Before the second round of short films appear on the blog, I wanted to commend the talent and production team of the comedy “Switching Teams.” This group of around ten students filmed on a FRIDAY night until around 1 am, all day Saturday outside in the scorching heat, and at 9am on Sunday morning to [...]
July 29, 2009
Categories: Class Related, Reflection . . Author: samgyllenhaal . Comments: Leave a Comment
If you’ve read Chris Bunn’s blog posts, you’ll know that he’s made some crucial career choices in his time here in Los Angeles. He prefers Tobacco Road to the City of Angels, and he recognizes that ‘striking it big’ in Hollywood is extremely hard to do. He was caught between his passion for coaching the [...]
July 21, 2009
Categories: Reflection . . Author: samgyllenhaal . Comments: 5 Comments
Two weeks ago I started an internship with Apparatus productions, adding some film internshippin’ to my LA experience. My work with RDF USA involves a large amount of research and filling out spreadsheets, so I was thrilled when I was given a “romantic mystery” script to read in my first day on the job [...]
July 18, 2009
Categories: Internship . . Author: samgyllenhaal . Comments: Leave a Comment
Okay, so the title was just to catch your attention. But it’s true. Let me explain: For our ten project, “Artifacts,” our group shot a number of scenes in Boo Radleys Antique shop, a store that imports an eclectic mix of European antiques. The filming was going well, and we were working with [...]
July 1, 2009
Categories: Climbing the Ladder - Webisodes . . Author: samgyllenhaal . Comments: 1 Comment
I am determined to apply music to my career in some way. Whether it be shooting music videos or actually writing songs for a living, I want my passion for music to come out in my work.
My friend Erik Keithley and I took it upon ourselves to write an original song for the webisode [...]
June 17, 2009
Categories: Reflection . . Author: samgyllenhaal . Comments: 4 Comments