Steve House
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My Granpa used to say, "Never quit your current job until you've landed the job to replace it."
moving to LA!
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My Granpa used to say, "Never quit your current job until you've landed the job to replace it."
I think Kholi meant that you could be the person that gets paid to help make others' videos happen while you learn and make connections that will help you later.
steev'sHVX
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im all for working an internship but thats difficult to find in the wakeboard film industry especially if im trying to stay local. a lot of the extreme sports videos require a lot of traveling. i dont see why i cant make my own video. create some after effects intro, film and edit parts for each rider, edit them to together and add some credits make some dvd menus, bonus footage and burn to dvd photoshop a dvd cover and its done all i have to worry about is distributing and advertising but since the wakeboard industry is still starting to get big i think all major websites would promote the video and a new wakeboard production company coming out. they do it all the time for others making videos
That's what I meant. Help others make THEIR videos, like Jack also suggested earlier, and learn from other people's mistakes, goofs or successes. Then apply the knowledge.
Just make sure you pay attention, if that's the only thing that you can afford to do.
Mr. Light! Do share, man. Haha. It's cool to be able to talk about something OTHER than this stuff. X_x; Life Consuming.
It actually sounds like BS, now that I read it. LoL. But, it's the stripped down version, minus the yucky parts like when twelve-thousand dollars of gear got stripped from me.
That was one tough week, man. LOL!
LoL. A DIFFERENT girl, more than likely. That is an ENTIRELY different story and much more dramatic. Oi...
Yes! That's why I'm always quick to support the ATL crew. I lived (and worked) in the Marietta, Smyrna, Kennesaw, Cobb County area most of my life. Between all of the shopping malls, those were generally my homes.
One thing's for sure... home never changes. I go back and all of my friends are still the same, it's a nice reminder that you can ALWAYS return if things don't work out and everyone'll be happy to have you back.
Thanks for the compliments. We're trying to catch up to REEL ONE right now. >=P Feature time.
JonathanLB
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Yes
Yes
I'm sure there is as much if not more competition among directors for directing jobs as any other jobs, but I just have a different opinion of that too
A director who waits around to be hired or sends out his reel / resume to a bunch of producers is one step up from a grip in my mind.
The best path is to EP your own projects, raise your own funds, then hire yourself as director. That way you're not a hired gun, you're the EP, and you direct because you love it, but you're making a salary as the director and then you have a chance to make the real money as a producer. Even better if you write it, too.
That's what I plan to do, at least until I'd be doing studio work. If it's indie, I can raise the money, and if I can't raise the money because the project is too big, $10M+, it's time to find a studio. Indie film is all about track records and connections, find a few solid investors and make them money, then you just keep going with it.
Every job is tough, there is a lot of competition, but if you are the one putting together the film and raising the financing, it's your game. You don't have to wait to get hired, you're the one doing the hiring.
Yes
I'm sure there is as much if not more competition among directors for directing jobs as any other jobs, but I just have a different opinion of that too
A director who waits around to be hired or sends out his reel / resume to a bunch of producers is one step up from a grip in my mind.The best path is to EP your own projects, raise your own funds, then hire yourself as director. That way you're not a hired gun, you're the EP, and you direct because you love it, but you're making a salary as the director and then you have a chance to make the real money as a producer. Even better if you write it, too.
That's what I plan to do, at least until I'd be doing studio work. If it's indie, I can raise the money, and if I can't raise the money because the project is too big, $10M+, it's time to find a studio. Indie film is all about track records and connections, find a few solid investors and make them money, then you just keep going with it.
Every job is tough, there is a lot of competition, but if you are the one putting together the film and raising the financing, it's your game. You don't have to wait to get hired, you're the one doing the hiring.