AFI App for Fall 2009 (11 Viewers)

[SimAlex]

i second the vote for Southwest. that's what i took.

 

[JW]

I'm a directing applicant and haven't heard back yet. Got rejected from NYU. Waiting to hear from UCLA and AFI. Any other directors out there?

 

[Bervis]

Hello All,

Got an interview today for the directing program next week. This is my second time applying, so I'm excited to get another chance to interview. Good luck to everyone.

 

[Race_Bannon]

Same here JW. I haven't heard anything from AFI yet and I applied to the directing program.

 

[Cheneration]

Hey Bervis,

that is great news! Happy for you!! Where is your interview at?? Los Angeles or New York?????

 

[JG86]

I had my interview with tom rickman and michael urban today. I don't have much to add to SimAlex's report - it was very relaxed and pleasant. We mostly discussed my background in the classics and liberal arts as well my previous filmmaking experience. It lasted about 30 minutes. The fellows I chatted with afterwards were nice and they had great things to say about AFI.

I flew Southwest on the cheap through Burbank.

Now the waiting game begins. Good luck, everyone.

 

[Filipe]

That's great JG, I feel more realxed now. I think...

 

[J.M.]

It seems like they are calling everyone but director's by discipline. That's making this whole thing very anti-climactic, since we directors don't know when the interviews are done with. If they called all the directors at once we would at least know if we were out for sure, or if we should keep hoping.

Argh! Well, I'm still wishing everyone luck, and I know there's gotta be more that three people on here that are getting interviewed as directing potentials. This has been the most agonizing month in a long time.

 

[Bervis]

My interview is in L.A. next week.

It seemed like they had more calls to make, as they had about a big block of time to choose from. So keep hope alive y'all, no one's out yet!

 

[KayS]

I'm sitting in my hotel room biting my fingernails as I wait for my interview tomorrow morning at AFI.

I'm also waiting for the latest episode of LOST to air in Los Angeles! My friends in the central time zone keep threatening to tell me the ending. :-O

I've been talking to myself out loud all day and bombing my own fake interview. AHHH I just want to get this over with!

 

[SimAlex]

you're gonna RAWK, kay. RAWK.

 

[KayS]

hahaha...thanks, SimAlex. Weeeee'll see.

 

[JG86]

Kay, you're going to rock, because that's what austinites do! It's really a nice, low-key experience. You'll be fine.

 

[Filipe]

Good luck today, Kays!
What field are you applying to?

 

[Bervis]

Yeah, good luck Kays. You'll do great!

 

[KayS]

Thanks guys! I'm off to go get ready! I hope I get to meet you awesome people.

(I applied to screenwriting, by the way.)

 

[Starbuck7]

I just got a call yesterday for an interview. Crazy thing is I applied for screenwriting

Thought all hope was lost weeks ago, but now
I'm so excited! Good luck all!

 

[Race_Bannon]

Congrats Starbuck! That's great news for all of us still waiting to hear back. Best of luck!

 

[rfirpo]

I applied as a director for Fall '09 and I've been lurking this thread for a long time. Since the moment of truth regarding acceptance/rejection appears imminent, I thought I'd finally post to ask a question that's been nagging at me during this whole waiting game. Would any applicants who applied for directing be willing to share their supporting materials here?

I'm very curious about the sorts of films people used to apply to AFI (both from those who got accepted and those who did not). I keep waiting for this topic to come up, but it never does, so if people were waiting for someone to break the ice I guess I'll put my money where my mouth is...

I submitted two clips: a two min clip from a 25 min short film and a full length 16 min short - each of which I wrote/directed/edited. Here is a link to the full version of the 25 min short: http://vimeo.com/3461904

I would post the full length short I submitted, but we're still working on the sound mix. I had submitted it to AFI as a work-in-progress (with a disclaimer) because it was a much more personal and relevant film to my character. It's totally watchable, just not "movie-perfect" at the moment.

I'm nervous about posting this and unsure about whether or not it's a good idea, but what the hell - if it encourages people to follow suit, it's worth it. Anyone who was wondering the same thing, please post (at least) clips from your own supporting materials. There's still time so good luck to everyone and congrats to those who've already earned interviews!

 

[captainahab]

I would like to follow suit and post my own film but I have no idea how to get it from dvd to a file that I can post on the web. If you could shoot me a PM and let me know how I can do that I would be more then happy to showcase my work.

I'm streaming The Delivery Man, it's kinda taking a while since the internet where I'm at is super slow, but what I've seen, (first 2 min) the hamburger rant, I really like.

good luck with everything