Blog 21: Mentorship

• My Mentorship Log has been updated.
• My Mentor is my aunt, Violeta Duran. Her phone number is (626) 252-6536 and her email is violeta.reinaga@gmail.com. I emailed her a copy of the yellow verification sheet that requested her to confirm my hours, which may not be done immediately since she just had a baby this weekend.
• The most important thing I gained from this experience is ironically experience. I now have much more knowledge and insight in the field of independent film, which I would not have acquired if it wasn't for I-Poly.
• Mentorship has helped me answer my EQ since I now have some perspective on the side of independent film that I had not been exposed to in the past- the technical, "behind the scenes" side of independent film. The most essential thing to creating an independent film may be the minds behind the type of work I did for mentorship.

Blog 11: Mentorship 10 Hours

1. I am doing my mentorship with the production company my aunt and uncle are affiliated with: Desert Monsoon Media. Some of my mentorship was done on-site under their supervision, and some was collecting research which they assigned for me on my own time. The details of my work are indicated in my mentorship log.
2. My contact/mentor is my aunt, but I can contact my uncle just as easily.
3. I have done a total of 31 hours of mentorship so far.
4. All of this is stated in my mentorship log, but I doubled as an on-site production assistant and a film festival research assistant for my aunt and uncle's web series. I marked the scenes and operated the boom mic on several scenes and organized the snacks and drinks. As for the film festival research, I found all submission specifications for upcoming film festivals.

Summer Mentorship Component

Literal:

1. Mentorship Log
2. Violeta Duran (626) 252-6536
3. Questions that were raised because of mentorship:

• What are some ways that funds could be raised to accommodate all the needs of an independent film?
• Who finds the cast and crew for each film? And by what means?
• How does one attain a position in the film industry in which one can make a living?

Interpretive

     4. The most important thing that I gained from my experience was hands-on training for several roles involved in the film making process. Aside from the training, I worked with professionals who undoubtedly knew what they were doing. This was a nice way to get used to the feel of a movie set.

Applied

     5. What I did helped me choose a topic since I am genuinely interested in independent film making, and practicing different roles helps me find what I'm most interested in and shows me what I may well be getting myself into.

Summer Mentorship Component