“When you do work hard, luck comes your way.”
J.J.. Villard
Story Artist and Visual Development Artist
(The Anacapa School Class of 1998)
“Every single time you see a short film and it looks good, you know that somebody had a lot of money or a lot of passion. It’s a miracle really because so much has to come together so perfectly.”
Jared Ingram
Screenwriter and Director
“The thing I learned during production on the film ‘Looking Up Dresses’ is that I couldn’t do it all. I needed to trust more and micromanage less. That’s work and life—you learn as you go.”
Josephine Ingram
Production Designer
“You need to know what scenes are gold—emotional heart and soul—from the beginning.”
Michael Rhodes
Producer, Writer, and Agent
“One of the exciting things about documentary filmmaking is you don’t know where it is going exactly even when you begin.”
John Lengsfelder
Independent Filmmaker
“In doing trailers, you have two and one-half minutes to grab the hearts and minds of 60 million people and hope that 40 million will go see the movie. It is about the art, but it is also about making the most money possible for the film.”
Evan Schrodek
Assistant Editor in Post-Production (The Anacapa School Class of 2000)
“There are four stages in making a film—development, production, distribution, and exhibition.”
Jackie Apodaca
Actor and Lecturer, UCSB; Senior Columnist, backstage.com;
Producing Director, Shakespeare Santa Barbara
“On editing—you can go in with a story and edit to show it or you can check out what was shot and see what story it tells. Usually it is a mix of both.”
Ryan Pettey
Film Editor
“The whole point of a movie is drama, so generally you can change whatever you need from real life in order to tell the story.”
Michael Stinson
Professor, SBCC
“Regarding the documentary, you have to find the story within your subject because that is what engages us”
Alison Nigh Strelich,
Professor, Brooks Institute; Academy Award Nominee
“Even in a documentary you are fooling with reality to tell a story. All films need to take you on a journey.”
Barry Fanaro
Screenwriter
“Every time you get ready to take a shot, it’s almost like being an airline pilot with a checklist to do before the plane takes off.”
Tracy Trotter
Cinematographer
