Peter Stark Producing Program 2012/2013

[rjoseph]

@pew pew! Wow. Thank you so much for sharing that information about your interview. It sounds like you handled it well!

Makes me nervous since I didn't interview this year, they were already booked by the time I called...

Best of luck my friend. I hope we are both classmates in August.

 

[i_spit_hot_fire]

@pew pew

Thanks for the info. I have an interview with them tomorrow, so this is a good heads up. I'll post what I remember for everyone afterwards.

 

[moonfullofstars]

@pew pew, glad to hear your interview went well!

@i_spit_hot_fire You'll do great tomorrow!

Best of luck to both of you, and to all of us! I hope we'll all be classmates soon.

 

[srao]

@i_spit_hot_fire

hey you mentioned applying to UCLA - did you hear back from them?

Good luck with your interview!

 

[i_spit_hot_fire]

@srao

Thanks. Normally I'm not nervous about interviews, but damn if Stark hasn't managed to catch me off guard. I appreciate the good wishes.

And I heard from UCLA (screenwriting) this week. I'm interviewing on Campus on Friday.

Safe to say this is a big week.

 

[Coinsquolino]

@pew pew
Thanks for sharing and I really hope you'll get in!

@i_spit_hot_fire
Good luck with your interview today! You'll do great! Keep us posted!

Sorry guys for the absence, I don't have an Internet connection in my new house in Milan but I always read your posts from my iPhone ahahah... It's so surreal that we'll know everything next week. I want to keep positive for all of us!

What will you be doing next Wednesday? Do you know if they'll be calling on the house phone or on your cellphone?

Fingers crossed everyone!!

 

[srao]

@i_spit_hot_fire

ooo big week indeed! good luck - and don't over think it, I'm sure you've sent great applications otherwise they wouldn't call - so have confidence in that.

and for everybody else (esp producers and aspiring producers) this is floating around on fb and I thought it was quite funny :

http://www.facebook.com/photo....24174&type=1&theater

 

[freakyfreddy]

So is it a bad thing that some of us haven't been contacted for a last minute interview? In other words, has anyone got into the program with one or no interviews?

 

[i_spit_hot_fire]

Thanks for all the encouragement, everyone.

Had my interview this morning. Very basic, very lighthearted chat with Larry, Richard, and Henry. Richard congratulated me on making it this far, and said no decisions had been made. Then Larry interjected and said that a ton of decisions had been made--they'd cut most of the applications down to their top choices, and now they had to cut a few more.

The rest of the interview was tailored pretty exclusively to me and my background as a writer, but it did boil down to why I chose Stark and where I'd ideally be in the future. They seemed pleased that I had a definite direction in mind, but who knows.

At the end, they asked me if I had any questions and that was it. They said I had to sweat it out a few more days, and that they'll have the decisions next week as expected.

In all, very casual, polite, and humorous exchange. It felt like they were looking for some minor clarifications on questions that arose on the app, and also like they're going through their list to make sure we aren't total duds.

Again, this was just my impression. Now, it's back to waiting for a week.

 

[DAC_NYC]

Hi All!

I_Spit_On_Hot_Fire:

Was this your first interview or had you done on previously?

Congrats and Cheers!

 

[i_spit_hot_fire]

This was my second. I met with Henry and Sarah back in October.

 

[freakyfreddy]

Since everyone is sharing their interview questions here are a few I remember:
Why do you want be a producer(duh)?
Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?
They asked me to pitch an idea
What are your favorite films?
What would you do if you were rejected?
Why go to film school if so many people have success without a degree?
Film or television producing and why?
What other schools did you apply to?
Do you have any questions for us?

They never asked why I chose USC and I remember telling my sister that and her reply was, "because they know why." I thought that was funny.

 

[i_spit_hot_fire]

@freddy

Way more in depth. When was your interview?

 

[freakyfreddy]

It was in August. It was about 45 minutes. All those questions kind of went with the flow of the conversation we were having, none of them made me think, "where did that question come from?"

For example, when they asked me to pitch an idea it came from the fact that I just finished writing a pilot. So they wanted to know if I had any more ideas for a movie or TV pilot. Then they asked if I wanted to go into TV or film because I had just written a pilot instead of a short or feature length script.

The questions I posted are the general ones I remember. There were some more questions I remember but it would serve no purpose to post them because they were specifically about me.

 

[TDub]

@I_Spit_On_Hot_Fire What time in the AM did they call and was it an"UNKNOWN" number? I had 2 missed calls the other morning from an unknown number at 8:30/9:00 am PST. Just curious.

 

[i_spit_hot_fire]

@Tdub

It was actually via Skype, and the Stark office set it up before hand.

 

[DAC_NYC]

Any updates; have some of you been called with good news yet? Do we know approximately how many people applied this year? ... Best to all!

 

[i_spit_hot_fire]

The calls for those admitted should come next wednesday, the 22nd.

 

[moonfullofstars]

@i_spit_hot_fire Best of luck at your UCLA interview!

 

[God]

Not to be a bear, but does anybody know when rejection letters go out? After 2/22? Kind of nerve racking to be waiting around all day for a call that never comes. Sounds like a depressing country song