Columbia 2013 Applicants

[wannabe2]

What were your omissions?

Minor things, neglected to add an adjective in the script, so it reads sort of clunky.

 

[derly]

Originally posted by dusty_rose:
@vim...Im not sure about cost, but it ain't cheap. I'm doing all loans, so I'm just hoping my FAFSA covers everything. I think the only eligibility requirement is a BA or BS.

@derly I have been working on this script idea for a year so I already had the 10 pages, but everything else I had to come up with in November. It was actually a great experience because it made me think about stories and characters that I would not of thought about otherwise. I think I might even try actually writing the feature script that I did my treatment on. But it was a ridiculous amount of writing when you throw in all the other school supplemental material! So your interview is March 4th? Wow, that's 3 weeks of stress and anticipation. I think that's how I bombed my last interview, I over thought it and forgot to just be myself. Good luck, hopefully we will meet in the Fall cause lord knows I need a good producer!

@Robin101 and @pinsandneedles (love the name) the email I received was from the Film Program Administrator who said I had an interview set up for the 22nd and I would be receiving a class for a student liaison who would answer my question and set up a time. A couple hours later the liaison called. He was a 2nd year directing student. He basically have me the lay of the land and set up the interview time. The most interesting thing he told me was that he has written two feature length scripts and four short films in two years! I was impressed. He said Columbia really stresses the importance of having a good writing foundation, even for it's directors, which I completely agree with. To me is seemed like the students and staff set up the interviews and help/answer all the candidates questions before hand. The last question I asked him was what is the ratio between ppl who are interviewed and those picked. He said, he didn't know but would get back to me.

YES! Hopefully all is going to go very well and we will get to collaborate next year. Where are you from btw? The latino script resonated with me. I'm puertorrican.

I have such a dilemma with what to wear to this interview...

 

[dusty_rose]

@derly I'm a mulato baby half white and black. I don't speak spanish, but I love telling stories about people of color. I'm so in love with this latina story which is called "Red Queen" for now. It's about a young girl from Mexico City who is a bada** MF! I love her soooo much! Picture Michelle Rodriguez (the look, not so much the acting) with Gael Garcia Bernal as her brother and Javier Bardem as her half lover/ half enemy trying to kill her. It takes place in Mexico City and Texas. I really believe in this piece half because I love the girl and half because I think female action movies are about to blow up. With the onset of such strong female protagonists on tv and the hungar game/twilight/snow white films starting to make money I really think woman driven action stories are going to finally start to be made. At least I hope!!!!

What kind of films are you interested in making?

Oh and yea I know what you mean about clothing selection. I must of spent hours thinking glasses or no glasses and repositioning myself, with the help of my iphone for 20 mins before my Skype interview with USC about which angle I looked best at!! lol in retrospect it is hilarious but at the time I was so serious. I mean it really was moving it a millimeter to get the right light haha

 

[matildabrown]

I'm still holding out hope for an email <3 it'll be okay everyone! congrats to bob and dusty rose

 

[pinsandneedles]

I wonder how they decide if the interviews are conducted by multiple faculty members?

 

[Abbmona]

Hello everyone! I really think Columbia is doing a loop this year. This is the first year that they are sending out interviews like this it seems. Creative Producing are first to be notified; that was right, but Screenwriting/Directing only two people on the same day have gotten notified. I'm sure there are others who are not on the forum who were notified; but I'm surprised that no one else was notified on the following days after. So I can't shake the feeling that they're finished with interviews but maybe they are and no one who participates in this forum was contacted on those days. I guess there's no point in trying to figure out their process. This is my second year applying and I received an interview last year. I submitted the optional video that was accepted into one film festival so far. It goes to show that schools change every year and you never know what they want.

 

[jufebato]

I'm waiting until Tuesday. After that I can reasonably assume that I will only hear from Columbia until early April when I receive a rejection letter.

 

[Fanfand]

Originally posted by dusty_rose:
@derly I'm a mulato baby half white and black. I don't speak spanish, but I love telling stories about people of color. I'm so in love with this latina story which is called "Red Queen" for now. It's about a young girl from Mexico City who is a bada** MF! I love her soooo much! Picture Michelle Rodriguez (the look, not so much the acting) with Gael Garcia Bernal as her brother and Javier Bardem as her half lover/ half enemy trying to kill her. It takes place in Mexico City and Texas. I really believe in this piece half because I love the girl and half because I think female action movies are about to blow up. With the onset of such strong female protagonists on tv and the hungar game/twilight/snow white films starting to make money I really think woman driven action stories are going to finally start to be made. At least I hope!!!!

What kind of films are you interested in making?

Oh and yea I know what you mean about clothing selection. I must of spent hours thinking glasses or no glasses and repositioning myself, with the help of my iphone for 20 mins before my Skype interview with USC about which angle I looked best at!! lol in retrospect it is hilarious but at the time I was so serious. I mean it really was moving it a millimeter to get the right light haha

your skype interview was with USC on screenplay writing?

 

[dusty_rose]

@pgresty, yes please don't give up. I think I remember from last years thread that production ppl were still getting interviewed in early/mid March! I will ask on Friday what there interview process is and if they plan to do anymore. My fingers are crossed for everyone on this site! The admissions ppl can't really tell our potential from our submissions. I truly believe its all a taste and luck game.

@Fanfand, No it was for production. I can come up with stories to tell but I know I need to work on my dialogue and plot point skills. I more of a director looking for good writers to work with! I really can't understand why writers get the shaft so much in Hollywood. They are the backbone to everything!

 

[O2LSports]

I really can't understand why writers get the shaft so much in Hollywood. They are the backbone to everything!

Well, if you make it as a producer, my name is Chris O'Toole and I'm a 2013 screenwriter at Chapman.

 

[brehco]

so i like to think it's still very early days for screenwriters directors. according to last year's thread - calls / e-mails were made / sent from the 13th (monday) to the 18th (saturday) - that's 6 days in total. and this was to setup for interviews from like the 21st to the 9th (of march). so my guess is the early interview dates were called friday, and i will bet they make calls all week this coming week for the later dates... just hang tight for the long weekend, and then i predict lots of activity starting tuesday! best of luck to all and congratulations again to those with interviews so far!

 

[brehco]

and one more thing - there was someone on last year's thread who was told in his interview that he was unofficially accepted - note he or she was one of the people called later in the week for one of the later interview dates. so i'm using this as evidence for the fact that interview order has nothing to do with application strength!

 

[wannabe13]

so you think that interviews will be set up for the entirety of next week?

 

[ath579]

Tuesday I will be checking my email non stop!

 

[derly]

Originally posted by dusty_rose:
@derly I'm a mulato baby half white and black. I don't speak spanish, but I love telling stories about people of color. I'm so in love with this latina story which is called "Red Queen" for now. It's about a young girl from Mexico City who is a bada** MF! I love her soooo much! Picture Michelle Rodriguez (the look, not so much the acting) with Gael Garcia Bernal as her brother and Javier Bardem as her half lover/ half enemy trying to kill her. It takes place in Mexico City and Texas. I really believe in this piece half because I love the girl and half because I think female action movies are about to blow up. With the onset of such strong female protagonists on tv and the hungar game/twilight/snow white films starting to make money I really think woman driven action stories are going to finally start to be made. At least I hope!!!!

What kind of films are you interested in making?

Oh and yea I know what you mean about clothing selection. I must of spent hours thinking glasses or no glasses and repositioning myself, with the help of my iphone for 20 mins before my Skype interview with USC about which angle I looked best at!! lol in retrospect it is hilarious but at the time I was so serious. I mean it really was moving it a millimeter to get the right light haha

I've been working a lot with documentaries lately. It's a genre that's growing a lot. If you get Gael Garcia you let me know I love that man. Sounds interesting.

Did you guys have to pick a interview date like us producer candidates? We had to pick from three days that were available. So... I guess that would tell you an estimate of how many people they interview. Producing is Feb. 25th, March 4th and March 6th. I'm guessing that the Directing/Screenwriting days should be somewhat around that time.. 3 days or so.

Keep your heads up

 

[kincid]

...I didn't get to pic from march 6th though. only from 2 sessions on feb 25th and 2 sessions on march 4th.

 

[derly]

Yeah I think everyone ran to march 4th. haha I guess the second day is neutral.. I chose it for a silly reason I figured if I picked 25 it was too soon for me to prepare and then the 6th perhaps they would already be amazed with so many other people and I would be of the bunch... Its horrible how schools make you think of all these things >.>

 

[brehco]

Originally posted by brehco:
and one more thing - there was someone on last year's thread who was told in his interview that he was unofficially accepted - note he or she was one of the people called later in the week for one of the later interview dates. so i'm using this as evidence for the fact that interview order has nothing to do with application strength!

yeah basically last year it took them 6 days to do all the calls / e-mails they had to for directing / screenwriting. i'm guessing friday was the first day, so i'd also guess they will be calling / sending e-mails all week starting tomorrow, or tuesday more likely? because tomorrow is. a. holiday.

 

[dusty_rose]

@02LSports I'm a director not a producer, but I'll bank your name in any case. How is Chapman?

 

[O2LSports]

I signed and submitted my offer sheet, so I'll let you know in August haha.