Today was day one of a two day film school for me. The instructor is none other than the #1 film instructor in the United States (voted by National Association of Film School)... Dov Simens! He can tell straight up that he's a rotten director and production manager... but teacher? He's the guy! His experience in the industry spans several decades and has graduates grossing over US$6billion at the box office, 9 Oscar nominations, 22 Emmy wins, 87 Sundance, Raindance, Cannes, Toronto, blah, blah, blah... you get the picture. His students include Quentin Tarantino, Spike Lee, Guy Ritchie, Will Smith, Robert Rodriguez, Queen Latifa, etc, etc. Enuf said.
Day 1 talks about the nuts and bolts about film marketing (directing, filming, post-production in under $US200k for a 90-min feature film) and day two, a screen writing sesison and the marketing aspect of the movie business. Notice the the words in bold. I previously would have used the terms "filming making" or "movie making".
This 2-day session substitutes a 4-year education in film. In fact, the stuff you pick up here is much more valuable! So am I going to shoot a S$250k 90min feature film soon? Dov discourages shorts films so we all know what the next obstacle is...
