Good And Bad Reasons For Film School
There are a lot of good reasons and a lot of bad reasons to attend film school. Let’s discuss them all!
Don’t Use an Email That Ends in .edu
The headline says it all. I’m a little surprised it has to be said, but it’s come up a lot recently while fixing up readers’ resumes. Several people have left their .edu address on their resume. In a way, I sort of get it. When you’re 22, college has taken up almost a fifth of […]
No College Degree
Jen writes in: I’ve been a PA, Set Dresser, Costume Assistant, and Location Scout on films, commercials, and photo shoots. I’m thinking of moving to LA soon. My goal is to be a writer. I thought the best way to start, is to get a job as a reader at a studio or an assistant […]
What Can a Teenager Do?
Alexandria writes in: I’m a 17 year old aspiring filmmaker/screenwriter. I’m consistently making my own shorts, writing scripts, entering into festivals, etc. However, I really need to learn a little more about the business side of film, and working on shoots where I’m not the director, and that have a larger budget than a broke […]
Ah, My Younger Days…
Writing yesterday about my film school pilot, I thought about our terrible professors for the first time in years. They were all pretty old, and set in their ways. They wouldn’t let us do anything unusual, like, oh, say, move the camera in the shot. They drained every ounce of originality from the production. Like […]