Is the Economy screwing everyone right now?

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mrbrycel

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Don't get me wrong, I'm thankful to even have a part time job right now. One that barely pays my few expenses, and leaves me absolutely $0 to buy more equipment. But damn, I've got an HVX, editing system, lighting/grip equipment, and currently cannot find one job with it.

I know what I need to do is start doing free projects to build my reel, but with the amount of hours I'm getting at my part time job, I can barely afford to pay my bills, drive to work and school, do my school projects (which contribute a little to my reel), and eat.

Just wondering if anyone else here is having tough times financially right now, and if not, any advice for me to get little side gigs to help pay bills and buy more equipment?
 
Tough times all around.
No advice other than be agrressive at what you want to do. Take every oppurtunity you can get and give it your best work no matter the pay. Always, always, do the best you can. If a client pays you $100, give them $1000 worth.

Good luck man and happy new years. :)
 
Back to Eleventh Hour on Monday; we're doing another four episodes which should take us through March. Then either we'll do more, or we won't.

Assuming there isn't an actors' strike, of course.
 
Sad Max said:
Back to Eleventh Hour on Monday; we're doing another four episodes which should take us through March. Then either we'll do more, or we won't.

Assuming there isn't an actors' strike, of course.
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Need any help with anything? I'm in the LA area
 
I don't think I have a Facebook account. Or maybe I have one; I think maybe I did open one some time and then sort of just neglected to do anything, with it.

mcgeedigital said:
I'm banging right now.
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And you have a free hand and spare attention, to post?

Impressive. And your partner's obviously open-minded, too.
 
Aside from the wife getting laid off in April, and still not being able to find a job, and the funding for our planned feature drying up, the economy has (so far) not been much of a factor for us.
 
What I find hard to believe is that the restaurants and the bars around here are swamped. And I still have to wait in line to over pay for a cup of coffee at the local coffee conglomerate........
 
Many still dont realize or wont admit it's a depression we are entering.
We'll see spending and splurging for another 6 months yet.
Things will start getting on the mend in a few years.
We'll all be getting veeeery creative to stay employed. It doesnt dawn on most of us that what we do is based on expendible income until that becomes non existant.
 
During the Great Depression people continued going to movies in droves - maybe even more than previous, since if there's anything people want during tough times, it's entertainment and diversion from their troubles.

Of course the constricted flow of capital is going to have unpleasant - possibly painful - effects, for us, but I think that picking the entertainment business as a field of employment will turn out to have been a wise choice, on our collective part.
 
Sad Max said:
During the Great Depression people continued going to movies in droves - maybe even more than previous, since if there's anything people want during tough times, it's entertainment and diversion from their troubles.

Of course the constricted flow of capital is going to have unpleasant - possibly painful - effects, for us, but I think that picking the entertainment business as a field of employment will turn out to have been a wise choice, on our collective part.
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Americans during the great depression were much more of an agrarian society than they are today. Many of them lived much simpler lives and had fewer obligations - example - how many people had a car much less a car payment!

The current avergae citizen today relies on a food supply he does not grow or have control over, one that is replenished at the grocery store on average every three days. If and when that food supply is disrupted, there will be utter chaos.

Back in the '30s you had a good chance of hunting for dinner or growing it unless you lived in one of the (few) metropolitan areas. Today, you're basically screwed.

The studios continued to churn out films, though, but they were much, much simpler "backlot" type films. If we are truly in another depression then things will be much worse than in the '30s. My 2c anyways.
 
ChipG said:
Hey Adam,

Has the Yacht business slowed down any?
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I'm kind of out of touch with that business right now. It's been a while, but from what I hear, no. Mainly because they are selling very expensive boats (over 2 million) in a tiny, tiny, niche market in the yacht world that really caters to rich retirees...
 
Movies can also be made and distributed far more efficiently now in many ways. True we don't have backlots, but we also don't have to buy and process film stock, or make a thousand expensive prints.

I see your point about our society being different now, but even in the worst of times, people want entertainment and they will pay for it.
 
taormina said:
Americans during the great depression were much more of an agrarian society than they are today. Many of them lived much simpler lives and had fewer obligations - example - how many people had a car much less a car payment!

The current avergae citizen today relies on a food supply he does not grow or have control over, one that is replenished at the grocery store on average every three days. If and when that food supply is disrupted, there will be utter chaos.

Back in the '30s you had a good chance of hunting for dinner or growing it unless you lived in one of the (few) metropolitan areas. Today, you're basically screwed.

The studios continued to churn out films, though, but they were much, much simpler "backlot" type films. If we are truly in another depression then things will be much worse than in the '30s. My 2c anyways.
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And not only that, a bucket of popcorn in 1931 wasn't 10 bucks.
 
taormina said:
Americans during the great depression were much more of an agrarian society than they are today. Many of them lived much simpler lives and had fewer obligations - example - how many people had a car much less a car payment!

The current avergae citizen today relies on a food supply he does not grow or have control over, one that is replenished at the grocery store on average every three days. If and when that food supply is disrupted, there will be utter chaos.

Back in the '30s you had a good chance of hunting for dinner or growing it unless you lived in one of the (few) metropolitan areas. Today, you're basically screwed.

The studios continued to churn out films, though, but they were much, much simpler "backlot" type films. If we are truly in another depression then things will be much worse than in the '30s. My 2c anyways.
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They did not pay "fuul price" and they did not have the capabilities to make movies on their own.
This capabaility is what is changing and is what will still be there when the economy is on the mend.
We empowered the people to a point we dang near unemployed ourselves.
While there will always be a need for specialists and artists, saturation messes up rates globally.
 
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