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STORYTELLING ISN’T STORY CREATION…SOMETIMES!
Story sounds like a simple word. Sometimes it is. Sometimes it is incredibly complex. A complex story might be a feature film or a book series like The Hobbit or Harry Potter. A Broadway play or even Ted Talks are stories. Then again, it could be as simple as you relating a situation that happened…
Read MoreDON’T PLAY RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH YOUR CAREER
Stop blaming it on the technology. How often do you hear people say, “I never got that email.” Never got your text” or “My phone never rang”. Stop it! This isn’t 1980 when tech was still glitchy. How about the “My laptop crashed, and I lost all the notes from the preproduction meeting.” “Didn’t get…
Read MoreEXPERIENCE: PRO OR CON
Throughout my career’s early years, all I heard was, “You need more experience.” We all know the catch twenty-two about acquiring experience, “How do you get it if no one will give you a shot without it?” First, having experience doesn’t mean they are good at their job. It doesn’t even mean they know anything…
Read MoreINVENTIONS CREATE OBSOLESCENCE … DON’T LET IT!!
The power of AI, Wonder Studio, the family of Adobe apps, Avid and so much more have changed and are changing the way we create. But unlike past tech, new tech is coming at us so fast and furious (do I have to pay licensing fees for using that phrase) it’s hard to keep up, let alone master them. Historically,…
Read MoreFRANK SAW IT COMING…
“…I’ve been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and a king I’ve been up and down and over and out…” Remember those lyrics sung by Frank Sinatra? No? Check out his video That’s Life or just the lyrics. This song could easily be your anthem once you decide to choose a life in the…
Read MoreWHAT CAME FIRST, THE TECH OR THE CREATIVE USE
Does tech drive creativity or does creativity drive the development of new tech? In the 70s creative artists turned a device for playing records, the turntable, into an instrument which became the center piece of a new genre of music. That creative use of old tech, tech that was originally developed to playback music from…
Read MoreLEARN BY SCREWING UP
“The greatest teacher, failure is”… spoken by Yoda in The Last Jedi. Other than the word scramble that is Yoda speak, that thought couldn’t be truer. It’s hard to believe when you’re starting out that screwing up on a gig isn’t going to be the end of your career but may be a leap forward.…
Read MoreCROSS TRAINING ISN’T JUST FOR GYM RATS
I spend a lot of time talking about developing your skills, learning the talents that are of value to the industry and Cross Training yourself to perform in different production opportunities. Those are all critical to know but difficult to learn. I say, difficult to learn, not because you don’t have the aptitude to learn…
Read MoreHONORED? OR OVERLOOKED?
“Receiving an award or individual recognition for a collaborative effort is unfair”. You would expect this statement to come from a person who has NOT received awards or recognition for their creative contributions. This time is coming from a person who HAS received many such awards and recognitions. During my career I have received five…
Read MoreNATURAL POSITION
“Natural Position” is a term used in professional sports to describe a position that an athlete is “naturally” built to play. This natural ability is driven by either experience, physical characteristics or an innate aptitude, as opposed to a position he / she is being forced or asked to play other than their natural position…
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