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Issue #138 – Apprentices in Action
by L. Swift and Jeff McQ
Film Connection student Jocelyne Berumen (Green Bay, WI) recently discovered her screenwriting mentor Tom McCurrie was hooked on her story! I was so surprised because most of what Tom had to say was praise to my writing. As I write this series, story information is kept from Tom as well. Every time he reads a new episode, he has no clue what is going to happen next. I have fun with it, but there are also troubles with it. Tom shows his excitement for my writing because he wants to know what is happening next, but as he edits, he is not sure where I am going with some things, because I haven’t revealed the complete story. Therefore, he points out some story issues that don’t make much sense yet. This is extremely helpful, because Tom is just like a viewer. The opinions and criticism he gives me help me dive deeper into solving the mystery of what real viewers will be thinking…In the beginning of this program, I didn’t know a lick of storytelling & scriptwriting. It wasn’t my biggest interest, so I didn’t pay attention to it at all. This course not only started by challenging me, it has begun to transform me.”
Jacob Richardson, Film Connection student at Joe Pollock Films (Minneapolis, MN) recently had the opportunity to assist his mentor on a noteworthy documentary shoot: “I joined Joe for a shoot for a documentary, being conducted by Joe’s customer, on cases where the suspects are believed to be wrongfully convicted. I gathered that the people interviewed teamed up with The Innocence Project, and the interviewers were attempting to bring light to cases where people have been perhaps wrongfully convicted and/or exonerated of their charges. While I was there, both a forensic pathologist and a lawyer were interviewed. I found both interviews incredibly interesting. During the shoot, my mentor instructed me on the types of angles we would be using, which were both a wide and a close-up. We also set up a tungsten light instead of using the florescent lights the room provided.”
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