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Issue #201 – Apprentices in Action
by Liya Swift
Film Connection student Ricky Long (Dayton, OH) is enjoying learning from within a professional environment: “I had the great experience of being on a well-run film shoot. After an hour and some change of watching scenes being shot, I was given the task of operating the clapper or slate. I quickly adapted. My mentor wanted me to constantly assist with camera equipment and to ask questions, but my primary personal task was to simply observe how to block actors, setup scenes to be shot, and how to navigate through the day in concerns for time.”
Prior to taking his final, Recording Connection student Andrew Creason (Sacramento, CA) has already landed paid work: “I have gotten my first paying client to have me mix a song. While I am excited to get my music career underway, I find it moving quite quickly. I wasn’t even expecting to have someone send me work at least untill I have finished my final mix assignment, which I am still working on. I have just sent the artist the rough mix, and was told I made her song sound much better and she is convinced that I have her music in good hands.”
Film Connection apprentice/extern Charles Rocha (Washington, D.C.) shared some insight for filmmakers on the maintaining the right mindset once you get to the edit: “Don’t develop attachments to your footage…Your footage should speak for itself without you having to force your preconceived will upon it. Don’t impose YOUR structure on your material. So, perhaps consider the footage as if you found it somewhere (à la Werner Herzog, Grizzly Man). Let it tell you what it has to offer. But at the same time you have to be ruthless or you will end up with a film that is too long. On the same note, you have to have the nerve to stay away from endless tweaking and fiddling. It’s painful, but it is a profession. Craft it as a narrative; don’t raise it as a pet.”
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