13 - Jumping from Unscripted to Narrative with Matthew Jensen (Sound of Freedom, Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin)
Description
Editor Matthew Jensen dives into how he was able to jump from reality TV back to scripted after getting his union days, how he leveraged relationships from every job - and unpaid internship - into fruitful projects a decade later, and the various methods he used to find post production gigs while building his network.
4:56 - Sound of Freedom, Black White and the Greys, Popular Theory, Rescuing Christmas
10:46 - Arcadian, Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin
24:40 - How Matthew built a career beginning with his first unpaid internship at Wolf Films
30:11 - Getting into the editors’ union & getting jobs
33:36 - Jumping from reality to scripted
39:45 - Matt’s origin story!
44:20 - Do you need to live in LA?
50:56 - TIME CAPSULE
CONNECT WITH MATTHEW:
Instagram: @mejensen87
www.matthew-jensen.com
CONNECT WITH THE SHOW:
All Platforms: @NoSetPathShow
www.NoSetPathShow.com
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