Apprentices in Action
A Day in the Life of Our Students

Film Connection students Ryan Davis and Garic Griffin
Ryan Davis has hit the ground running with mentor Zac Adams of SkyDive Films (Nashville, TN):
“After graduating college, I was still looking for a way to get into the film industry. I joined Film Connection and was partnered with Zac who’s taught me a lot about the filmmaking process and has given me lots of hands on opportunities to work on real film sets! I have been able to work on a sold-out country show at the Ryman Auditorium, crew of a corporate healthcare shoot, and just recently I got the opportunity to direct my own commercial!”

On the set of commercial for the Nesting Project
Fellow apprentice and recent high school grad
Garic Griffin isn’t wasting any time when it comes to launching his career:
“I started right after high school and so far I’ve made a short documentary that was featured at one of the nation’s largest UFO conventions, I’ve been on a crew for a video that played at a sold out show at the famous Ryman auditorium in Nashville, and so much more!…Zac, my mentor, is just awesome. I’m learning a lot and getting all kinds of opportunities to further my career in film.”

Having just completed the midterm, Recording Connection student
Dave Deines (Seattle, WA) who apprentices at Fastback Studios is excited to be getting his career right on track:
“I’m really enjoying this new direction in my life and I feel like I am picking up the fundamentals of this field quickly…I’m really excited about a new endeavor that has surfaced, which is working as the sound guy for my friend’s band…I think it is an absolutely perfect opportunity for me to get experience doing live sound mixing…I went to their practice space yesterday for the first time and I felt like I made a pretty good impression and was able to use the knowledge I’ve learned here to communicate ideas and actually educate them on a few small things as well.”
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