Career Development Grant
Career Development Grant
"Incandescent" Short film, proof of concept, work sample.
Tara Makinen: executive director of Itasca Orchestra and Strings, musician; Moira Villiard: visual artist, cultural programming coordinator at American Indian Community Housing Organization; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Margaret Holmes: visual artist, poet, and former Children’s Theatre employee; Tammy Mattonen: visual artists, co-founder of Crescendo Youth Orchestra; Kayla Aubid: Native American craft artist, writer, employee at MacRostie Art Center; Ariana Daniel: mixed media artist, arts instructor; Kathy Neff: musician, Director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota Duluth; Ron Piercy: jeweler, gallery owner; Emily Swanson: arts administrator at Oldenburg Arts and Cultural Community; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
Karen Savage-Blue: visual artist; Karen McManus: musician, administrator at Mesabi Symphony Orchestra; Sarah Waddle: program manager for the North House Folk School, arts educator; Amber Burns: choreographer, dancer, actor, middle school art teacher; Kathy Neff: musician, director, Fine Arts Academy at the University of Minnesota-Duluth; Christina Nohre: writer and arts advocate.
ACHF Arts Access ACHF Arts Education ACHF Cultural Heritage
The goal for this project is to direct, shoot, and edit a 7-10min short film. I will participate in a mentorship during this project with an Emmy award winning director of Photography. The short film will be a work sample and proof of concept for the pilot episode script I have written. This short film will show my skill and commitment to professionals in the Film and TV industry. How I will know I’ve succeeded at my goal is when I have a 7-10min short film that is edited to the best of my ability, and that my mentor deems ready to submit to ITVFest and other competitions, and to share with industry professionals. I have received letters of confirmation from my mentor stating he will watch my short film rough cuts, offer feedback, suggest edits, and confirm when I have edited a complete version of the short film which I will be proud to pitch in a professional, credible and artistic way that television professionals can understand, trust and support.
I succeeded in producing, editing and scoring (with original music from local musicians) a short film to the best of my ability, that my mentor deemed ready to submit to Catalyst Content Festival (Formerly ITVFest), and other competitions, and to share with industry professionals. I submitted the short film as part of a pitch to the Catalyst Content Festival and am currently using it in my portfolio and sending it to writers, agents, and producers. I engaged in a mentorship which involved my mentor watching my short film rough cuts, offering feedback, suggesting edits and confirming when I had edited a complete version of the short film which I would be proud to pitch in a professional, credible and artistic way that television professionals can understand, trust and support.
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