thanks to Clark, our unofficial director of communications, for helping us all get together! i'm still in utah for a bit longer, making some commercials, doing my thing. but i'll be there in august to join the producer program. can't wait to see you all then!!

Nadine, I love your idea of the pot luck BBQ! I can make the 11th, let me know what to bring as you figure it out. If you need any other help getting it together, I'd love to help! I won't be in LA till mid-late July, but once I'm there I'll lend a hand. The beach idea is wonderful- I've never been to those beaches, it would be great to have a beach BBQ to initiate all of us out of towners to the area.

Also, I just turned 22, and am so relieved I'm not the youngest one! But I think you all are right, age won't matter. Though it's still, nice to know

Christy,

maybe we should get together when u get into town. i can help you move and show ya around if you like, and then we can plan it together. happy belated bday!

Anyone watching "On The Lot"? I recommend it highly. The judges give great feedback that we can all learn from.

Nadine

I love to cook, so the pot luck BBQ sounds great, Nadine! Hopefully I will be in LA by then, or at least that's the plan for now.

Clark - I e-amiled you about that single in your building. Let me know...

talk to ya soon, everyone!

Hey everyone, just wanted to introduce myself here. Im coming in as an editor and am both very nervous and very excited. This should be a wild and wonderful adventure!

quixotically
G

Ding ding!
Beth Van Dam, Production Designer signing in...
I can't wait to meet everyone!! I'll be leaving Minneapolis for LA around the 12th of August... See you soon thereafter!

Man, I doubt I'll be able to make the bbq, but I really wish I could. Sounds like we've got a really great group coming in. I was curious to see about everyone's backgrounds. I graduated from the University of Connecticut with a degree in Film Studies and have been working as an assistant director and assistant editor for Van Ness Creative, a small production company for the last year. Has everyone else had backgrounds in film? I know they said they were looking for a people from all areas, so I was curious.

Instead of Saturday, August 11, would everyone prefer to do the following weekend, Saturday August 18th? we start school on the 23rd...or we can do both i guess, and do different stuff...

nadine

Hi Guys!
First of all - I emailed a hello to everyone during our email overflow days and am wondering if y'all have received. I feel like the list may have gotten cut off. Just in case such is the case --

Hi! My name is Christine and I'm an incoming producing fellow. I was LA born and raised but went to good old Santa Fe NM for school and work. Its been a bit since I've gotten back and its good to be home. I live fairly close to AFI in Echo Park and went to high school on the same campus as AFI (some of you may have seen the uniform clad girls on your way to interview?) so going to AFI is a funny "return" to high school for me.

I'm excited to meet everyone. It seems like we have an amazingly interesting and varied class.

Secondly, Meng Wang and I were planning to pull off a pre-schoolyear party. Are we still down or should we minimize to an intimate BBQ Potluck (i love food. you go nadine!)

either or. Let me know. i've been looking at venues to host the party so i can stop and jump on the potluck bandwagon!

LASTLY! What is this YAHOO group? I dont think I got that email?

I hope that wasnt too big of a barrage. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods, guys.

Nadine, I think both dates work well for most... Why not do both?! I jest, but its bound to happen to a certain extent.

hello christine!

i still really like the idea of partying (...and drinking and dancing...!) so i definitely think it should still be going on!

i know meng wanted it to be a bigger industry party, which i find a little more difficult to pull off. i used to work at a bigger agency, and execs don't really mingle with filmmakers until they've gotten somewhere! we could however get all the hollywood assistants (who really pull the strings here) out...that may work a little better...

maybe we can do this an all day event...BBQ potluck during the day...and then head off to a club/bar of your choice!

how does that sound, everybody?

hey nadine!

yeah, i thought the huge party was a no go idea too. i've been looking at gallery spaces closer to the east side that we can use for a more intimate gathering - a meet and greet for us AFI kids. i'll keep gettin' on it. if that doesnt work out - BBQ and bar sounds good. or a BBQ that goes into the evening sounds good too. either way a chance to get to know everyone just before we hit the ground running would be a fantastic idea.

<3

i love the gallery idea! artsy! keep looking, and if that doesn't work out, we can do the bbq-into night or bbq-bar a backup?

or

we can do both on two different weekends? show some folks around? make new friends, since many of them will be really new to the city.

your producing side is already coming out. love it!

nadine

Hi everyone!

I'm Aashild, I'm from Norway, and I'll be joining you fellows as a Production Designer this fall -I can't wait!!!

I love the Idea of having the party in a gallery, sounds great! -I just hope I'll make it.. I won't be in LA until 13th or 14th of August, but if I don't get there in time for the party, I'm sure there'll be others later on!

Gotta go buy some plane-tickets...

Oh, and if anyone is interested in sharing a place... I'll probably won't be there much, but I'll definately help out with the chores though... -find out more on facebook: Aashild Nordaas
See you soon!

hi all~
anyone have a link to this yahoo forum?

Yeah, its http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AFI09/

Cheers!

Hi everybody, congrats, I'll be a 2nd Year director when you get in, I usually haunt this website, thought I'd say hello...I'd really recommend meeting up with your fellow 1st years before the school year starts as much as possible, you'll get a good sense of who you want to work with and it'll make the first few, very, very hectic weeks a little easier to handle. We had a yahoo! group last year and it was great...have a great summer. Feel free to drop me a line if you have any questions, dancingbearfilms@gmail.com - MCJ

Y'all!

post your myspace pages....pahlease!

yes yes yes!
sincerely
Gwendolyn
editor
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.vi...ile&friendid=7140272

Howdy. Late introduction here. I'll try my best to keep it brief as I'm sure most of you are probably burnt out on these things by now.

I'm Bradford, 23, and a screenwriting fella'. Originally from Dallas, schooled in New Mexico and as of recently, a resident of L.A. My three big passions outside of film are politics, philosophy, and most things funny. Don't sweat the move to L.A. guys, once you finally find a parking spot you'll come to realize it's just another city, only with slightly better sushi on average.

Oh, and if anyone wants some cheap yet great vino or spirits to help with your adjustment to L.A living, I'm working at a fine wine shop on Sunset through the summer and am all about hooking some fellows up in exchange for some peer acceptance. That goes for all you party planners too, just give the word and I'll bring the open bar.

I'm not really helping the stereotype of writers being drunks am I? Heck.

This wasn't really that brief at all. Double heck.

Myspaceness: http://www.myspace.com/bradfordfullerton

hey brad. lets talk about hooking up some party booze per Greenblatts' (Goldblatts?)