Success Stories

“I just finished chapter one of the textbook and completed the first chapter quiz. Excited is an understatement to describe how I feel to finally be in a film program and hone my skills. I start my apprenticeship this Wednesday...

“Last Tuesday was my first day. I was so excited to be there. Everyone is super nice and friendly. You can feel the good vibes all around. Hector let we work on some extra footage that they had, so I...

I did such an amazing job for MasterChef last week, that they have hired me to work 12 more hours. The time will be broken between this week and next. I have also been upgraded to the position of Production...

“For this past week I’ve learned how to color a video, meaning add color, and brightness effects to it. I colored the wedding video my mentor has me working on, so if it looks O.K. I should be done, or...

“Yesterday I spent 4.5 hours filming one of the most colorful weddings I’ve ever been privileged enough to be able to be at. I used a portable/handheld digital Cannon to capture expressions on faces, the handoff from one family to...

“On Tuesday, August 11th I met with my mentor Joe on a beautiful sunny day in Minnesota. We have both been crazy busy, me with my homework and him on some errands but we made the time to get together...

“Today I met with Mr. Triscari after a longer than usual break in between our sessions. We spent some time going over the assignments that I had been working on for the curriculum and had some discussion about some of...

“I had my first session last week Friday. It was great! My mentor is very knowledgeable and taught me so much within one day. He makes the environment very relaxed and comfortable. During our first session we went over the...

“I was back in the now “official” production office for the film Last Seen in Idaho which will be shot by Fireshoe in just a few weeks! After talking about this history of film for a little bit (mainly how...

“I was able to see how the footage looked after it was all done and get a general idea of what would need to be done to turn it into a final product. I feel like even that little bit...

“In this lesson I got to learn the stages of production and what they do. I learned development, financing, pre-production, production, post-production, and marketing and distribution. Another big thing that the chapter talked about was editing. You go from the...

“I have to keep the audience of the edge of their seat and make the characters go through so much problems that it almost seems impossible for them to escape. That’s how my movie or any other movie will gain...

“The history of film is really cool. I like learning about this stuff and the documentary is really good! The assignment was kinda hard just because I haven’t fully figured it out my movie but I think I got it....

“This week I was able to meet Eric and Hallie twice and I was able to start learning new editing software. I was able to get some information on the masters in screenwriting offered through the Film Connection. I am...

“I met w Jesse and Wanna Choy. Wanna is the founder of Zykyla fundraisers. We All sat down to do an overview of how we will be filming this upcoming fundraiser helping out war vets that are disabled. I got...