“When I was in film school at USC, I wrote my thesis script about a woman on Wall Street - specifically a woman who used to work at Morgan Stanley, sort of based on her life. Through that process, I did some research.” SchoolFilmUsedProcessStreetsWallResearchScriptsThesisStanleyFilm SchoolUsc Author:Meera Menon
“I spent a year and a half working for an art fair. I worked as a post-production assistant for a documentary film company for a while. Then I worked at the Apple store because I wanted a discount to be able to buy new gear to edit things while I was figuring out whether or not I wanted to go to film school. Those were the main things.” YearsArtAbleWantedSchoolFilmHalfCompanyFairsProductionsStoresPostsApplesDocumentariesGearsEditsAssistantsDiscountsFilm SchoolPost ProductionDocumentary Films Author:Meera Menon
“I applied [to film school] figuring, "I need to find some structure for myself. I need to find a way to figure out what kind of filmmaker I want to be." And that is what film school provides you with. It'll teach you the basics of how a production works and the technical side of how to put everything together, but you could also learn that by working on film sets.” WayWantNeedsKindSchoolTogetherFilmSidesTeachFiguresStructureProductionsFilmmakerBasicsFilm SchoolFilm Set Author:Meera Menon
“You don't necessarily need to go to film school to learn that part of it. But what I valued was that it gives you that incubation and time to figure out who you are, what kind of stories you want to tell, and how you want to forge your path.” WantNeedsGivingKindStoriesSchoolFilmPathFiguresWho You AreFilm SchoolIncubation Author:Meera Menon
“When I got into film school, it really formed a sense of who I am and my sense of feeling like an outsider. If there was some greater purpose to do this, it would be so that future generations - my kids or my sister's kids - would grow up seeing themselves in their media culture in a way that I didn't. If The Mindy Project or Master of None were on when I was growing up, I wonder if I would be interested in doing this at all” IfsWayFeelingsWould BeKidsSchoolFilmPurposeCultureGrowsWonderGrowing UpGreaterGrowingSeeingGenerationsMediaMastersProjectsWho I AmMy SisterOutsidersFuture GenerationFilm SchoolGreater Purpose Author:Meera Menon
