It was the first day of the BFI Film Academy, and it was a Wednesday. I went on the train straight from Sixth Form to The Showroom in Sheffield, where I met the other 'students' and the Academy co-ordinators.
We went through what we would do with the Academy and making our short films, and a man from the NFTS (National Film & Television School), who spoke to us about a 2 week residential with them. It soon transpired that I'd missed the deadline for screenwriting, which was a bit of a downer, but it happens every year so I shall apply in 2015! We also spoke to the programmer for the Showroom, who chooses which films go on. She told us about her role, and what she has to do for it. She mentioned that she watches around 1000 films a year.
We also had to talk about ourselves, and discuss what we liked and disliked with the others. Then we had to write down what role we wanted to have when making the short film. I put down WRITING in big capital letters. And then added every other role in smaller letters, just in case.
At the end we were given free cinema tickets (Score!), which I plan on using for Gravity ASAP. Next meeting was the Saturday after.
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