Success Stories

“We set up the rough draft to shoot the sequence and I found some images on the internet that were similar to the ones I’d like to take myself. I helped with the special effects I want so I can...

“I’ll be getting a work schedule this week at the studio. They’ve done everything from Avatar to Jurassic park. Tomorrow I’m putting on the glove that Robert Downey Jr. wears in Iron Man. So stoked! I met some incredible people...

“I have to remind myself that I am worthy of my dreams. See, I know I am a man on a mission and that I am capable of making things happen with or without help from others. Now that I...

“I’m starting to pick up jobs outside of the program already and looking for other productions companies in the Dallas area for a paid internship once I get out of the program. To say the least I have jumped light-years...

“My mentor went out with me to obtain some landscape shots for my horror teaser. He has an amazing eye as a camera man and he would show me some really neat angles. I felt pretty awesome out there. I’m...

“I have finished the Writers Journey, and really enjoyed reading it. A great book. I have bought into the fact that without compelling stories and characters your film will not succeed. Watching the great films I am convincing that this...

“I am in the part of the Writers Journey where it talks about Star Wars and it’s amazing. Not that I didn’t already love the series, but all the little sub text that is going on is crazy. As I...

“I finished my first unofficial editing project this weekend! I put together a short video of my Godson’s first birthday party. I created something similar for my nieces a few years ago and the difference in the speed of my...

“My mentor and I are shooting a video on Monday that I’m really excited about, he had me write a treatment and shot list for it!”

Receive invaluable personalized advice from a film industry professional. “I had fun doing the lesson on script coverage with my mentor, it really taught me a lot to look at a script from a critical stand point and talk to...

Learn new skills no matter how much previous experience you’ve had. “I felt a little too confident because of my past experience at other production companies that I interned at while in college. Now I know I have to act...

“This past week at the studio has been busy. Saturday we filmed a 5K run to raise awareness for autism. Then Sunday we began shooting a film video. My first day on a film video set was amazing! We shot...

“One thing that I find crazy or weird is that I just recently made major changes in my life and whatever I was feeling on those days somehow corresponded to what I was reading in The Writer’s Journey. I am...

“I also got feedback from my screenwriting mentor about my screenplay. He had some good things to say about. He considers it to look professional and lean. But he thinks I could have made some things clearer in my writing....

“My lessons were strictly hands on. Textbook work was kept to a minimum and I was put in positions to learn on my own with my mentor there in case I needed assistance. My mentor did not hover over me...