… is collaboration. All artists collaborate in one way or another, you must in order to succeed, and the most successful artists instinctively know how to work with others. More importantly they know their work will be better with the
My Cheatin’ Heart
“I was thrown out of college for cheating on my metaphysics exam. I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me.” Woody Allen I heard an interesting piece on NPR earlier this week about how many young
Some Thoughts About Chevy Chase
A few weeks ago Chevy Chase came to Flashpoint to talk to our students and I didn’t have the time to blog about his appearance, but he has been on my mind so better late than never. I want to
I Am Still Here
This has been the longest the dumb filmmaker has been away fom his blog since he began it. Things have been very busy for him, but there is light at the end of the tunnel, and he promises to stop
More on interns
I am not done with this internship idea yet so hold on. Another former MBC intern is my friend Jay Smith. Jay came to the museum as a college senior at Indiana University. At school he was a TV major
Interns
A few weeks ago I wrote about my internship at a TV station and how valuable it was to my professional development. Today I want to talk about the farther reaching value interns can have. I have said many times
The Times They Are a Changing- Again
Bob Dylan is in Chicago this weekend and as always he has me thinking about the times we live in. Not too many years ago if you were a Chicago based filmmaker and didn’t have a production office in the
TW3
That Was The Week That Was was first broadcast in Britain in the early 196os and gave David Frost his first wide television exposure. A short time later an American version appeared giving TV audiences their first real glimpses of
Improvisation
I like to joke that as a teacher I make it up as I go along. All that preparation- who needs it? If I wanted to do homework I would be a student not a teacher. I am mostly joking,
Collaboration part 3
We made it. Flashpoint Academy opened its doors on Monday and welcomed their first class. Monday was orientation and as part of it we screened Dean Paula Froehle’s film, “The Collector,” and our “making of The Collector” documentary. The similarities
