Film & Television work experience (full listing part-time jobs)
- WTGI-61 Television
- Mount Pleasant Films
- Broadcast Learning Center of the Brandywine School District
- Disney-MGM Studios
- Universal Studios
I have a passion for film, storytelling and Hollywood special effects. I was taught studio production at Disney University (1990) and later worked at the Disney-MGM Studios directly on location for The All-New Mickey Mouse Club (1991). I visited several movie studios (i.e. Universal Studios both in California and Florida, Old Tucson Studios in Arizona) & production companies (i.e. NFL Films and Lucasfilm).
My first exposure to the world of film was at age 6 touring Universal Studios Hollywood. Production of The Rockford Files with James Garner was happening that day. Years later while in Nashville, I sat in the studio audience for a TV show taping. I have been on the sets of several productions including the 1990 film Rocky V and the 1994 film Renaissance. I also tested on the campus of the University of Southern California for their film school.
In addition to studying film and keeping current with movie industry news, I was instructed in the Film Director's Craft at the International Film Workshops (2003) in Maine.
I have been given personal studio tours of Philadelphia television stations WCAU-10 (NBC), KYW-3 (CBS), WTXF-29 (FOX), and WHYY-12 (PBS).
In the early 1990s, I worked at WTGI-61 (Telemundo) as master control operator.
One of my favorite movies is actually a story of the early days of film. Hugo {2011) is a Martin Scorsese film. The fictional tale does shine a light on a real pioneer of the motion picture artform, Georges Méliès.
I am a big fan of classic cinema from the golden age of Hollywood as frequently seen on Turner Classic Movies. So emersed in that generation, I often feel like an honorary member of that era. There are numerous leading stars and character actors of the 1940s and 50s in which I will spend time watching including James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Spencer Tracy, Glenn Ford, Clark Gable, Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth. The year 1939, perhaps Hollywood's greatest year ever, ushered in this very special era of entertainment history accompanied by a second world war and subsequent unprecedented innovation.
I have studied foreign films too including the German silent classic Metropolis (1927). The cinema styles of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa , English director Sir David Lean and Italian director Sergio Leone have been influencial. I have viewed independent movies both as a student in college and in my teaching role at film festivals. One movie that really stood out from my university media studies was the French short film Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1961).
I am a former Member of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) and National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). I attended the 134th SMPTE Technical Conference and Equipment Exhibit in Toronto (November 1992).
Mount Pleasant Film Club
Clint Dantinne was the founder of the Broadcast Learning Center of the Brandywine School District. Among the educational programs and workshops, he taught a Film Club at Mount Pleasant High School until 2010.
Mount Pleasant Films
Clint Dantinne, Executive Producer
Mr. Dantinne has a passion for film, storytelling and Hollywood special effects. He has worked at the Disney MGM Studios directly on location for The All-New Mickey Mouse Club (1991), observed on-set production of Rocky V (1990), met George Lucas at his Skywalker Ranch (2002), and visited several movie studios (including Universal Studios both in California and Florida) & production companies. He has been on the sets of several productions including the 1994 film Renaissance. He also took a test on the campus of the University of Southern California for their film school. In addition to studying film and keeping current with movie industry news, he was instructed in the Film Director's Craft at the International Film Workshops (2002) in Maine.
Film Club objectives are to...
- provide students the opportunity to explore the language of film
- recognize the importance of conveying messages through film elements
- give students valuable experience in analyzing and producing media
- learn casting and rehearsal techniques, script, story and scene analysis, and the use of storyboards, art direction and how to deal with key departments and the producer
- create a movie trailer using existing film footage, background music, narration, etc. (our trailers will be available to view at YouTube)
- produce a film for upcoming film festivals (distribution on DVD)
Work Experience
Clint also did work with Disney-MGM Studios and Universal Studios.
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