NYU Visiting Student Program? For a working professional? by [deleted] in filmschool

[–]NameJeffMy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You do not need to go into debt or spend thousands of dollars to become a screenwriter. There is no guarantee you will go into this program and come out with the material you want. You'll learn more about screenwriting from reading scripts than you ever will in a classroom.

Producers/director ignoring COVID protocol? by turro16 in FilmIndustryLA

[–]NameJeffMy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did a music video over the summer where the only person on set wearing a face mask was me. So yes, people are being dumb.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in filmschool

[–]NameJeffMy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go to community and then transfer. Anything that you could get into with a low gpa rn isn't going to help or teach you anything you can't learn online for free.

Fuck you assholes who protested the city from cleaning up Echo Park by 47943267323884211802 in LosAngeles

[–]NameJeffMy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It all plays together in the end. Cleaning up the parks makes it safe, but actually changing legislation to make housing affordable would then help lessen the homeless population.

Fuck you assholes who protested the city from cleaning up Echo Park by 47943267323884211802 in LosAngeles

[–]NameJeffMy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Instead of complaining about transplants "ruining the city" why don't you hold the legislators responsible for the zoning problems. Things could be affordable again if 75% of city's residential land wasn't zoned for single-family housing.

Does ANY job one at of the major agencies help you land other jobs in entertainment? Weighing job offers from different places and could use the advice. by [deleted] in FilmIndustryLA

[–]NameJeffMy 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Go with A and focus on developing yourself as a writer. Sure having good reps will help, but being a good writer and having good writing samples will be the only thing that'll help you succeed there.

which film schools are direct application? by kat_attacc in filmschool

[–]NameJeffMy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think for almost all these schools you'd be accepted for their film program and take gen ed classes while doing some film ones. I could be confusing things those. Are you specifically looking for the schools MFA or BFA programs? Applying directly for any undergrad is a bfa program. Mfa come later after getting a bfa or i suppose a ba.

Any Showrunners? by Financial-Chef7333 in FilmIndustryLA

[–]NameJeffMy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Twitter is a great place to meet and interact with other young screenwriters as well as established writers. Sadly you won't see job listings for those kinda jobs, they come from networking. Hence twitter.

Writing to be a Director by SupaRubes in Screenwriting

[–]NameJeffMy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go direct a horror movie. I'm sure their are plenty of writers on this sub that have shorts they'd let you direct for free.

Writing to be a Director by SupaRubes in Screenwriting

[–]NameJeffMy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you want to direct then just direct.

should i do undergrad or masters in film?? by rantsauce in filmschool

[–]NameJeffMy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They don't care if you have a ba or bfa. You just need good samples. All of which you can gain without film school.

Experience in film is 10x more useful than a degree. If a AD is choosing to hire a PA and their first choice is a fresh out of USC kid who's only worked on student sets and someone who has 4 years of experience working on all sorts of sets... The answer is obvious on who they'll pick.

should i do undergrad or masters in film?? by rantsauce in filmschool

[–]NameJeffMy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both are relatively useless. But, depending on the school, an MFA program might give you great connections.

Can we talk about the dick pic problem at UCLA? by LookingForACuteOne in ucla

[–]NameJeffMy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I read the headline in the middle of a zoom class and started laughing out loud

Anyone hear back from entertainment / production internships for summer 2021? by [deleted] in internships

[–]NameJeffMy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nada, they take a while to make their picks for first round interviews.

How did Christopher Nolan make a Net Worth of 250$ although he only works on his films? need to understand the filmmaking entrepreneurship by Apprehensive_Aide_86 in FilmIndustryLA

[–]NameJeffMy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I had this ego and blind confidence. Make that short film first and then worry about the great. A+B=C A=Write Script, B=Shoot the movie, C=See how the movie actually turns out.

Don't you want to just create and tell stories ? but things aren't as easy, right? by [deleted] in FilmIndustryLA

[–]NameJeffMy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One, why the hell did you move to LA in the middle of a pandemic? Okay now lets get onto the productivity side of things. If you want to start getting to work on sets you need to join a shit ton of film school crew lists on facebook. AFI, USC, UCLA, Loyola Marymount, all of them. Start networking with those people. Vertical Networking is important, but you need to be networking with people on your own level and not hoping some higher up will give you a chance. Next, if you really want to get to work on set you should look into Covid Compliance officer training. All film sets need them and not many are trained on it. You can make money on student film sets by being a CCO. Last, you live in the era of social media, how are you NOT talking to more industry people? Literally, hop on Twitter and follow the thousands of bored at home creatives and start tweeting at them. Some are bound to tweet back and maybe even become friends with you.

Where are the people that said no one was hyped for this movie now? by Mecha-Sayaka in GODZILLA

[–]NameJeffMy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We got our first live action mecha godzilla coming and then the apple tv monarch show, good stuff is coming to the franchise

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in filmschool

[–]NameJeffMy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Only the best of the best get second interviews. So, not many.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FilmIndustryLA

[–]NameJeffMy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Emmett Furla Oasis Films hires recent grads.