On March 31st, we (student officers) from Southwestern College, decided to go to LA's Oscar award-winning/nominees panel meeting. The featured films were Whiplash, American Sniper, and Unbroken. However, the meeting did not start until 8 P.M. that night.
Our day started out by renting out a car so that we would have reliable transportation. I was the last one to get picked up, I was so excited for this day that I woke up at 7:30 A.M. with no alarm! There was a Subway nearby, thus we had some sandwiches for breakfast while planning our day out.
We decided to go visit some video game companies, hoping to get a guest-speaker to be interested in coming to our campus and talk about the industry he/she is in. Our plan fell short because many of these companies would not take walk-in meetings, however I personally enjoyed the experience of going out and actually communicating face to face with these companies. We hope to return in the future, prepared with an appointment for any of the companies we visited.
Our day was later followed by visiting Hollywood's Guitar Center, which felt like we were kids at a toy store since we were so entertained with the variety of instruments and tools that were available. We concluded with dinner in a restaurant and then headed to the meeting. The meeting was such a great experience, I'm sure all of the officers learned something new when it comes to film production. Clips of the featured films were shown and the artists/engineers explained the methods they used in their films, emphasizing on how it was effective for the audience. It was interesting to hear what these professionals have in mind when it comes to their artistical approach. After the panel ended, we introduced ourselves to these engineers and asked them if they would like to visit our school for a meet and greet, hoping to inspire our San Diego student members. I was shocked to hear them say they were interested and I hope we can work something out in the near future. The meeting ended about 9 P.M. but we truly didn't leave right away, even if our drive would get us home later. It was all worth it for this memorable trip.
Posted: Tuesday, April 7, 2015
