Sunday, June 4, 2017
Cine-Bridge
In my class Social Entrepreneurship we learned everything that comes into learning about making business. We mainly went over hedgehog concept, marketing, incentives, mission/vision statements, financial projections, sales, pitch, legal structures, and we also read the book The E-Myth. As for FEs we had many guest speakers come in, we had the founder of Purple Asparagus, the director of 826Chi, and we had our very own founder of GCE Eric Davis come in. All of these people showed us what worked best for them and what they could have done better, everyone was saying how they needed to make their marketing better, which was a key takeaway. For the action project, we had to create a business idea of our own, we had the entire term to work on this, and each subject of our business was discussed whilst learning about it, such as what our mission/vision statement would be. We had to create a video doing our pitch, recreating the idea of we actually had to do a very quick pitch to someone about our business. I really liked this project, because I feel it really helps me with thinking about the future, and I really hope I can make this an actual business at some point. I struggled a lot with my time and being able to hit everything content wise, without going over time. Below is my pitch, hope you enjoy learning about my company Cine-Bridge!
Thursday, June 1, 2017
Learning To Survive
In my unit 3 of my class Endurance we learned about the aftermath of being in hell and coming out better people from the heroes journey. The main people we looked at was the writer of Night Elie Wiesel and a man from Africa that was a child soldier and was able to escape when he got older. As far as field experiences we, for the first time, created our own! Mine was going to CineSpace, a landlord basically for production companies that need space to film or a hub to go to so they can talk about the film's progress. For the action project we had to create a survival book for our future goals in life. For me that is becoming a director in film, where I was able to talk about what I need to be prepared for, what materials I will need, to set a timeline of what my future might hold. This action project was pretty simple I would say and I liked doing it, like the others it helped with figuring things out for my future and I am very grateful for that. Something I didn't like was that we had to think about the future so much, I am someone that likes to not think about the future but this was something that I felt helped a lot. I really hope you enjoy, and if you hope to become a film director I hope this is helpful in understanding the field!
What?:
My dream/mission is to become a film director and work in the film industry, I want to pursue this because I am very into art. With art, it can be very hard finding jobs and films are in art form that I a lot of people like and can get into. Not only because I see film as an easier art form to get into, but I also really like being able to work with so many people and be able to create something and make it real for people to experience. On the note of experience, I get a lot of emotions when watching films, and I know this is true for just about everyone, I want to spread that and have people talk about what their favorite movie is and why it made them laugh or cry. Right now I am in high school as a small independent filmmaker and soon going to college to study film. After college or during college I hope to become a director in film that is highly recognized, I want to change up the game in some films to keep people more interested!
Lay of the Land:
To be a film director the main job would be a director and then from there I can grow and do more such as acting or writing. The requirements are very varied, because a lot of people have become directors for blockbuster films after being an independent one for so long. But for me I want to go to college and take classes that way I can learn from people in the industry and network more, this way when I get close to graduating I can contact my teachers and see if they can give me a job. That is the main reason, also I feel college is helpful for many things and I know that it can help push me to be a better director. The requirements at Columbia to graduate a Director would be to take multiple classes where you study directing, acting, screenwriting, lighting, set design, almost everything; this way when you start the working with a crew you know the kind of language they use to work and function when doing their own jobs. The best person I can learn from is really myself and see what I do and how it can change to be better. At school, the best people are my teachers because they have knowledge and experience you want. Something very important is that while I am going to school, that piece of paper doesn’t mean much when I graduate because it is more based on the work I make and if I good features; college does help a lot though with networking. According to The Department of Labor, on average a film director will make about 70 grand a year. That number is only a mean, it is very hard to tell how much they will make because as I said it really comes down to work you put in. It is very important that in my career I have made a film reel to show off to people so they will hire me to be the director for that film, otherwise they won’t want me. Something interesting I found on Sokanu, is that the peak for maturity in this field is the age of 62, meaning I have a lot work to do to make sure I can lower that number for myself and prove that I am a great director. Right now more people want to be film directors and the growth rate for them coming in for the next 10 years is estimated to be a 9.1% growth. The film field for a job is very hard, and keeping a stable job is not really option because it all focuses on how much work I am willing to put in. I am prepared to do this and I have realized what I need to do, once I start college I can start doing what I need, which is work! I have already made three films of my own and have worked with a film company for a day doing multiple things, meaning I have a good start.
Timeline:
2017 - Made three films of my own
2017/2018 - Start college
2019 - Start directing my own films in school
2020- Graduate with a BFA in Cinematic Directing
2022 - Start interning at a production company
2023 - Get a paid job to start working myself up to being a director
2025 - Prove myself to be a good director
2027 - Direct my first blockbuster movie
2029 - Go to Oscars for new young Director
2035 - Direct my third blockbuster
2037 - Start collaborating more with independent artists
Materials:
The resources needed for this actually aren’t to bad to get, what I will need in college are the classes and money for the classes. I am going to Columbia College in Chicago and tuition normally is about $28,000 each year so in all the four years I will have paid $112,000. It might not even be that bad because for this. Scholarships are involved meaning that I won't have to pay that much exactly. As for other supplies such as a crew and equipment, most of that will be provided for me when I am in school. Then, when I am in the industry and I am a director, the crew and equipment/space will be paid from the production company and not me directly. In the beginning it will cost a lot, but if I learn to really take advantage of that money and time, then in the future it will pay off.
Non-negotiables:
There are a lot different roadblocks that can happen, and I feel that depending on what it is will determine what I will sacrifice. I will not sacrifice the fact that becoming a director is very important to my life and if someone or something is getting in my way; such as certain relationships I will need to really think if they are worth keeping to better further myself and my career. As for if it is something intellectually that I need to know then I know that I will be willing to put in the time in college or outside to make sure I have mastered what I need to get over.
What if?:
Worst-case scenario is that the film business is failing and I can’t become a director because the need is being lost. In that case I will have to find another job where I can use my knowledge to become an independent filmmaker and share my own work with people that still respect the art form or even become a teacher to people that want to become filmmakers. I have also thought about a business that I can create that will bring independent filmmakers closer to blockbuster production companies so that there is a new element that the want for filmmakers and directors will go up. Also something I need to prepare for is the simple fact that I might not want to do film anymore and I need to find a new field. I don’t know what I will do if that happens, I might try my best to finds something different in art where I have a good amount of experience that I can switch into. I think I would try to go into business because while hard it can be very good invest to study more. That even goes with my plan if the film industry was failing, because while I wouldn’t be doing films directly I would still have knowledge that isn’t thrown out of the window.
Inspiration:
“Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you’re a director. Everything after that you’re just negotiating your budget and your fee.”
- James Cameron
“A Lot of Times You Get Credit for Stuff in Your Movie You Didn’t Intend to Be There.”
- Spike Lee
“I think audiences get too comfortable and familiar in today’s movies. They believe everything they’re hearing and seeing. I like to shake that up.”
- Christopher Nolan
“But having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences – is very, very important to actually being able to make movies.”
- George Lucas
“If a Million People See My Movie, I Hope They See a Million Different Movies.”
- Quentin Tarantino
These are five quotes by very famous directors that I really like because they prove to step out of the normal and to just work and prove yourself as a director.
Map:
Advice for Others:
If you want to be a film director, then start working, it something I have start doing and it has helped me so much. I have only made three films, in each you can see more growth in each, not a lot but enough to know that I am heading down the right path. I would say school is important to go to and learn what you can, the professors have worked in the field and know what they are talking about and know people that can get you a job. This is an amazing field that has so many benefits, you literally just need to work, keeping working and proving yourself. This is a path that where reaching the end is very difficult.
Sources:
"Summary." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, n.d. Web. 01 June 2017.
"How to Become a Film Director: a Sharp Reality Check." Learn Filmmaking | Articles and Blog for Filmmakers. N.p., 05 Feb. 2017. Web. 01 June 2017.
"Film Director." Sokanu. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 June 2017.
"101 Great Filmmaker Quotes." FilmmakerIQcom. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 June 2017.
Nicholas’s Survival Kit
(Film Director)
NVA ”Take One” 2017.
Become The Director, Be The Director
What?:
My dream/mission is to become a film director and work in the film industry, I want to pursue this because I am very into art. With art, it can be very hard finding jobs and films are in art form that I a lot of people like and can get into. Not only because I see film as an easier art form to get into, but I also really like being able to work with so many people and be able to create something and make it real for people to experience. On the note of experience, I get a lot of emotions when watching films, and I know this is true for just about everyone, I want to spread that and have people talk about what their favorite movie is and why it made them laugh or cry. Right now I am in high school as a small independent filmmaker and soon going to college to study film. After college or during college I hope to become a director in film that is highly recognized, I want to change up the game in some films to keep people more interested!
Lay of the Land:
To be a film director the main job would be a director and then from there I can grow and do more such as acting or writing. The requirements are very varied, because a lot of people have become directors for blockbuster films after being an independent one for so long. But for me I want to go to college and take classes that way I can learn from people in the industry and network more, this way when I get close to graduating I can contact my teachers and see if they can give me a job. That is the main reason, also I feel college is helpful for many things and I know that it can help push me to be a better director. The requirements at Columbia to graduate a Director would be to take multiple classes where you study directing, acting, screenwriting, lighting, set design, almost everything; this way when you start the working with a crew you know the kind of language they use to work and function when doing their own jobs. The best person I can learn from is really myself and see what I do and how it can change to be better. At school, the best people are my teachers because they have knowledge and experience you want. Something very important is that while I am going to school, that piece of paper doesn’t mean much when I graduate because it is more based on the work I make and if I good features; college does help a lot though with networking. According to The Department of Labor, on average a film director will make about 70 grand a year. That number is only a mean, it is very hard to tell how much they will make because as I said it really comes down to work you put in. It is very important that in my career I have made a film reel to show off to people so they will hire me to be the director for that film, otherwise they won’t want me. Something interesting I found on Sokanu, is that the peak for maturity in this field is the age of 62, meaning I have a lot work to do to make sure I can lower that number for myself and prove that I am a great director. Right now more people want to be film directors and the growth rate for them coming in for the next 10 years is estimated to be a 9.1% growth. The film field for a job is very hard, and keeping a stable job is not really option because it all focuses on how much work I am willing to put in. I am prepared to do this and I have realized what I need to do, once I start college I can start doing what I need, which is work! I have already made three films of my own and have worked with a film company for a day doing multiple things, meaning I have a good start.
Timeline:
2017 - Made three films of my own
2017/2018 - Start college
2019 - Start directing my own films in school
2020- Graduate with a BFA in Cinematic Directing
2022 - Start interning at a production company
2023 - Get a paid job to start working myself up to being a director
2025 - Prove myself to be a good director
2027 - Direct my first blockbuster movie
2029 - Go to Oscars for new young Director
2035 - Direct my third blockbuster
2037 - Start collaborating more with independent artists
Materials:
The resources needed for this actually aren’t to bad to get, what I will need in college are the classes and money for the classes. I am going to Columbia College in Chicago and tuition normally is about $28,000 each year so in all the four years I will have paid $112,000. It might not even be that bad because for this. Scholarships are involved meaning that I won't have to pay that much exactly. As for other supplies such as a crew and equipment, most of that will be provided for me when I am in school. Then, when I am in the industry and I am a director, the crew and equipment/space will be paid from the production company and not me directly. In the beginning it will cost a lot, but if I learn to really take advantage of that money and time, then in the future it will pay off.
Non-negotiables:
There are a lot different roadblocks that can happen, and I feel that depending on what it is will determine what I will sacrifice. I will not sacrifice the fact that becoming a director is very important to my life and if someone or something is getting in my way; such as certain relationships I will need to really think if they are worth keeping to better further myself and my career. As for if it is something intellectually that I need to know then I know that I will be willing to put in the time in college or outside to make sure I have mastered what I need to get over.
What if?:
Worst-case scenario is that the film business is failing and I can’t become a director because the need is being lost. In that case I will have to find another job where I can use my knowledge to become an independent filmmaker and share my own work with people that still respect the art form or even become a teacher to people that want to become filmmakers. I have also thought about a business that I can create that will bring independent filmmakers closer to blockbuster production companies so that there is a new element that the want for filmmakers and directors will go up. Also something I need to prepare for is the simple fact that I might not want to do film anymore and I need to find a new field. I don’t know what I will do if that happens, I might try my best to finds something different in art where I have a good amount of experience that I can switch into. I think I would try to go into business because while hard it can be very good invest to study more. That even goes with my plan if the film industry was failing, because while I wouldn’t be doing films directly I would still have knowledge that isn’t thrown out of the window.
Inspiration:
“Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you’re a director. Everything after that you’re just negotiating your budget and your fee.”
- James Cameron
“A Lot of Times You Get Credit for Stuff in Your Movie You Didn’t Intend to Be There.”
- Spike Lee
“I think audiences get too comfortable and familiar in today’s movies. They believe everything they’re hearing and seeing. I like to shake that up.”
- Christopher Nolan
“But having a really good understanding of history, literature, psychology, sciences – is very, very important to actually being able to make movies.”
- George Lucas
“If a Million People See My Movie, I Hope They See a Million Different Movies.”
- Quentin Tarantino
These are five quotes by very famous directors that I really like because they prove to step out of the normal and to just work and prove yourself as a director.
Map:
NVA “Map of Directing” 2017
Advice for Others:
If you want to be a film director, then start working, it something I have start doing and it has helped me so much. I have only made three films, in each you can see more growth in each, not a lot but enough to know that I am heading down the right path. I would say school is important to go to and learn what you can, the professors have worked in the field and know what they are talking about and know people that can get you a job. This is an amazing field that has so many benefits, you literally just need to work, keeping working and proving yourself. This is a path that where reaching the end is very difficult.
Sources:
"Summary." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, n.d. Web. 01 June 2017.
"How to Become a Film Director: a Sharp Reality Check." Learn Filmmaking | Articles and Blog for Filmmakers. N.p., 05 Feb. 2017. Web. 01 June 2017.
"Film Director." Sokanu. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 June 2017.
"101 Great Filmmaker Quotes." FilmmakerIQcom. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 June 2017.
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