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Live Music
Real Mismatched shows and shoots, from the night itself through the edit.
CrED · 12 weeks · Twin Cities
Learn on real shows.
The Creative Entrepreneur Development Program: a mentor, a project of your own, and a way into paid work. It runs in partnership with Arian Tomar.
How it works.
Over 12 weeks you explore the digital arts, build your skills and get support to direct a project of your own, the Independent Directing Project. A mentor helps you plan it and get past whatever is in the way, whether that is a skill, a contact or a grant. Paid work is where you use what you learn and build a portfolio.
More on the program's page.
- Is it paid?
- The program itself is unpaid. It comes with cameras, lights and mics to use, help writing grants, and occasional paid work with Mismatched.
- How long
- Up to 12 weeks, at your own pace. Stop when you have what you came for, or stay in touch after if you want more help with your project.
- How much time
- You set your schedule with the Program Director, around your project and whatever else you have on. You meet regularly and keep the project moving.
- Who can apply
- Anyone 18 or older who lives or studies in the Twin Cities for more than six months of the year and wants to grow as a creative, an entrepreneur or a learner.
- How to apply
- Fill in one form. Within ten days you get an email to book a 30-minute video or audio call. Applications are considered on a rolling basis.
The three tracks.
Live Music is my track and runs through Mismatched. Documentary Film is Arian's. Skill-Building covers everything else. You pick one on the application.
Led by Arian Tomar
Documentary Film
Make a short documentary from start to finish, or take on one part of it.
Everything else
Skill-Building
Creative work outside film and live music, for people with some experience already.
How you move into paid work.
Nobody gets thrown into a Mismatched job. You take it on in four steps, which the program calls gradual release of responsibility.
- I do. You watch.
- I do. You help.
- You do. I help.
- You do. I watch.
Ready to learn?
It's one form and then a 30-minute call. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so apply whenever you're ready.
Questions first? Ask me, or read the program's own page.