I'm sitting here with my application almost complete (just need to record the video), and I started to wonder if there is anyone else who is responding to the Kill Hollywood RFS.
It seems that whenever I leave a comment/rant from the film industry perspective, I get a response like "it's good to have someone like you on hackernews", which leads me to believe that there are not a lot of readers with a plethora of Hollywood domain knowledge. Perhaps the assumption is that this type of knowledge is unnecessary?
I, on the other hand, am on the complete opposite side of the spectrum. I only began posting here after Paul Graham started tweeting about killing Hollywood. I wasn't even planning to apply for the summer cohort until I quit my job unexpectedly and thus had a small window of opportunity.
Anyway, if you're out there, I'd love to start conversing with hackers interested in this particular RFS. Obviously, it's a little late considering the application is due Thursday, but my chances of getting accepted as a single cofounder are really small, so we will have plenty of time to exchange ideas before the winter deadline. Furthermore, if you already have a complete team, but you would like to speak to someone like myself, I would gladly volunteer my time to your venture.
My background: started with my first short 11 years ago, eventually worked my way up from Production Assistant to Visual Effects Producer (eight years of climbing the ladder), in the process I joined and eventually left the union, have worked on ten Hollywood features as a freelancer, produced two indie features of my own, done eleven episodes of national TV, was Programming Director at a startup, was consultant to Vice President at Paramount (helped with another 5 - 10 features while there and also got to do some cool research), founded a failed production company (completed over 30 projects, biggest client was Microsoft x2), recently consulted with a distribution related CDN startup, etc. I also managed to squeeze in an M.S. at the UT Austin business school.
It seems that whenever I leave a comment/rant from the film industry perspective, I get a response like "it's good to have someone like you on hackernews", which leads me to believe that there are not a lot of readers with a plethora of Hollywood domain knowledge. Perhaps the assumption is that this type of knowledge is unnecessary?
I, on the other hand, am on the complete opposite side of the spectrum. I only began posting here after Paul Graham started tweeting about killing Hollywood. I wasn't even planning to apply for the summer cohort until I quit my job unexpectedly and thus had a small window of opportunity.
Anyway, if you're out there, I'd love to start conversing with hackers interested in this particular RFS. Obviously, it's a little late considering the application is due Thursday, but my chances of getting accepted as a single cofounder are really small, so we will have plenty of time to exchange ideas before the winter deadline. Furthermore, if you already have a complete team, but you would like to speak to someone like myself, I would gladly volunteer my time to your venture.
My background: started with my first short 11 years ago, eventually worked my way up from Production Assistant to Visual Effects Producer (eight years of climbing the ladder), in the process I joined and eventually left the union, have worked on ten Hollywood features as a freelancer, produced two indie features of my own, done eleven episodes of national TV, was Programming Director at a startup, was consultant to Vice President at Paramount (helped with another 5 - 10 features while there and also got to do some cool research), founded a failed production company (completed over 30 projects, biggest client was Microsoft x2), recently consulted with a distribution related CDN startup, etc. I also managed to squeeze in an M.S. at the UT Austin business school.
Apologies for the long post.
Here is my email: [email protected]