A Day in the Life of Our Students
Lee Harvey (grip/focus), Jeff Utter (slate), AJ Duthie (sound engineer) Chris Kulin (sound assist) Ryann Race (AC) Kody Newton (DP) Mike (lighting grip)
As mentioned in Mentor News above, Film Connection grad
Arronn Lepperman made his dream of doing his own feature length film a reality. Shot in just 16 days,
Into the Haunt is now in post and Arronn is gearing up to get his movie showing in film festivals:
“So we filmed in-sequence and our first day of shooting was at a motel, and it was kind of awkward. From the cinematographer to myself to the sound guy to the grip workers to the actors, nobody really knew each other that well. Then we filmed at the gas station, and then from there we ended up going ‘into the haunt,’ [filming] in this haunted attraction.
So that’s when it really started to get fun because now we were surrounded by all these giant props and spooky things. It was just amazing. By day three we were all getting comfortable with each other and laughing…
In the end, it worked out perfectly. We did everything ‘by the book’ and by that I mean Daniel and Bayou’s book. It was amazing to go about this process with them in my back pocket. Any issues I ran into I could call them about and they would help me out. I mean, what else do you need, really, than that kind of mentorship? It was pretty phenomenal.”
Recording Connection grad Dawnette Scolari
Five-time GRAMMY® Award-winning mix engineer Chris Lord-Alge (Rage Against the Machine, Pink, Linkin Park, Madonna, Lady Antebellum, Krewella, Green Day, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood) directed the 2nd Annual Csaba Petocz Master Class Workshop at his very own
MIX L.A. Studios in Los Angeles!
Recording Connection grad and attendee
Dawnette Scolari was thrilled to be part of it:
“From his candid advice on how to manage your business, the importance of being organized, and his impressive mix process, the CLA workshop was an invaluable experience and a dream come true.”
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