Comments on: On the first day of film school at NYU… http://ryansholin.com/2009/08/13/on-the-first-day-of-film-school-at-nyu/ The future of news. And more. No funny stuff. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:22:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: stephanie http://ryansholin.com/2009/08/13/on-the-first-day-of-film-school-at-nyu/comment-page-1/#comment-16451 stephanie Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:45:56 +0000 http://ryansholin.com/?p=1627#comment-16451 ha! I barely remember that orientation. We both must have been there, but did not know each other, yet......I would not have raised my hand, as I already had Editing in mind from a random comment a friend of my parents made 5 years before that. Go figure! I think it is wise to be cautious and have real skills/a back up plan, but I believe everyone should aim for and work their asses off to get to their goal. Worst you can do is not make it and fall into something else. And you definitely won't get there if you don't believe it can happen. There are those dream positions out there. might as well be YOU! (end of steph's pep talk) ha! I barely remember that orientation. We both must have been there, but did not know each other, yet……I would not have raised my hand, as I already had Editing in mind from a random comment a friend of my parents made 5 years before that. Go figure!

I think it is wise to be cautious and have real skills/a back up plan, but I believe everyone should aim for and work their asses off to get to their goal. Worst you can do is not make it and fall into something else. And you definitely won’t get there if you don’t believe it can happen.
There are those dream positions out there.
might as well be YOU!

(end of steph’s pep talk)

]]> By: Ryan Sholin http://ryansholin.com/2009/08/13/on-the-first-day-of-film-school-at-nyu/comment-page-1/#comment-16442 Ryan Sholin Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:35:53 +0000 http://ryansholin.com/?p=1627#comment-16442 @John - That's a funny story, although it does sort of reek of PT Anderson showmanship as I follow the trail of Wikipedia and IMDB on it. ;) By the third year at NYU in the late '90s, almost everyone left on the narrative film track said their favorite directors were George Lucas or someone equally bland. My three favorites in those days were Peckinpah, Godard, and Chaplin, and there were no berets involved. One prof showed the gatling gun scene from Wild Bunch the week after I mentioned Sam P. on the first day of his class. It was a beautiful thing. @John – That’s a funny story, although it does sort of reek of PT Anderson showmanship as I follow the trail of Wikipedia and IMDB on it. ;)

By the third year at NYU in the late ’90s, almost everyone left on the narrative film track said their favorite directors were George Lucas or someone equally bland. My three favorites in those days were Peckinpah, Godard, and Chaplin, and there were no berets involved. One prof showed the gatling gun scene from Wild Bunch the week after I mentioned Sam P. on the first day of his class. It was a beautiful thing.

]]> By: John Pavlus http://ryansholin.com/2009/08/13/on-the-first-day-of-film-school-at-nyu/comment-page-1/#comment-16441 John Pavlus Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:21:55 +0000 http://ryansholin.com/?p=1627#comment-16441 This reminds me of the anecdote the PT Anderson tells about his first day at NYU (I think it was NYU) - beret-wearing a-hole instructor tells everyone that if they're dream is to make movies like Terminator 2, they're in the wrong place. PT Anderson drops out the next day b/c he thinks T2 is awesome, starts shooting his own work. Moral: if you think you're an auteur, you're probably not because if you were you'd be too busy making work to be sitting around (in class) wondering if you're an auteur or not. I say this as someone who went to film school for 4 years myself. :) This reminds me of the anecdote the PT Anderson tells about his first day at NYU (I think it was NYU) – beret-wearing a-hole instructor tells everyone that if they’re dream is to make movies like Terminator 2, they’re in the wrong place. PT Anderson drops out the next day b/c he thinks T2 is awesome, starts shooting his own work.

Moral: if you think you’re an auteur, you’re probably not because if you were you’d be too busy making work to be sitting around (in class) wondering if you’re an auteur or not.

I say this as someone who went to film school for 4 years myself. :)

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