A Day in the Life of Our Students
Film Connection grad Aaron Weitlauf
When Film Connection mentor producer/director Zac Adams (Skydive Films) got the call for a shoot and was already booked for the day, he reached out to two of his former externs,
Ryan Davis and
Aaron Weitlauf, confident that they’d do a great job shooting a commercial for Nashville’s top party bus company:
“Ryan’s been getting paid gigs from me [and] from friends of mine because he’s always so good, he goes above and beyond. You send him a text, he responds right back. You tell him call time is at 7am, he’s there at 6:30. Things like that will get you hired.â€
Zac has already entrusted Aaron with directing a number of projects including an EPK for Real Country finalist Jamie Floyd and a commercial shoot for a restaurant chain. Now, Aaron’s one of his go-to people:
“By now, he’s been on tons of shoots and he’s very reliable, he’s a go-getter. He’s got a lot of talent and he seems to have a clear vision.”
Screenwriter Geoffrey D. Calhoun
Congratulations to Film Connection graduate
Geoffrey Calhoun (Los Angeles, CA) whose new book “The Guide for Every Screenwriter!†reached Amazon’s #1 New Release for Screenwriting and has now been accepted by Barnes & Noble!
Unlike those of us who consider ourselves born auteurs, Geoffrey’s induction into the craft of screenwriting started with a bet:
“I was at work, and a guy was an editor in film; it was his side job. He bet that he could write a better story than I could. And I’m a bit competitive, so I went home that night and started researching how to learn screenplay. I wrote a treatment that night…â€
Read about Geoff’s epiphany and how he went
from MRI technologist to screenwriter.
