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« Reply #3069 on: 2016-09-12 22:03:18 » |
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So CR, this friend who went to school for film... what exactly do they do?
They went to film school, learned everything they needed. So they got some local music video gigs. They helped film on the show with Gordon Ramsey when he goes around yelling at bad restaurant chefs, and he has done some other small projects. He tried to get hired with several movies looking for local people to working rigging and cameras, and even though he has a good resume and top honors from the school, most films and tv shows still say no. They end up then just bringing people from Hollywood with them. So they then moved to LA for awhile to try and get noticed (they also moved to New Zealand for a bit to try and get work on the Lord of the Rings), but LA turned out to be a bust. They went to several studios and never even got a passing glance. So, they picked themselves up and moved back and is now trying to get work in Vancouver, which is far more promising. It is a smaller pool of people to pick from. Almost every other show is filmed in Vancouver, and they have heard at least more feedback. They now have a serious job to pay for their dream, they just bought some fancy camera equipment and a very high tech drone the Hollywood pro's use. They are working to make a short film, and I am their location scout and give them the locations to choose and where to go. So his hope is by mid to late 2017, he will have his first short film he directed and wrote on his resume to really help him out. But he realized to follow his dream, he had to deviate and get a other job. He's seen failure many times, but he keeps trying because the drive is so real in him.
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« Reply #3072 on: 2016-09-12 22:05:11 » |
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So CR, this friend who went to school for film... what exactly do they do?
They went to film school, learned everything they needed.
So they got some local music video gigs. They helped film on the show with Gordon Ramsey when he goes around yelling at bad restaurant chefs, and he has done some other small projects. He tried to get hired with several movies looking for local people to working rigging and cameras, and even though he has a good resume and top honors from the school, most films and tv shows still say no. They end up then just bringing people from Hollywood with them. So they then moved to LA for awhile to try and get noticed (they also moved to New Zealand for a bit to try and get work on the Lord of the Rings), but LA turned out to be a bust. They went to several studios and never even got a passing glance. So, they picked themselves up and moved back and is now trying to get work in Vancouver, which is far more promising. It is a smaller pool of people to pick from. Almost every other show is filmed in Vancouver, and they have heard at least more feedback.
They now have a serious job to pay for their dream, they just bought some fancy camera equipment and a very high tech drone the Hollywood pro's use. They are working to make a short film, and I am their location scout and give them the locations to choose and where to go. So his hope is by mid to late 2017, he will have his first short film he directed and wrote on his resume to really help him out. But he realized to follow his dream, he had to deviate and get a other job. He's seen failure many times, but he keeps trying because the drive is so real in him.
That is pretty awesome. They just keep trying and keep moving along. Sounds like quite a journey and major props to them and good luck for the short film! Very cool you are working on it too.
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