sindikuwona chifukwa chomwe sangakhale wakuda ndikusunthira. Ndikufuna kuthana ndi zinthu zomwe ndakhala ndikukumana nazo kwazaka zambiri. Pali ziwawa zochuluka zongoyenda pokhala kuti ndiwe ndani wakuda wakuda. Anditsatira kunyumba. Ndakhala ndikufunsidwa m'bafa.

"Zomwe ndikufuna kuchita mufilimu yowopsa iyi ndikuwonetsa zomwe anthu amachita, komanso kulimbikitsa anthu ena osamukira kumadera ena kuti asayang'ane izi. Kuti muphunzire kudzitchinjiriza. Timaphunzitsidwa kuyang'ana kwa amuna kuti atiteteze koma akakhala kuti ndi omwe akuvulaza tiyenera kuchita chiyani? Ndiko kuyatsa kwamafuta. Ndikufuna kufufuza zambiri, koma pamapeto pake, ndizokhudza kuphunzira momwe mungadzisamalire. Mukamakhala ndi mantha, onetsetsani kuti mukuwona tsiku lotsatira. Atsikana ambiri sanatero. Chimodzi mwa izi ndi chifukwa sitinaphunzitsidwe kudziteteza. Nkhani ngati izi zitha kusintha dziko. "

Choseketsa ndichakuti, ndikuganiza ND Johnson akuchita kale izi. Kuti mumve zambiri za Kutsekemera, kanemayo, DINANI APA.