Friday 24th oct and in the friday afternoon session some of us had to interview Mark Fox (others had to interview a producer/director whos name i never learnt) who has edited numerous TV productions like 'Big Cat Diary' and 'Jungle' and also done work for the BBC. Before my interview with Mark i had time to watch a bit of his showreel previewing some of the work he has done. He started out as a sound editor or dubbing editor and moved onto film at a later date. Anyway here is the recorded phone interview that i have tidied up a bit.
Also Nicholas White, a producer/director back from a jaunt with Bear Grylls on his latest travel lodge assisted 'adventure' (although Nicholas did say he was roughing it this time around), came in after everyone had conducted their phone interviews for an informal chat. I must admit and he did say this himself that Nicholas went round and round in circles with some questions, never really answering what you had asked and flirting with the subject, going off on tangents and then returning to a previous comment before setting his feet down with a vague reference to the question in point. However what he did say was very relevant if this is the kind of thing you were hoping to go into. He made a big thing out of the fact that someone in his role needs to have good social skills and also know how to get the best out of people. He came across as the kind of director who gives his crew their say in how things should be going, the kind of amiable chap who would say to the cameraman "Bill, I need this kind of shot, with the light coming from this angle lighting up the bottom half of the face" and the cameraman can get on and do what he is being paid for. I.e. not the dictator type.
With me, hoping to go on to become a cameraman, editor, sound tech or something along those lines, this gave me an idea of what kind of qualities to look for in a director i wouldn't mind working with.
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