SOME GUY IN THE EMERGING VISIONS PROGRAM (P. 1)
Forgive me if this post comes across clunky, as this is my first blog that has nothing to do with cats.
Instead, I’ll be writing about my experiences during the Emerging Visions Program, which takes place all day tomorrow, on Monday, which I’m told was chosen because Monday is the day people “emerge” from the caves of their dark apartments and return to the outside world after a weekend of healthy sobbing. I’m excited to emerge, myself. Hopefully it’ll put an end to people saying I have the body of a caterpillar.
“But, Adam,” you ask, with a look of concern, “what is the Emerging Visions program?” Well, first of all, you’ve really got to relax. Secondly, Emerging Visions is a program put on by IFP and the Film Society of the Lincoln Center, who have come together to spotlight up-and-coming filmmakers from their various programs. It’s taking place during the New York Film Festival, which is best known (to me) as being “that festival that’s doing the Royal Tenenbaums reunion that I won’t be able to stay in town long enough for.”
The idea behind it is to not only introduce us wobbly-legged, Bambi-like filmmakers to each other and others in the independent film community, but also to provide guidance as we enter this profession, which I’ve heard is as stable as a career in dental hygiene. Basically, it’s like in Angels in the Outfield, when the angels helped that awful baseball team cheat their way to victory. I think that makes Joana Vicente Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Why would anyone help others like this, in this day-and-age of Wal-Mart stampedes? I’m not sure, but from my experiences with them so far, the people behind these two organizations seem to just be all-around wonderful, and I guess that’s what wonderful people do. I use the word “guess” because I’ll never know for myself, obviously.
I’ve just come out of another IFP event, the Project Forum, which I was at with what will hopefully be my second feature, We’re a Wasteland. Like my first film, New Low, it’s a comedy. Unlike my first film, it would actually have a budget of more than what I could pawn of my roommates’ stuff. So, I’m venturing into new territory, making the transition from the “no-budget world” to a “slightly more than no-budget” world.
If you’re thinking to yourself, “This guy sounds like he needs some mentorship,” you hit the nail on the head.
I’m not quite sure what to expect tomorrow, but I know that I’m really grateful for the opportunity, and I’m looking forward to spending all day meeting the other filmmakers and industry professionals before realizing in the bathroom that my fly is down.
See you in 24 hours.
