Spring quarter is upon us. As a 410, or first year MFA Directing Student, this is the first quarter where I have the opportunity to choose some electives. There are many opportunities within the directing, producing, and screenwriting programs. Our pre-selected courses for the spring are as follows:[...]
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March 25th, 2010 - 11:03 pm § in Film School, Filmmaking
10 Things I Learned On the 6-Minute Shoots
The six minute film is now over. We have completed our 7 week Thursday-Sunday rotation through all 7 positions: Director Boom Operator Assistant Director 1st Assistant Camera Gaffer Director of Photography Sound Mixer All seven people in my group (6 directors and 1 DP) went through this rotation sta[...]
October 14th, 2009 - 11:19 am § in Film School
How I Got Into UCLA Film School
I made a few primitive documentaries in college. One day during my senior spring I was walking out of a class when a friend said You like movies so much, you should go to film school. It had never even occurred to me. I was flying to Germany on a Fulbright Scholarship at the end [...][...]
October 5th, 2009 - 9:52 pm § in Film School
Fall 410 Schedule
The fall quarter for 410s (incoming graduate students) is incredibly rigorous. On top of the following class schedule, we also have to write, cast, scout locations for, rehearse and produce our two minute films. This is what the schedule looks like for the fall quarter for incoming MFA Directing/Pro[...]
September 16th, 2009 - 1:35 am § in Film School, Screenwriting
UCLA Boot Camp: Pitch Day
Today we pitched our two minute films. All day. 19 people pitched two ideas and received feedback on them. It was invigorating and exhausting and offered an opportunity to see all sorts of approaches to storytelling, from experimental to narrative. Two minutes is not a lot of time to tell a story, s[...]
September 15th, 2009 - 2:51 am § in Film School
UCLA Film School Boot Camp Luncheon
Yesterday we had our first complete get-together as a class. I had organized a previous meeting at an awful bar where about 10 people came, but this was the first time we were all together. We met at Myrl Schreibman’s house, one of the two professors (the other being Delia Salvi) for our directing[...]
September 4th, 2009 - 11:27 pm § in Film School
First Impressions of Los Angeles
I flew over the stream of lights and smoldering fires two days ago. I rented a car (Alamo $500 for three weeks with insurance) and drove to the wonderful Sydney Levine’s house to stay for a few days while I get my bearings. The car is very necessary here, and I would also recommend a [...][...]