Surviving and succeeding in the film industry!
The film industry has always seemed to be a fly by the seat of your pants industry by the nature of the things we create. But it’s also adopted some practices that are outdated, unsafe, and ridiculous. I thought some...
In my many years of working in the film industry, I’ve encountered people who went to film school and people who didn’t. Many young people with ambitions to work in the industry wonder if they need to go to film...
Whether you’re ready to take the next step in your freelance career or you’re just getting started, we all want our careers to thrive. Many of us learned the hard way from mistakes we could have avoided had we known...
There have always been plenty of people who want to work in the film industry. Some do what it takes to have a long, productive career in film production, and some move on when they realize that the business is...
Film crew jobs can be brutal. Anyone who’s worked on set has at least one horror story to tell. It can be a challenging business, but many of those who work on film crews aren’t keeping silent anymore about the...
Film industry work has been getting a bad rap lately, probably deservedly so. Recent IATSE negotiations have inspired many union members to tell their stories about some brutal conditions on set. Then there’s the tragic accidental shooting death of...
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