Joshua Jaedicke
Major: Radio-Television-Film
Inspiration:
Friends. "I get my best ideas when I am hanging out with my friends. I first became interested in film in high school when some friends and I started messing around with a little camera on the weekends. We made really cheesy movies. They were all terrible, but I was hooked. Now, it's ridiculous how much fun my friends and I have. The work load is insane, but we don't mind it because we're having such a good time."
Favorite Class:
Film II, taught by Nancy Schiesari. "In this class you are shooting on real film, not digital video, and you make two full-blown short films over the course of the semester. You have to do budgets, plan locations, write the script, call shoots, put a crew together, everything. I learned so much because it was such an intense class. Sometimes I just couldn't get to my other work, because I prioritized this class. I'm a film major and I'm building a career, so in my mind, this was most important."
Where UT Meets the Real World:
In its faculty. "The professors here are awesome. We have award-winning documentary filmmakers, screenwriters, independent filmmakers, all kinds of professionals. And they're all so eager to work with the students and to connect us with outside opportunities. I got a job with the Texas Film Hall of Fame through my Intermediate Editing class. My professor, Don Howard, recommended I cut together a reel of past honorees that they played at the event, which was at the Paramount Theatre. It was great to watch my work on a big screen and to be in the same room with Ethan Hawke and Jack Valenti."
Aspiration:
Making it in Los Angeles. "I worked as a production assistant at Bob Industries and at Villains/Smuggler in L.A. the last couple of summers, and I did some freelance editing for Fine White China, a band based in L.A. So, I've got some connections out there, and I'm moving there after graduation."
Favorite Means of Communicating:
Talking. "I talk a lot. You can't beat a one-on-one conversation, a good meaningful conversation."
