Success Stories

“I’m booked for a feature my mentor’s producing and will be working as a production PA! Even though I’m a student, this opportunity will be a paid job, so I’m real happy to hear that!”

“It’s been a pretty eventful and very satisfying first two weeks with the Film Connection and my mentor. Less than 12 hours after getting my student orientation, I was out on what turned out to be a 12-hour shoot with...

“I’ve been working with my mentor to improve my directorial skills; particularly my cinematography and reasoning behind it. I realized early on that I get so into working with the camera, that I forget to think things through all the...

“I was able to attend the filming of a local commercial that will be playing on the local channels with one of the workers at the studio. I was able to learn about shot lists (which is relevant to recent...

“My mentor has been taking me through the ropes of cinematography, from the location scouting, camera staging, framing and lighting. Also have had the opportunity to see the DIT and the editor work together to communicate what is required for...

“Tomorrow I’m helping live stream a big concert event, very excited about it!”

“It’s so exciting. I considered myself a professional writer on October 31st, 2010 when my novel, Sypheria came out and I sold my first copy. Today, I consider myself not only a professional, but a working professional writer. Today marks...

“I just completed my first week with the Film Connection, and it’s been quite an experience so far. I was very much inspired by it and ready to go to my first shoot with my mentor last Wednesday. I had...

“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...

“I started my job at WPTV News Channel 5 around week 18 and that really interfered with trying to get together with my mentor, Todd. I start my job at 4 in the morning, including the weekends. Taking naps becomes...

“I like working with my mentor a lot, and I don’t want to misrepresent him by sounding like a bootlicker, however I will say that I have learned more things I actually want to know from him than from the...

“The lesson was about the higher-arch of film production. What roles there are in the crew. I found the lesson very educational. It gave me an idea about what jobs might become available to me and what position I may...

“This week I participated in a 48 hour film festival based in Richmond, VA. For this assignment I had the role of production assistant. All total we had a cast and crew of about twenty members for a short film...

“This week I was able to go with my mentor and his crew to film a project in the local courthouse. It was a very exciting experience for me, and I am looking forward to doing it again.”

“This program definitely puts you on your feet. Week two and I am already doing sound for an interview!”