#1 Filmmaker's Statement

I remember filming for my family vacations as a kid; summer trips aren't necessarily film related, but as far as camera usage/documentation goes, it's the earliest memory of ever being involved with any sort of "filming" at the start of my life. Other than that I've been involved with several other film shoots. Back when I was a freshman at UNC Pembroke I helped co-create a student organization that primarily focused on the concocting of short films with little to no budget. The shoots were exciting, yet it was difficult to motivate people to show up and obtain roles needed to push the projects forward. Aside from that I was involved in an FST-495 production as a PA working on and off set. Some of the tasks I performed included moving around set props, and driving around with a friend of mine to purchase batteries for the mics. I myself have made several videos, all of which I've thoroughly shot and edited myself (this was before I had a crew to work with at a university). Hopefully I'll learn how I can further improve my "mpeg chopping" skills, as well as a few more techniques on coloring effects. With former documentary-style knowledge from FST-200 I may be able to accomplish the majority of all aspects needed to create an acceptable product for the first project. There is a long list, a series of steps, that I intend to accomplish in order to achieve the highest platform any individual involved in film could attain. There is a superfluous majority of filmmakers who deem themselves worthy of directing A-list motion pictures; I like to think of myself as someone who could accomplish (realistically) anything I manage to master simply through learning. Hopefully in the near future I'll have my own production company after working on several projects with Warner Bros.; other than writing a remarkable script for a spectacular film that wins an Oscar, I just want to have an opulent/stable job that I enjoy working for every day. If there is anything that could be considered slightly interesting about myself it'll probably be my history of playing tennis.