Sandra Schulberg

I loved the dose of reality Sandra Schulberg gave our class. At times it seemed she was trying to talk us out of our desired professions. It either made you more determined to succeed or rethink what you wanted to do. 

One of the things I took from her lecture was to do things yourself. "The best way to empower yourself is to do it yourself." She said if we did that at the end we will be proud of the hard work you put in. I admire her as a woman and her success in her field of work. I love that she founded IFP in the seventies and how it has grown into what it is today.

The topics that made an impact on me were, budgeting-to look into every avenue of funding, be in a positive relationship with your investor, set realistic goals, and listen but not necessarily act on advice given. 

Sam Perez

Sam Perez spoke to us about what he did to document his capstone project. I liked his idea of blogging and how he organized it. I also liked his attention to detail in researching his idea and his passion for film making. 

I lost my notes on what he talked about, but I remember him giving great advice. Be a nice person, it has gotten him onto a lot of sets by doing this. No one likes being around a mean person. Love what you do, it will show in your work. Work hard and do your best all the time. 

I love it when the guest speakers are passionate about what they do, because their excitement rubs off onto the audience.