Contacts

This week was all about getting contacts with people that would be able to help me out and lend me a guiding hand with their experience and expertise that they might have from their careers in film.

I think that my biggest go to guy will be Jimm Needle. I have worked with Jimm briefly during a filming of a music video for a local band out of Pittsburgh called Missing Pages. Jimm is a Westminster College graduate, where shortly after began working on short films commercials and local bands. Jimm has a great technical know-how and can be easily counted on for any advice.

Justin "Jumbo" Bryan is an alumni from Westminster College. Jumbo has worked in all aspects of film as well as theater. He has been on the Westminster stage countless times as well as local theater.

A chance meeting led me to another person that I will believe will be a great aspect and serve as a mentor, if you will. Matt Oates is the owner of Midtown Entertainment, a film company based out of California. Matt is a native of Sacramento, California. Matt has spent a number of years directing, writing and producing short films and videos. He has been an avid filmmaker since the age of six, when he shot his first video using his father’s hi-8 camcorder. He is currently shooting the feature film “Farewell Bender” as well as numerous other ideas and projects.