My name is Alyssa Marie Gallo. I'm a post
production coordinator. I was a part of the below
the line training ship program for 2021. I've always
wanted to be a part of behind the scenes to
be given the opportunity to work on set was like
a dream world, but it was very real and
I just wanted to be present for every single moment
of it. I still interact with most of the
individuals that were a part part of the below the
line training ship program. Those individuals are in the
same place that I am where they're just eager to
learn from professionals in this industry. I would love
to see a similar program accepted in other places on
more projects because what it did for me was it
kind of launched me into this mindset of I can
do anything I'm proud of universal and our partnership.
I'm proud they're really looking to change the industry in
the name of inclusion and making real concrete steps.
Hi, I'm Amy Dougherty. Hi, I'm Jermaine
Steagall and I'm a composer. I was in the
very first year of the Universal Composers initiative. I
was a part of the 2018 2019 G T D
I composer initiative. What was so amazing was the
film music team and the G T D I team
. They really asked us how we felt, how
everything was going and it was really a collaboration back
and forth. I think going through the G T
D I experience was a really cool turning point because
all of a sudden, not only do you have
access to all these decision makers? But they really
over the course of two years, get to know
who you are as a person who you are as
a composer. I felt a more communal sense of
investment in me as an artist and personal interest in
seeing me move forward in my career while I was
in the program. What was amazing was to just
have access to No black and his whole team in
the film music department to ask questions. Yeah,
it was a really, really incredible experience. There
were seven other composers in my group and absolutely,
we're also friends and I am totally rooting for every
single one of them and they're incredibly talented composers.
It was exciting to get to know each of the
members, one on one. But then also after
the initiative was over, it felt even more casual
as if we're like family. The film music team
have just been such huge champions of me and I
just could not be more grateful for their support.
It's like how I scored the dream work short and
then ended up on a DreamWorks feature because I had
the film music team vouching for me because they've seen
that I had worked on the short film and they
really believed in me, I could say with great
certainty that being a part of the composer's initiative,
gave me access to the folks that led me to
the job that I'm working on right now. And
that was something that is completely invaluable.