A lifelong obsessive consumer of pop culture and pulp escapisms, CoolVFX was born and schooled in Massachusetts. Upon completion of film school at Boston's Emerson college, he moved to California and began working in television and film and worked with many of his film school heroes including John Carpenter, George Romero, Ed Nuemeier, Peter Hyams,Gale Ann Hurd, Robert and Dennis Skotak, Richard Edlund and many others. He got to be involved with the creation of many films and television shows. His film credits include Demolition Man, Clear and Present Danger, Timecop, the Relic, Escape from LA, Executive Decision, and many others. In 1998 he began work on one of the major visual breakthrough films of the last two decades, The Matrix.
After 20 plus years working in the industry my life took a slight detour..he decided to return to school to earn his masters degree. He sold everything he owned, packed his car with what was left and moved back east to an area unfamilar to start the next big adventure...
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ReplyDeleteHi Cool,
ReplyDeleteI use the bio and credibility assignments to show you that the cred piece is usually the better bio. The audience doesn’t care about your entire life experience. It wants to know what you accomplished with that life and how it translates to them. The cred piece focuses your bio on one thing: your subject.
If a life story is unwieldy, a short story will do. Give me the microcosm of the macrocosm. Don’t tell me you worked for the industry: show me you did. Tell me one good story about dealing with John Carpenter or The Matrix. Show off what you do and your authority and make it interesting, engaging, funny even. That’s an about page. That tells me why I want to follow you.
Don’t tell us you left the industry. Take us inside it.
The biggest cause of bad writing is hesitation and a lack of confidence. Be proud of your knowledge and share it.
Think the same way when you use Twitter. Look at how Jasper is simply talking about cars specifically for his automotive audience. Look at how Sistah is just speaking in her voice. What is some SPFX jargon? Invite your audience with their language. Teach a whole new audience about your language.
Don’t send me to another link, send me to your writing.
Good work Cool.
Bob (Prof Kalm)