INFINITE TOMORROW – LUCAS KITCHEN |063 - Actors Talk - Come Inside The Acting Business

LUCAS KITCHEN - A CREATIVE MIND - NOTES
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LESSONS FROM DAD
[4:15]

Dad had a lesson he taught us - never go anywhere without a sketchbook
We always had something to draw with or something to write with
There were definitely times when we'd stop the van and pull over to sketch a scene or something
MUSIC THEN WRITING
[5:37]

Writing came along later, I think for a very specific reason. Being a pretty poor speller and confused about punctuation as a young kid, I thought I couldn't write.
I thought that technical skill that I lacked would keep me from writing. So for years I shied away from letting people see my written work because I was afraid I was
doing it wrong.

I wish someone would've sat me down and said 'hey, you're a good storyteller, you havve some weaknesses, it would be great if you worked on those because you really
could do something with this. [6:14]

LUCAS KITCHEN - VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ROCKS
[7:50]

I'm a big believer in high school level vocational programs. I first picked up a camera in a high school media class. I got acquainted with a lot of the basics of video production there, using a camera, storyboarding, etc.
LUCAS KITCHEN - KID'S CAMPS TO START
[8:28]

First professional

projects were kid's summer camps. Someone asked me to shoot video at a summer camp. He called around and booked 10 camps to video that
summer and a freelance videography career was born. That phase of the career lasted 7 years.
LUCAS KITCHEN - THE DREAM
[9:28]

Work on freelance videography projects to fund the kind of film projects I really wanted to be doing. The benefits were that I had the equipment and the skill to put together shot film projects and even some feature length documentary projects. The freelance work was fueled by the education and confidence gained originally via the high school vocational video classes
LUCAS KITCHEN - WHY STAY IN A SMALL MARKET
[12:00]

I wondered if Lucas had ever considered giving up a rather enjoyable small town lifestyle for life in a bigger market. My question, which I failed to follow up on
properly was really about being able to work with more accomplished people than one might find in a smaller market.

Lucas' talks about the reality that in larger markets there is a lot more competition from talented people. In his East Texas location, there is a lot of work and less
competition
LUCAS KITCHEN - OTHER THOUGHTS ON STAYING PUT
once you get to the level you thought you wanted to be to...a lot of times it's not nearly as satisfying as you thought it would be [11:40]
The peaceful lifestyle would be very hard to give up. When I was in L.A. or in even more distant locations like India, shooting, I realized I'd really rather be at home. I like east Texas.
LUCAS KITCHEN - STORYTELLING
[12:40]

Writing a story is just magical
From the first time I bought a camera to do commercials, I dreamed about making feature length narrative movies

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