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Let me rephrase. You reached out to everybody who works at Fox Searchlight who's a USC Alum? You can look up this noise on Linkedin.
Networking is stupid easy if you graduated from a school like USC.
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Looking at OP's history, most if not all of the comments are for promoting slate.io and their ICO (initial coin offering). Seems like Slate is trying to sell the sizzle and there's not enough steak.
I read slate.io's white paper and there are a couple of things that make this seem like a cash grab to me. They have the ability to change anything and everything in the white paper. They guarantee basically nothing so if you buy their coin. They release a fancy video ad that talks about how cool their coin is two days before it's suppose to go on sale to the public. I feel that's a hype generate release. The public gets to purchase ~45% of the coins offered, the rest are owned by Slate. So if you buy coins guess where some of your money goes to. You can only use the coins on Slate's platform and infrastructure and not anywhere else. There already exists a decentralized streaming site here: https://d.tube/ There are other streaming platforms that are more popular like https://livepeer.org/ Claiming to disrupt the industry such as Netflix and Amazon are BIG challenges and while those goals are great, seems way to quick without even having your platform be live.
Granted, there were some things I think could be promising, like making sure that content providers get the money that they deserve. Or selling tickets to events using the blockchain tech to competing with Ticketmaster. I don't like convenience fees and they're not going away anytime soon.
At the end of the day, just like every other ICO, we'll see if this becomes the next big thing or is forgotten about in the next year or so.
I'm both a filmmaker and a web developer, so there's no reason you can't do both if you feel like it. But there's value in picking one for now and focusing. The other will always be there.
I won't repeat any of the great tips the others said about the film industry...
When it comes to development, it's always gonna be in demand. And you don't need to be great at math. A solid understanding of logic helps, but that comes with experience too.There are plenty of jobs in front-end development where you focus mostly on design.
Also, it's really easy to get started learning. There's a million and one resources online for learning. I highly recommend https://www.freecodecamp.org/ for getting started. It's free, and really high quality training. You can spend as little as 15 minutes a day learning and practicing while you continue to work your current job until you have a portfolio of projects.
Good luck!
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You are 23, want to be an editor, and you have a professional editing job opportunity, in Seattle... yes?
What do you want to edit? There's movies, music videos, video games... etc.
How is getting paid to learn, a waste of time? Yes, you can learn things on the job. I'm a professional sculptor 30+yrs...sometimes I learn something on the job.
Do you have the equipment to edit remotely?
Now, as in the before times...your portfolio of your best work, is about 10% as affective as your friend introducing you to the director/producer who is looking for your particular editing prowess.
Who you know will get you in. What you know will keep you there.
How's your digital skills, Mr Editor? You'd better be up to date on the latest tech... no matter where you edit from.
Dad wrote a book about digital editing for film stuff, ... something.
Invest in one of these. Trust me it’s a game changer.
No. Everyone knows how disgusting borrowing a surveillance is. They 100% do not care about your earwax. Definitely buy your own set from here on out though. I'd buy a pair of these as well: https://smile.amazon.com/Decibullz-Security-Surveillance-Thermo-Fit-Awareness/dp/B08WJPNRZJ/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3S34BRTRBCN7F&keywords=molded+surveillance&qid=1652735677&sprefix=molded+surveillance%2Caps%2C114&sr=8-3
I use these and they're awesome. I can wear it for hours and it doesnt plug my ear from hearing people talk. The only issue though is consistency in the molding in that they can fall off easily where it attaches to the surveillance. I had a pair where the right ear piece kept falling off and eventually I lost it on set so I had to use the left ear piece.
I have tiny ears. These work great and don’t cause pain while allowing me to hear my surroundings too.
Please read the book 43 Ways to Finance Your Feature Film. https://www.amazon.com/Ways-Finance-Your-Feature-Film/dp/0809326930
I've heard that there are PDFs running around areas of the web that only people who do illegal or "gray area" activities have it for free.
There are lots of government support for the arts. The only problem is government is slow - at least in the United States of America. A lot of my previous funding from small government from the rest of the countries of the world. Literally contacted the government, let them know I'd like to film something there in a positive light. The next week they contacted me back and want to fly me out there, pay for my hotel, food and drinks are covered.
The USA Government? 6 months to 2 years later send an email saying we'll get a small check.
Financing in the USA for big budget is generally "Disney's bank funds with Paramount's bank and use gap financing from Celebrity A, Trust Fund B, and Big Time Drug Dealer C".
John Badham teaches at Chapman. His is the best book I’ve ever read on directing, hands-down. Full of practical, useful, actionable advice for his years directing. Great anecdotes and wisdom, zero bullshit.
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I’d also recommend Ron Howard’s MasterClass, simply to watch him direct actors and build a scene. It’s like shadowing for a day. Really good stuff.
As other have said, this depends entirely on the place you're shooting, local laws, state laws, and then maybe federal laws as well. Even if there are no laws preventing you from constructing these things, please make sure you have an engineer or someone similarly qualified building them. These are dangerous machines, especially if you're building them to function.
You mentioned you don't have anyone that does VFX, but that's not a great reason to potentially put lives at risk. Try posting to VFX groups on Facebook or on Mandy.com or on Upwork.com.
Depending on what kind of battle you're trying to create, this sounds like something you'd want to do in the desert.
Download DaVinci Resolve. It's gaining popularity with online and post shops. Adobe Premiere is strong as well and Avid is still the king when it comes to big projects.
The best way to learn editing and an editing program is to come up with a little project or idea yourself, shoot it (or download the footage), and edit it. A simple drone footage reel with music underneath can help you get familiar with the editing programs as well as cutting to music timings. Taking a long 2 hour interview on a subject and cutting it down to 5 minutes while preserving the themes and story of that interview can be both a learning experience and practice for casting reel gigs in the future. Trailer and story editing contests are all over the place where you get access to footage/sfx/music libraries as well as a clear goal. Take a scene from a popular movie and re-cut it to see if you can change the way the story unfolds. Connect with people at your school or on Craigslist who want to shoot or direct, but don't like to edit. Fill in that role for them.
Right now it does feel basic, but as you do more and more projects you'll continue to learn and get better with the editing tools and your edits.
I’ve got the same problem with the in-ear surveillance units, but at the same time wearing something ON my ear for 12+ hrs a day starts to hurt like a motherfucker as well.
The middle ground that I really like are ear-mold style ear buds.
They have a squishy frame but don’t actually go in to the ear canal. They are comfortable to the point that I forget I’m wearing it and end up walking all the way to my car with it still on at wrap (only to be annoyed and have to walk back to set to hand in my radio 😂)
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Not in LA, but that doesn't matter for this question. Production Assistant. Wide range of things you may do down to even fetching coffee. It's pretty much in the title. This book is basically regarded as the PA bible.
I like the Walkie Woogie paired with a Moulded Earpiece
Like others have said here, look into getting a PA job. You don't need experience, just learn fast and be willing to work for minimum wage. Look at what the other responses recommended and I'd recommend buying a surveillance and having that on hand, especially if you're trying to get work on union shows.
If you just want to get on set and see how larger union shows are run, maybe try Background Acting. Assuming you're in LA (bc of this sub) then register with Central Casting and work a gig or two. The job itself can be boring but at least it gets you on a professional set where you can get a taste of how things are run (hierarchy, long days, lots of hurry up and wait)
Right on, landscape is a real art form. What kind of camera are you shooting with? Depending on the mount you can find a set of bellows pretty cheap on ebay or amazon and turn any of the lenses you already own into a macro lens. I have THIS set of bellows and they work wonderfully, even on my studio camera package.
Work is just starting to pick up for me. I havent had shit in 6 months then got called 3 times this week :)
If you've been in the military and worked as an industrial electrician, you'd fit right into the grip and electric teams. The grip union is local 80 and the electric union is 728. Grip side deals with constructing rigs for lights and cameras. The electrician side is running the power distro and all the actual lights on set.
If you come onto a set as a PA, meet the key grip and Gaffer and get them your info, then work your ass off. 100% of my work comes from word of mouth. I would also recommend the set lighting technician's handbook, if you are interested in this route. It has a lot of good info for someone new.
Read this book. It's the best education in the business of screenwriting short of having an uncle in the business. Not kidding. I don't have flair on this group, but I'm a WGA screenwriter.