What Lecturing has Taught ME About People

Two years ago, I decided to swap some of my clients for university students after a run of bitter freelance experiences. Spending 3 days a week with over 200 young, ambitious, and diverse filmmakers facing unprecedented challenges with the impact of COVID, AI, and global conflict, has been a life-changing experience and has taught ME so much! I have another video coming soon where I'll get into more of the detail, but here's a snippet of what it's like to teach in the 21st century.
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[@richardfortin2232]

Hi Aram ... I had talked to you a few days ago and that I had submitted 3 query letters for 3 separate shows. 2 are for HGTV and 1 for another concept. The Q. How long does one wait or should wait for a response? Can I send a follow up letter asking ... Hey hello ... I was just making sure that you received my query letter or something as simple as that. Unless you have a suggestion or an opinion on this? Thank you ahead of time! Sincerely, Rick

[@aramatkinson]

Hi Richard, It depends a little. If you sent a cold query, absolutely chase up. They will be receiving quite a few cold enquiries so you'll want to try and stick in their mind (just making sure you aren't sending 'unsolicited material', i.e. your first email if it's cold should be asking permission to send them a pitch deck, rather than sending them the pitch deck). If, however, they already had asked for it and you were sending them the proposal, then I would wait a few weeks. Execs usually have a lot of shows and responsibilities going on simultaneously and will look at your proposal when they get a chance, but pressuring them will probably just annoy them. I've had an exec take a month or longer sometimes to get back to me, and they're always apologetic/grateful for the patience and come back having read the proposal.

[@richardfortin2232]

@@aramatkinson Thank you Aram, I really do appreciate your assistance . Also no word yet about the children's feature that was sent to Nigel. Time and patients right. Lol Thanks again, Rick

[@aramatkinson]

@@richardfortin2232 Time, patience, and a whole stadium full of resilience against the many no's for the few yes's lol.

[@richardfortin2232]

I used to be a part of a think tank for the Toy & Game Industry a lifetime ago ... so I am fully versed on the no aspect of things. It is sad though because there are many good things that will never see the light of day. I wish we had a genius to see the rights from the wrongs. Lol