Veronica Burke

I just got out of school not to long ago, and I don't have my own camera yet so I haven't been able to find work or shoot anything myself, so what you see is all I've got right now. But thanks for the feedback :) Oh yeah and that one that looks really dark is supposed to be really dark. It's a night scene, and I was lucky enough to get some of Kodak's 7219 so I wanted to experiment and see how far under I could go. And it worked well enough, the assignment was to shoot a night scene, and mine was the only one in the class that looked like a night scene :) , but it is just a bit darker than I wanted.

There should definitely be one for Chicago or the Midwest states. Chicago has the 3rd biggest market area in the country, so why don't we have one?

I have my 1st reel online at veronicaburke.net. Please let me know what you think!

Hi Alex,

I suggest you start by reading the Books and Movies for Newbies topic pinned at the top of this section. Also, read everything you can get your hands on. Go to your library and see what they have because there are many books about filmmaking, and if your library doesn't have what you're looking for, you might be able to request it from another library. Also pick up a camera, even if it's just the camera your family uses for home movies, and start shooting anything. Does your high school have a video club?

Your loop should look something like this. As long as the pin and the claw engage the film correctly, and it doesn't touch the buckletrip, you should be fine. I think if the sides of the film (the perfs) touch the top you should be fine because I think there's like a track or something that keeps the area where the image forms from touching the camera. You can't see the top in this picture, but it's there on the bottom. Threading the Arri M is very simple.

Think of the fun you'll have the first time you say "let me handle that" - get that "male" look - and proceed to throw 150# up on the truck.

:lol: :lol: I look forward to that day.

Hey, it wasn't until about three years ago, after I shot 25 features and got into the ASC, that my mom stopped pestering me to go back to school and get an Engineering degree and then a real job... Not that it wasn't good advice.

I'm not even done with school yet, and my parents are already like "Are you sure you want to do this?", "Why?", and "Why don't you do still photography instead? The equipment is much lighter." Here we go... :rolleyes:

Haha very true!

Well here's another quesion..is it harder to break into the industry (particularly in the grip/lighting department) if you're a girl?

Any girls on the forum who have a story to tell on how they're going in the industry?

Well I'm still in school, but it has been a bit of a struggle for me. My Camera Seminar teacher once said, "If you haven't been lifting heavy bales of hay you're whole life, you need to start working out now" because the equipment is so heavy. She said this to everyone in the class, but I think it was intended for us girls because the men are stronger, and my physical strength is a real problem for me so I've been trying to work out whenever possible. I also noticed in my Lighting class that men like to pretty much take the bread out of our hands when it comes to lighting and grip work :(

apart from craigslist & mandy.com, where else can i find work to do?

Depending on where you live, you could try your city or state's film office (assuming they have one). You can also try entertainmentcareers.net, but most of their listings are in New York or California.

Why are you only looking in Los Angeles or San Francisco? There are good schools in Chicago and New York too. I go to Columbia College in Chicago, and it's nice, but also kind of expensive.

Columbia College Chicago