MFS Junne 10 Matt Jimenez

Monthly Filmmaker Spotlight

June 2010

Matt Jimenez

By Robert S. Pearson

I met Matt in my 4th quarter at Ai, and I could tell right away that he was an easy going guy with a desire to learn. Matt has worked on all the projects I have headed outside of school, as well as most of my projects for class. He is a valuable asset to any set, and his positive reputation recently won him the title of Ai Tampa Rough Cut President. I am proud of Matt and how far he's come in the last few years, so I thought who better to invite into the Spotlight than Matt Jimenez. As with all the filmmaker Spotlights, I started by asking Matt, why film?

Matt-

For the longest time I was just kind of floating by, writing, drawing, acting, and even photography. I considered them more of hobbies at the time, but then there was a situation where I might not be able to do any of those things at all and stuck working at a job I hate. I felt like I was wilting, I decided to combine all of the art I love to do and go to school. I'm very visual, I have ideas, pictures, and entire movies in my head that I want to see come to life on the screen.

With such a diverse group of interests, I asked Matt about some of his influences outside of filmmaking.

Matt-

My biggest influence has always been my family, they have always supported me. I've never really run into the problems of people telling me I couldn't do want I want or not supporting me, I'm very fortunate to be surrounded by people who support me and want me to be successful and happy.

One of my favorite questions is alway, who are some of your favorite filmmakers?

Favorite Filmmakers

With inspiration coming from filmmakers that tell such colorful stories, I asked Matt about his over all goal as a filmmaker.

Matt-

My over goal as a filmmaker is do make my ideas comes to life and hopefully be successful and happy at it whether through directing, writing or whatever means to make that happen. I want to work on big movie sets and work my way up to the top learning and gaining as much experience as I can.

Next I asked Matt about his favorite films.

Favorite Movies

I was curious what Matt's plans for the future are.

Matt-

My plans are to see Rough Cut grow and expand. I want to see all film students become excited and to use Rough Cut as a useful resource for meeting other filmmakers, learning about the industry, finding what they are best at and what they want to do. At the very least to just be apart of something.

Special Thanks

Matt-

Special thanks to Johanna Jimenez (my mother), Robert S. Pearson, Tyler Holland, Ben Hammond and Tom Hammond for all their support and encouragement.

I want to thanks Matt for stepping into the Spotlight and congratulate him again on being elected Rough Cut president.

Voting Results

Congratulations

Matt Jimenez


President
Summer- Fall Quarter 2010

Voting Results-

Presidential Nominee- Matthew Jimenez by 55%

Term Length- Two Quarters by 70%

Due Amount- $5.00 by 50%

Meetings- Bi-Weekly by 52%

Logo Choice by 40%

Thanks again to everyone who voted, both online and in person.

Internet Voting- 22% Campus Voting- 78%

Over the next few weeks Matt will choose club officers, schedule the next Rough Cut meeting, and be featured in this months Filmmaker Spotlight.

If any Rough Cut members have questions or recommendations for Matt, please send your message to the club email- airoughcuttampa@gmail.com

ROUGH CUT MEETING

June 2nd, 2010

Meeting Overview

Club Objectives-

To raise money, through dues and fund raisers, that will allow the club to support it's self financially.

Consistently host small events with special guests, that provide the DFVP students with educational opportunities not provided in the class room.

Develop and expand on the club's web presence, through sites like Blogspot, facebook, and the Tampa Film Network.

Election News-

Next week, June 9th, elections will be held in room 162 from 12 to 1. This is not a meeting and club members are not required to stay any longer than it takes to fill out a ballot. The day before the elections a ballot will be emailed to everyone on the email list, for those who are unable to be on campus Wednesday. If you chose to submit your ballot via email, simply reply with your choices to the Rough Cut email account.

Ben Hammond-

If elected, Ben wishes to bring together the DFVP students together like never before. He wants to see the students support one another, and inspire a communal sensibility.

Matt Jimenez-

Matt wants to take his experience and share his knowledge with lower classmen, recreating the experiences that have shaped him as a filmmaker. Matt is dedicated to partnering with other departments to allow film students access to resources that may not otherwise be available.

Malachi Cull-

Malachi is dedicated to seeing the DFVP department achieve "perfection." He believes, as president, he will be in a position to help the students get to the next level of their skill set.

Sophia Juarbe-

Sophia wants to provide the department with workshops, that will allow students to expand on their current and be introduced to new skills. Sophia believes her experience with clubs in high school gives her the advantage, and allows her the ability to run the club efficiently and successfully.

Special thanks to Ruth Semelsberger

for providing our meeting with pizza!

It went fast.

For info about the club, or if you have any question please email airoughcuttampa@gmail.com