Brandon Del Nero

work ethic goes a long way.

It's an industry completely based on referal work, and its a small town, so word gets around when you're good and word gets around quicker when you're bad

Work your ass and be easy to wirk with and you'll start building a reputation. Remember, it really is a very small town, which you'll realize when you arrive

I'm a Cine student here in Los Angeles, about to graduate in a few months and I'm officially scared.

Being such a competietive field, it seems like a pretty daunting task to even get started here. I'm worried about all kinds of things, most importantly paying the rent when school ends. I've been told I'm an excellent cinematographer and when my reel is finished it should be outstanding, but I'm still pretty nervous

So how does one get started? I mean in a sense what are some of the resources for us who are just about to get out in the real world? I know the jobs I need, gaffing or assisting, and I know that i need to do some "pro bono" work to get started out, but even the free stuff is amazingly competietive, and how does one make a living after quitting school but before building a repitoir around town?

million dollar question, I know, but any resources, stories, or solid advice would help.

Also, how does one go about getting a "mentor" of sorts in the business? I realize that although I'm graduating and have a solid foundation, I really know nothing yet, and would really like a skilled DP to take me on as some kind of apprentice for little or no pay, but I guess I have no idea of how to approach that either

thanks guys, hope to get a few replies

brandon

it can be done. Look at 28 Days Later...

They had an adapter with pretty quick Canon EC primes, but it's still a 1/3" chip, its still standard def with DV resolution

I've found that your export from the editing program might be the single biggest factor in final look of the picture.

One man's opinion

Hey nice reel. A few pointers you might want to consider:

The shots with the dude shooting all of the doctors and the chick shooting the fat guy on the floor, I'd cut both. The lighting is flat, and they distract from a lot of the other great shots on there.

I also think that you need a nice beauty shot, and more movement. some smooth dolly shots or a smooth handheld would add a lot.

And what happened to the music video scene? That looked great but we only saw about 3 seconds of it.

Just a few thoughts, you can take em or leave em

b

and test some more!

In a lot of cases at the student level, you'll find that you can expose normal and color correct to the prefered look.

In fact, just the other day I took some Eterna 160 to telecine and transfer wanting a full bleach bypass, but was able to push it a stop in developing and desaturate the colors, which worked perfect. It's cheaper and you don't have to make a print.

And as a student, fuji will give you free film and certain telecine houses will comp your test sit in's if you're going to bring the project to them

so test!