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Issue #195 – Apprentices in Action
by L. Swift and Jeff McQ
Film Connection student Peter Dubois (Las Vegas, NV) who externs with filmmaker Darko Nikolich and screenwriting mentor Tom McCurrie is seeing the benefit of learning narrative screenwriting and technical filmmaking in-tandem: “After going through several drafts of the treatment for my film “Layla” and discussing it with my screenwriting mentor, I’m pleased to say I’m finally in the process of writing the first draft of my screenplay…[With] every draft [of the treatment] I was able to flesh out the story more and more. Now, I feel extremely confident…While I was working on that, I also got to better my understanding of the technical side of filmmaking by working on a YouTube talk show called “Fired Up Football.” I was solely responsible for the entire production of the show….I’ve learned a lot this past year about the technical and narrative side of filmmaking but know I still have a long way to go. I’m excited to face new challenges, overcome them, and continue to work hard to become a better filmmaker.”
Recording Connection advanced audio student Christian Voegler (Pittsburgh, PA) recently had one great learning experience which included recruiting a band to bring in and then leading the entire recording session with none other than Hollis Greathouse, his own mentor, acting as his assistant! Christian says:
“[For the setup] I decided to set up the guitar amps in the two isolation booths at the back of the main room to avoid bleed into the drum mics. For the rhythm guitar amp, I chose the Electro-Voice RE20 to add a little extra low end. For the lead guitar amp in the other booth, I used the Shure SM57. Since it would only be a scratch take for the bass, I decided to use a DI box straight into the board. I thought I had everything covered, but then Hollis informed me that some things were missing…Apparently, I had forgotten to plug in a cable for the scratch vocal mic! I face-palmed at my own stupidity for overlooking something so obvious…Shortly thereafter the band arrived…
In the end, it was an enjoyable and eye-opening experience overall. As I sat monitoring the first take with the drummer, I nodded to myself and thought, ‘Yeah, I could get used to this.’”
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