Aims:
-make new friends
-feel confident in a new environment
-Gain a better understanding of the role of a producer
It was my first day meeting all my fellow Film enthusiasts... I have always been good with people and luckily for me three of my friends had also got in to the course. So i suppose I wasn't nervous about fitting in or making loads of new friends but for some reason I was still nervous! I suppose it is because I was so excited about it and just hoped it lived up to all my expectations... In this workshop
They gave us 'A roller-coaster ride through the course' and I have to say I got really excited! in every aspect it sounded amazing! I even got to speaking to people there who I hadn't met previously. I have to say It was nice to say to someone that my favourite director is Paul Thomas Anderson and not have someone stood in front of my with a vacant expression gormless nodding along not really understanding a word I am saying. It is nice to talk passionately about films and not have people ignoring me and looking bored. It is hard to meet people who have the same love for films as I do but these people do! I spoke specifically to a boy named Kyle, It is fair to say I instantly liked him, as he was wearing an evil dead shirt.
We also got spoken to by Michael Knowles who talked to us about producing. I think I fell in love with him, he was really quirky and interesting. He made me want to be a producer... In fact I think this has made it clear what my plan of action must be! 'I want to learn more about producing and I want to be good at it!'. We also looked at the history of film and watched some of the fist celluloid films ever made, it was literally just people walking out of a factory but it was genuinely amazing to see where it all began and how far we have come since.
I am also aware we have a action project. This will be a short film and I am very excited. I am already trying to think of a genre our group could do... however I am not yet sure and am really open to ideas, it is just something to look forward to!
Review of session:
-make new friends... I feel I got along with Kyle well, due to our mutual love of evil dead, He seems like a really nice guy and even though I have friends on this course. I think it is good to meet new people too.
-Feel confident in a new environment... This was probably the easiest aim to achieve, this is because when I got there it became instantly apparent that everybody was in the same boat I am in. We are all nervous, excited and most importantly love films!
- Gain a better understanding of the role of a producer... Michael Knowles was a very knowledgeable man, I must admit I was slightly scared he would say loads of stuff I wouldn't understand and lose my interest. However I was wrong and he made it simple and easy to understand and explained the role of a producer clearly. In my A-level film studies class at school later that week, when our class was asked "what is the role of a producer" I felt more than confident enough to put my hand up and give the 'perfect answer' according to my teacher.
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