Producing Features and Vertical Short Dramas | Adam Bloodgood
Manage episode 477721469 series 3640473
Welcome to episode 12 of The First Act Break podcast, the show where we dive into the art, business, and hustle of breaking into the film industry, and help you build a career doing what you love.
Today, we bring on Adam Bloodgood a USC film producer who transitioned into filmmaking after 12 years of professional ballet and have worked on multiple features and vertical short dramas. We talk about how to build a career in the industry, his experience at film school, and philosophies about producing and filmmaking.
Chapters
1. Intro (00:00:00)
2. Attending college in his 30s (00:01:42)
3. Producing Graduate Thesis Films (00:03:00)
4. Ballet to filmmaking (00:05:03)
5. Junior Thesis (00:06:48)
6. How to be a good producer (00:09:58)
7. Building a career while in school (00:19:15)
8. How to balance school, work and life (00:23:32)
9. Multitasking (00:25:38)
10. Producing career path (00:26:39)
11. Staying organized (00:28:08)
12. What’s your future (00:30:20)
13. Vertical dramas (00:34:27)
14. Exploring roles on set (00:39:54)
15. Acting (00:42:31)
16. How to survive set (00:44:05)
17. How to pick projects (00:50:45)
18. USC Film School (00:55:51)
19. Post college plans (01:00:41)
20. Vertical shorts fee (01:03:37)
21. Long distance relationship (01:06:13)
14 episodes