Problems

Problem 1: none of my group members showed up.
Solution: ditch group.

Problem 2: scripts are hard to write.
Solution: have creative wife bounce ideas with me.

Problem 3: script involves elementary school classroom and kids.
Solution: use contacts at heritage to procure classroom and kids.

Problem 4: casting
Solution: bug people

Todd shelton

Todd Shelton Profile
Todd is an audio professor at iupui. His expertiese is audio mixing and mastering, which i believe is a huge part of the filmmaking process.

He enjoys mentoring capstone students and his primary goal for them is to come out on the other side with a product they can be proud of.

Due to his relatively new status as a professor at iupui, he has no idea how available he will be next semester, but as he is already having to double up on classes he is unconvinced that he will have tons of time for capstone students.

Todd actually really liked the idea of secondary mentors; in fact, he thinks that for most video projects, he would be a better secondary mentor than primary.

I have never had todd as a professor before, but appreciate his hardworking and funloving spirit, and i think he would push his students to do well on their capstones.

Mentor Profile

My capstone idea in 100 words or less:

Here goes:  ...... MOVIE!  (1 word.  success! A+!)

But seriously, I would like to make a high quality narrative short film.

Because of this idea, I am looking for a mentor who has industry experience, understands audio, shares similar views on lighting, composition, workflow, pre-production, etc., and who has extremely high expectations for his/her capstone students' projects.

Options for Mentors include Thomas Lewis, Todd Shelton, and Joe Defazio.

The following three posts will be in-depth research articles on each possible mentor.

Capstone "Theme"

Narrative short film.

......... What else do I need here?

:P

Class discussion

I feel like class discussions are a mixed bag. I think they're very helpful for the beginning planning phases of a project, but after that initial phase, I think classroom discussion loses most of its usefulness. The majority of the class doesn't understand your own motivations, ideas, morals, history, and other factors that determine what you will eventually chose to do in your projects. This is why I believe that personal one-on-one mentor/student independent studies are essential to a well- made capstone.