Cindy - I am a producer and also tried the Hollywood thing after college. I am now a corporate producer in PA. As everyone knows, it is a "who you know" business. Have her look up the Orange County Chapter of the Media Communications Association. (www.mca-i.org) This is a group of working professionals that meet on a regular basis. She should join the organization - cost for a student is less than a text book, go to meetings and start networking. This will lead to some freelance opportunities. Please tell her to be patient and expect to be in for the long haul. It will not happen overnight!
Good luck! Michael Danese -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cindy Nemeth-Johannes Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 7:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [MOPO] Off Topic- request for info in terms of getting into producing. My 25 year old daughter is planning to move to L.A. in May. She's saving up for a newer car, deposits and about 3 months worth of rent, living expenses, etc. She'd like to become a producer. She also plans to ditch the nearly completed Bachelor's in Theater Arts that she's six hours away from earning from Colorado State University. Frankly, their theater program is SO bad that almost every person cast in productions there is either on faculty or a member of the local acting community. So she's got all of the credits she needs in classes, but the casting parameters limited her to just becoming an excellent techie, although she's done very well in acting and directing. She's excellent at anything technical - costume design, dresser during the play, set design, set construction, props gathering, finding locations and props. Her plans are to get out there, find a job, and work until she qualifies for in state tuition, then get the basics out of the way at community college and go on to a program that can lead to a producer's job. Can you give me a general idea of what she should consider doing? She's put a lot of thought into it. Where are good places to make social connections - I'm talking about people who work in the industry but NOT celebrities. Thanks in advance, Cindy NJ Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 3555 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
