Well, I have been extremely busy for the last month, Spent about two weeks in Tacoma, spent a few days in Vancouver Canada, visited Western Washington University (Which far surpass any other college in Washington, I’ll explain why later) and have had two really great movie ideas flowing through my head one of which actually made it to the page (four pages to be precise).
So a friend of mine called me up about a month ago and gave me his idea for a really great film. At first I kind of shot it down, because I thought it wasn’t really possible, however I started to think about how we could change a few things to make it perfectly plausible. So I quickly wrote three drafts of this five minute film; however, soon we realized that it would cost too much money, and too much money for us is about $125-$200. That budget would have been just fine if I was able to get a job, but sadly, that didn’t happen. So, while I was watching this TV show a few days ago, it gave me this idea (more less it was the complete concept). It’s about this guy who has schizophrenia to such a degree that he is living two completely separate lives.
Here comes the problem with entering a film in the 2009 student film festival of Sequim High School. I currently don’t go there anymore, so I personally don’t qualify to enter a film; however, I still know a few people who go there of which could enter my film, if and only if I keep them thoroughly involved in the filmmaking process.
So, I visited WWU and found that to be the best college in Warshington (as foreigners from Washington pronounce it ha ha.) This is why, the average class has about thirty students. This is amazing in contrast to most colleges where the average class can have about 50-250 students. This really makes it harder, because you will probably never be able to actually speak to the Professor on a regular basses, which is one of the keys to getting A’s. What’s so important about getting A’s you say? Well this is why, everyone goes to college these days, so when you go to apply for a Job your going to be compared to several other college graduates, but if you have an A then your going to be the college graduate that stands out among the other college graduates.
Yours,
Jack
I’ve been to a few of those festivals. Sounds like a great place for a high school student to get his foot on the ground.
And Finding a good university would seem to be very important for those who want to enter the corporate world. But the question is how does that help an individual get into film.
But if someone really wants to get into film. Film Connection is about the only choice to consider. Film Connection only places you one-on-one right under a professional filmmaker. Not matter what your aspirations editing, writing the script, acting, gaffing, etc.
I would only suggest taking a few minutes to look at the comparison chart on their website. Http://www.filmconnection.com
Woh, this website is what I’ve been looking for, or was looking for. While I was still in High School, I decided that there wasn’t any way to get into the film industry, other than getting lucky or randomly meeting someone who gives you that big break. I never believed in film schools because you have to pay tons of money for tuition, and then when you graduate, you have no assurance that you are going to get that job as a director (what I would love to be). So I came to the conclusion that the best way to get into the film industry is to first graduate from college (for me that would be getting my Bachelors degree in computer science, I love programming. Also this provides money for making films even though one wouldn’t have very much time.) then in my spare time make several good film (films that are good enough to win something at the Sundance Film festival) and then maybe someone will see what you’ve done. However I would never bank on getting my lucky break by making a film. So the idea is, to have fun making movies, and the side dish is, maybe someone will see my film and want me to direct theres.
Thank you for sending me this link, it looks like a great website.
What a terrific post!!