Albert Phaneuf, aspiring filmmaker
Career Q & A Interview: Part 1 of 5-Preparation for Career Close-Up
Comm Creatives:
How did you make the decision that film production was the career you wanted?
Albert Phaneuf:
“I always wanted to make sure that what I did as a career would be fun and exciting and that’s when I decided I wanted to go into film. At first though, I felt like it would be one of those little kid dreams that goes away in a few days but it didn’t. I wasn’t one of the many filmmakers who have been making movies their whole lives unfortunately because I didn’t have the equipment for it and was a very shy boy growing up so I didn’t bother trying but what I did to was develop characters and stories in my head, never put them on paper though. When I entered senior year in high school, I took History of Film and Creative Writing. I chose History of Film so I could start my studying on ground-breaking films and start to get to know the business and I took Creative Writing to help me learn new techniques and uses of language so I can write my ideas into scripts in very colorful language. However, up until I got into college, my interest was mostly in doing computer special effects though after one semester at college in Film-101, I changed my mind and decided I’d rather work in production and I don’t have any regrets about my decision.”
