Tim Arview's Lounge Discussions

Welcome back, Tim. One of the many purposes of this platform is to connect people on a global level. More and more financing, filmmaking and producing is being done globally. Filmmakers in one country are hiring composers from another, for example. In fact, many of our thousands of success stories involve creatives from different states or countries getting together to make art. The world gets smaller by the day. Embrace it and get yourself out there! Good luck!

Hi, and most welcomed Cinthia! I'm Andrés a music composer from Argentina, let me know if you need any original music. Here're some tracks for you to hear. Let me know what you think! Cheers https://soundcloud.com/tripulaje/

Tim: RB, is right. This community is very giving. You can post a question in the lounge and dozens come to your rescued, so to speak. What's important is that you write and write everyday, for ten, twenty, thirty minutes, but do it. Because is by writing and reading screenplays in your preferred genre, that you will improve and grow as a screenwriter. Once you have four, five screenplays, purchase development notes or invest in consulting from professionals who will give you "constructive criticism" and then you can start pitching that script once is airtight, error proof. Stage 32 is the best place to start. But one important thing is patience, one step at a time is my own advice to myself and I hope it helps you.

Hi Dennis, thanks for the connection! Nice to meet you!

no. put a plan together, call ahead, go visit and get a view from the street. Find someone out there who you can visit with. Save money and/or land a job there prior to going. Get real and don't end up yet another "filmmaker" on the street or working at starbucks....

Don't do it on a wing and a prayer. You really need to make some connections, set up appointments, meetings and have a clear goal with some kind of timeline to measure how you're going. Also make sure you have a back up and enough money so you don't get real desperate too fast. It's a tough and wonderful town.

Check into the UCLA extension programs. They're expensive but worth taking as a way to make connections.

It usually isn't, but sometimes you have to follow your heart.

Here's an awesome article about moving out there I found: http://thecastingpitt.com/article/1428334709

Thanks for sharing, Eric. Although everything I read online says to wait until post to worry about the music for a film, I've already started putting ideas together in my head for what I want in my film. After hearing that letter, I think I made a good decision to get a composer involved early to help mold the scenes.

Tim, this is a great comment. I think you will find the "new" model for directors is to involve the composer at earlier stages. This is something I have learned directly from Hans Zimmer. Good luck on your film project and let me know if I can help you in any way.

Stage 32 is very much an experiment for me. My usual source of work as a composer/producer is my telephone! It rings! But this is fundementaly UK/European based work. The only possible advantage stage 32 may provide for me is the ability to showcase my productions across the big pond and into the window of dreams..... the good old US of A!!