(DESCRIPTION) Text, Indeed
(SPEECH) My name's Nick. I graduated from college a
year ago. I was a shy kid. Being an introvert, I was more in my comfort zone whenever I was
doing things on my own. Right now, I'm in that transition stage from university to my career,
identifying how it all fits together, and then figuring out where I fit in.
(DESCRIPTION) Three Jobs.
One Day. Career Paths, Jobs for Introverts. Job 1: Screenwriter,
Responsible for developing scripts for TV shows, films and commercials.
(SPEECH) [MUSIC PLAYING]
(DESCRIPTION) Props, an alien in green liquid,
human skull on a stick, a rusted scythe.
(SPEECH)
I'm Racer Rodriguez. I'm a writer here at Troublemaker Studios.
I like to create worlds and create characters and stories and adventures they'd go on.
(DESCRIPTION) Racer types on a laptop.
(SPEECH) I've heard Nick's an introvert.
Writing, for the most part, is pretty isolated. The writer selects ideas
that have the most potential, and develops those ideas all the way up until a script.
All other jobs in filmmaking work off of what is in that script.
(DESCRIPTION) Racer organizes helmets, swords and more.
(SPEECH) I'm really excited to take Nick through the whole
process of filmmaking. We're going to write one scene, and take it through an entire production.
(DESCRIPTION) Nick enters a room. Racer greets him.
(SPEECH) Hey.
Hi. It's nice to meet you.
Welcome, welcome.
So you guys film all the big films here?
Yeah.
My parents started this studio almost 20 years ago now.
Some of the films we've made here are the Spy Kids series, Sin City.
The Spy Kids movies were my childhood.
How long does the screenwriting process take?
It depends. There have been some famous movies that have been written in
a couple of weeks, or less. 60% of writing is the idea.
How does an idea strike? Could you give an example of that?
Yeah, well I've actually got a table of examples right over here.
Oh yeah?
(DESCRIPTION) Picks up a pair of handcuffs.
(SPEECH) One of the
big challenges of writing is trying to find inspiration when you don't have any.
Sometimes, you get inspiration just by starting with an object.
(DESCRIPTION) Opens a case.
(SPEECH) I could see his creativity immediately opened up.
I'm drawn to the box. Do you want to find something to put in the box?
Something to put in the box.
We both just magically started collaborating on it, and created this idea that we both liked.
Let's say you and I are on a phone.
Uh huh.
And I say, pick up the box. And you go over,
and we see you react. But we don't see what's in there yet.
(DESCRIPTION) They work at a laptop.
(SPEECH) Racer taught me
to always approach things with a playful eye. I just let the ideas go.
What if he quickly throws it in the case and slams it shut?
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
Yeah, exactly.
Yeah, yeah.
Exploring being a screenwriter is pretty exciting. I felt incredibly inspired.
I think we've got ourselves a movie scene. You get to take this to the next step.
Thank you so much.
(DESCRIPTION) Job 2: Storyboard Artist,
Responsible for providing visual illustrations to map out an effective production blueprint.
A man draws with a stylus.
(SPEECH)
I'm Marc Baird. I've been doing storyboards for 30 years now. A storyboard artist is an illustrator.
It's one of the best ways to communicate the director's ideas visually to the rest of the crew.
(DESCRIPTION) Marc greets Nick and shows him where he works.
(SPEECH) This is where it happens.
Sweet.
I knew nothing about storyboarding before today.
I got the script from Racer.
Nice. Sweet!
So we start with the young hero on the phone.
How do you see that? Are you close? Is the camera pushing in?
Are we on the phone when he picks it up?
Start with the phone ringing, actually.
It caught me by surprise how quickly it all started happening. He was like,
OK, and immediately sketched it all out.
Seeing the words manifest into those images, that was really, really cool.
(DESCRIPTION) In animation, a man holds a phone to his ear.
Another wears a spacesuit and carries a case. Now a man opens a case and stares at a coin.
(SPEECH) How old is he?
It'll be me.
[LAUGHS]
Well, in that case, here, let me--
Are we gonna--
(DESCRIPTION) Marc modifies a character to look more like Nick.
(SPEECH) Oh my God!
[LAUGHS]
Doing storyboards is a collaborative effort. Nick, he's enthusiastic. His eyes would light up,
and it's like, yes, how about we do a shot from this angle?
This is so-- OK.
At one point, he actually gave me the stylus.
(DESCRIPTION) Nick draws a face
(SPEECH) Oh no!
No, that's fine! That's fine, really, because it's not about the artwork. It's about the idea.
I learned a lot about visualizing shot to shot with Marc.
Taking the words on a page, and figuring out how you bring those words to life, basically.
Thank you again, Marc.
Nice meeting you.
(DESCRIPTION) Nick walks outside. Racer shakes his hand.
(SPEECH) Ready to shoot this thing?
Heck yes. Let's do it.
Let's do it.
Start over here?
Yeah, so you can already be sitting there.
Filming, it was honestly terrifying.
Let's do this thing.
(DESCRIPTION) Racer puts on a helmet.
(SPEECH) Cool, cool.
(DESCRIPTION) A clapboard at Nick's face.
(SPEECH) Action.
You want to talk about a step outside of my comfort zone.
(DESCRIPTION) Nick's eyes open wide, a phone to his ear.
Text, Job 3: Film Editor, Responsible for cutting
and editing film footage until it meets a director's specifications.
(SPEECH) I consider myself
to be an introvert. It is a total nightmare to me to be sitting in front of this camera right now.
(DESCRIPTION) Luis Caffesse, Film Editor, Troublemaker Studios
(SPEECH) My name is Luis
Caffesse. An editor takes all the audio and video--
This is our editor, Luis.
--and puts it together into a finished product.
First things first, you got to get familiar with your footage.
Luis started utilizing all those different takes to
better establish the pacing of what we had done.
You can really build the rhythm of a performance in the edit.
We're about to get into something that's tense. If we start on a close up of you, and you answer
the phone, and then we cut out to this big wide shot, suddenly it's a lot less tense.
True, OK.
It's going to be a lot more tense once the phone rings,
you answer the phone, and we come in closer to you.
That's a great moment, when they really start seeing something come to life.
There's a box.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
(DESCRIPTION) Film footage on computer monitors
(SPEECH) Not the feel we're going for, right?
No, no.
Music has a much bigger impact on the tone than I was aware of.
There's a box.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC]
He suddenly seems so much more serious.
Yeah.
Editing, the whole process is fascinating. I had no conception of how big of an impact it has.
We've got a surprise for you, now that we've wrapped up here.
Yeah?
Yeah. Follow me.
Welcome to our screening room. You ready to watch the scene?
Oh, I'm excited.
Roll the movie!
(DESCRIPTION) Movie title, All Bets Are Off
(SPEECH) [LAUGHS]
(DESCRIPTION) In the movie,
Nick looks up, a phone to his ear. A man leaves a case at his feet.
(SPEECH) This experience has been amazing. Being
an introvert, there were so many things today that I had convinced myself that I couldn't do.
(DESCRIPTION) Racer, Marc and Luis clap.
(SPEECH) [APPLAUSE]
Wow.
Great, right?
That's amazing. Crazy what you can make in one day, huh?
Yeah.
Welcome to the film industry.
Yeah, seriously.
I absolutely could see myself in the film industry someday.
I could see Nick doing anything that he possibly wants to do in the future.
There is a niche for anybody within the industry.
It's truly fun seeing an artist grow.
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(SPEECH) [MUSIC PLAYING]