In The Beginning

Prologue

The Introduction

All my life I had been looking for something, and everywhere I turned someone tried to tell me what it was. I accepted their answers too, though they were often in contradiction and even self-contradictory. I was naïve. I was looking for myself and asking everyone except myself questions, which I, and only I, could answer. It took me a long time and much painful boomeranging of my expectations to achieve a realization everyone else appears to have been born with: that I am nobody but myself.

~Ralph Ellison, "Battle Royal"

My name is Amron Lopez and I am from Spring, Texas. I am originally from the Philippines and was born on December 2, 1988. I spent most of my early childhood in the Philippines and later on moved to Guam where I went to elementary school. My family relocated to San Diego in 2000 where I went to Middle School at Mt. Helix Academy and started high school at Morse High School. I finished high school at Spring, Texas and graduated from Spring High School in 2007. After high school I moved to Orlando, Florida to attend Full Sail University to pursue my degree in film.

I graduated from Full Sail University in August 2009 with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Film. During the 2 years I spent in Full Sail I took accelerated classes and learned so much from the different instructors whom specialized in various fields in film production. I also had the opportunity to participate in various student film productions where I played the role of Unit Production Manager. As a Unit Production Manager, I was the one who guided the crew from the beginning to the end of the film production. Throughout the 2 years I was at Full Sail I evolved as a person and learned a lot about filmmaking. In doing the projects I have done, it made me realize and gain interest in the business side of film. Therefore, I decided to further my education with Full Sail by pursuing my Entertainment Business Masters Degree online.

On August 25, 2009 I made another move, but this time to Los Angeles, California so that I may pursue my career in film. In addition to that, I am pursuing my Masters in order to apply what I am learning from my classes to my job. I hope that throughout the experience that I have with the Full Sail Entertainment Business Master’s program that I will grow as a person.

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The Full Sail Entertainment Business Masters Program was one that captured my interest because of the opportunity it presented. In doing the program, one of the requirements in order to graduate was to create two Capstone Projects, one of them being the Leadership Portfolio. The Leadership Portfolio project is an interactive medium in which I, as students, can document and showcase what I have accomplished as a leader in the industry. Students were given a choice on what medium we could use to put our portfolio together and I decided to make a blog titled “Memoirs of L.A.” As an aspiring Filmmaker and Producer, I will document my actions by posting a monthly reflection about the class I am currently taking, include my progress in community involvement, attach inspiring videos, and the original assignment I had for that month if one is available. My main objective with this blog will be to illustrate my progress as I begin on my journey toward becoming a leader in the entertainment industry. By the end of the entertainment business masters program, I look to have 13 entries with reflections and thoughts on my experiences while looking to produce a final presentation of my Leadership Portfolio along with my Business Proposal.

-L.A.