Robert - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I guess you could say I'm a 25 year old failure. I have yet to finish school, I don't have a real job, and I'm not financially independent. Now for the bad news; I'm a few years away from correcting that. I had started out early in my high school years thinking that I would want to study Law and eventually drifted and did a few years of just general education. I don't know when, but I got turned onto watching movies and storytelling and thought I would one day want to do that. Since then, I have been trying to study each of the important technical areas inherent to the industry and have somewhat systematically been trying to cover each discipline (i.e. Lighting, Sound, Scenery, Video and audio post-production). That has kind of been my plan, to study the technology in school and the theory and content at home It's kind of an unusual approach, but I didn't have to spend a fortune on an expensive film school. Anyway, I don't know if I'm really any closer to eventually telling my story (in the form of a director or some other position with heavy creative control) than the day I started, but I have enjoyed the ride so far and don't really want to get off.

My Interests

Learning new things, watching movies, playing video games, cooking, playing sports (which I hardly ever do anymore), and if I could afford it, traveling, seeing the world other than through a camera lens.

I'd like to meet:

Some power players in the film, theatre, broadcasting, and video game industries so I could find a convenient path to working in the business. But aside from my more self-centered aspirations, important and influential people like world leaders and multi-billion dollar corporation CEOs and the like to try to convince them to give back to the world that they have taken so much from.

Music:

I like a lot of instrumental music that is usually featured in films. As for commercial music, mostly rock and alternative but also adult contemporary is something I look into more now (I guess that means I'm getting older.)

Movies:

Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, The Matrix and other science fiction/fantasy movies. Glengarry Glen Ross, Oleanna, and other Mamet works. Usual Suspects, Fight Club, Memento, and other great dramas. Swingers, Knocked Up, and other comedies.

Television:

Science Channel, National Geographic , History Channel specials. Sports programming (particularly Met games), alot of panel like discussion programs that pop up at all different times. Documentaries about a particular subject and anything I feel like I can learn something from.

Books:

I very rarely read for entertainment purposes, most of my reading is school related and more technically oriented. But I did like Ishmael by Daniel Quinn and 1984.

Heroes:

I wouldn't call them heroes of mine, but people I respect. Physicists, Engineers, and other great scientists. And, of course, the great filmmakers of today and yesterday.