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TV Broadcasting School
in a major Station or Studio
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Your school is a TV station or video studio
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Your teacher is a working pro who trains
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No experience required! |
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Part-time, nights, weekends. |
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Train around your current job! |
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"Mike Croos has been hired on to do Sound for our upcoming feature film projects. He is the second Entertainment Connection student to be trained and successfully employed here."
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-- Dwight Adair,
Granite House,
Austin, TX
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"After spending thousands of dollars and graduating at the New York Film Academy, I couldn't get into one door. One phone call to your company and I'm on a $10 million motion picture. Thank you!"
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-- Paul Closkey,
Student,
New York, NY
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Graduate Finds Real Success
Through Entertainment Connection
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When Federico Marchetti entered San Francisco State's prestigious 4-year film program, he knew for sure that he wanted to work in the industry. Unfortunately, their system did not allow for the kinds of opportunities he wanted.
"At S. F. State, there are so many students that you can't be as expressive as you would like to be," Federico recounts. "You actually make a movie in 'a team.' So by the end of the program, I still didn't even have my own demo reel."
That all changed when he found out about Entertainment Connection.
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Federico working in front of the camera
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Federico intereviewed with Lalani Amour, president of Heavenly Eyes Productions and Makalani Productions in San Francisco. Her teams provide every service associated with film and TV production, and she is a veteran Entertainment Connection mentor.
Lalani explains: "I like Entertainment Connection's program because each apprentice has different goals," Lalani says. "Sometimes they start with one idea of
what they want to do, but after a while they go in another direction. Currently, schools let you major in only one department — but my students get to do it all.
She even goes beyond her companies' regular work, to further aid the students. "I set up workshops for lighting, writing, editing — everything. I encourage the
apprentices to get involved as soon as they sign up for the program, and I pretty much cater to what they want."
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Mentor Leilani Amour Arenzana has been involved in major films and television worldwide, including Matrix Reloaded, George of the Jungle, Princess Diaries, and True Crimes, to name a few. She has worked with Francis Ford Coppola, Clint Eastwood, Gary Marshall, Sam Weisman, Spike Lee, and many other award-winning directors.
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Amour's approach was just what Federico needed. Soon after he interviewed, he got to write, produce, and direct his own film. He even composed the music! "I'm very excited!" he enthuses. "Besides my own movie, I've been an assistant cameraman and a video cameraman for some of Lalani's projects. And I'm going to be assistant director for a 2-hour feature that she is producing."
And while traditional film school students are often using outdated equipment, real-world production companies are more likely to be on the cutting edge. "When Federico joined me in January, I had just bought the new XL 2 Canon 3-chip Mini DV camera," Lalani points out. "He was one of the first people to use it."
Marchetti's Entertainment Connection apprenticeship also provided something else that his film school experience didn't: paying jobs. Even before he had completed Entertainment Connection's courses, he was making money for his work. Not only is Marchetti working part-time for Lalani, but she is helping him to put together applications for other jobs as well.
So after obtaining a B.A. in film from a traditional college, it took Entertainment Connection to break him into the real business!
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