StoryTroy: The Official Online Home of Writer/Producer Troy DeVolld: Recent Comments

Comment on So you want to be in reality television.

2010-02-20T16:12:41Z

Me and my girlfriend come to your site very often. We love reading your posts. Thank you!

Comment on So you want to be in reality television.

2010-02-20T15:11:11Z

Didn't know that this discussion would get so heated. At least I put my hat in the ring.

Comment on So you want to be in reality television.

2010-01-09T14:44:01Z

hey! Troy,
i dont know what magic do you people use in your articles that your articles always gets interesting.

love and regards to all.

Comment on On Networking

2010-01-04T05:18:04Z

Nice information....

Comment on Bubbles and Cheesecake... Dig It.

2009-07-19T06:41:33Z

The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.

Comment on Bubbles and Cheesecake... Dig It.

2009-07-17T22:05:45Z

Laughing is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one spot.

Comment on So you want to be in reality television.

2007-10-19T07:22:51Z

Just wanted to thank you for this entry... I was just doing a Google search for "Assistant Story Editor" when I found your blog since I'm applying for that position. Had to make sure I was applying for the right job considering I'm in the awkward Associate Producer/Segment Producer/Story Assistant/Assistant Story Editor/Assistant Story Producer stage. All the titles are just screwing with me. Anyways, thanks again for an informative blog entry! It's actually everything I was looking for and wondering.

Comment on Film Schools

2007-10-11T13:25:13Z

I've thought about this a lot, and seen much of the same attitudes in the past 10 years. In a certain sense, I understand the negativity, as we are rarely in the place we wish to be, but I think there is a certain sense of entitlement that is imparted in people who attend film schools as opposed to other professional training.

I think a lot of the blame falls at the feet of the film schools themselves. Film schools are marketed to students as a “leg up” into the film industry, as if it is a professional trade one can assume upon completion of training. But film school graduates are not plumbers and do not leave school with all the pertinent knowledge in order to obtain an immediate position in the industry. The truth is that film school training is way too broad to guarantee ANY real paying position, as it’s essentially a gigantic 101 level course in basic filmmaking. It is the start of the learning process, not the culmination of it, but that kind of truth won’t sell tuitions.

The problem comes in the fact that any relevant position in the film industry comes at the culmination of many years of specialization (work), not from a couple years of generalization (school). A film school graduate leaves their institution with exactly the same potential as any other unpaid PA, and the most valuable thing that I learned at Full Sail is a single sentence that has followed me through the years.

“Attitude defines altitude”

It’s not what you know that defines your potential, but what you choose not to do.

Comment on Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity Jig

2007-10-11T13:03:37Z

Wow, that certainly IS a big change from when we attended. I can't believe Dave Franko is still there!

Comment on So you want to be in reality television.

2007-08-11T20:23:34Z

Troy,
You look like cabin boy. Glad I found you.
Ken H.