I let some of you know, but I was trying to keep this a secret until I could tell my parents in person…

By some struck of luck or clerical error, I will be interviewing for one of the 15 spots at the UCLA Undergraduate Film School next Friday. It is with some degree of sadness that I move on to the next level because I know some perfectly qualified people who did not get an interview. Though they now turn their sights to graduate school and other projects, I wish they could be giving film school a go, as well.

From what I have heard about the interview process, it ranges from normal and nice to absurd and insane. There are usually two or three faculty members administering the interview, and that is the only thing I know about the interview that seems standard. Some people have been asked to explain which of the following boats has the most to do with filmmaking, a rowboat, a sailboat, or a motorboat.

Another person was told to stop what they were describing and start to describe it as a movie, to describe it cinematically.

Sometimes the interviewers are pleasant, sometimes disagreeable, sometimes downright mean. The only consistency that I can put together is that the interview will be a fun little challenge.

That being said, I’m not going to go into this interview cold. That’d be tempting fate too much for my taste, so I plan to prepare some every day, and I would love your help in the process.

If you could post questions to me that you’d like to know about me and my interests in films, favorite movies, genres, directors, random questions to get me thinking on my feet, anything at all, I’ll respond to one a day and hopefully gain a better insight into what at all I’m going to say next week. I appreciate every question!

Ask away. Anything you want to know about me and my interest in cinema.