Yesterday morning I gave my time to help a friend film a spec commercial. I got up before 10 for the first time in probably two months, went to the other side of the 405, and dressed up in my coattail tuxedo. It was a quick little shoot with a few good people. The way the plot and the shoot went was each person adding on their bit, one after the other, until all of us were gathered and having fun. The crew just started filming whatever ideas came to mind, the cast was pitching in and playing, and by the end there was plenty of footage for them to use. We all had a good time and somehow, we ended only a half hour off schedule.
This wasn’t a paying thing by any means. It was an acquaintance-produced submission for a contest that might pay off for the filmmakers. For me, however, it was an opportunity to help a friend out and play in front of a camera. And it didn’t pay, but I got to meet with some very nice and talented people. And who knows, maybe they’ll do very well for themselves and hopefully I’ll get to work with them again, and sometime down the road, I could get paid to help them out.
This morning I woke up even earlier and went to the other side of Magnolia Boulevard, and dressed up in a borrowed Jedi padawan outfit. I was watching a fencing party for Best Action Events, who I started training with four weeks ago. I attended a five year old’s birthday party to see what exactly I’ve been training to do. I went as a padawan assistant to the Jedi performer so that I could help out and not be some fly on the wall, but I was there to watch and learn. With all my time spent at Disney, and having done birthday party entertainment with kids before, it was still somehow odd to be there thinking that performing for younglings is how I’ll be making money.
I’ve been training with them to add to their talent pool, not working for any pay yet, but I’m learning fencing stage combat. It’s completely worth it to me. Today, however, the idea of getting paid finally made it into my head. I don’t actually know how much I’d be making at each party, but it seems like it’s a good amount. I joined for the perks of learning sword fighting skills I’ve been after for a few years, and working with the skilled people there, but now that I need employment I’m noticing how profitable this might turn out to be.
Tomorrow I have an interview for a day job, doing retail at a shopping plaza. I haven’t had a day job since I started what I call the ‘theme park circut’ in Orlando six years ago. The last time I had a job interview was earlier that year, spring of 2004. Even applying for a job is something out of my element, and I’m nervous to have an interview. However, I need employment. I expect that a day job would pay, consistently, and well. Nothing from this job would really a long term gain, unless I needed another day job. But like I said, I need money, and jobs get you money.
So, this weekend I’ve got the three examples of how I could pursue my career and an income. I could either continue pursuing straight up acting and really not get any pay for it, I could pursue it as a part time thing and see how that works out, or I could just forget it for a while and be alright.
Might as well see how the interview goes first.
This wasn’t a paying thing by any means. It was an acquaintance-produced submission for a contest that might pay off for the filmmakers. For me, however, it was an opportunity to help a friend out and play in front of a camera. And it didn’t pay, but I got to meet with some very nice and talented people. And who knows, maybe they’ll do very well for themselves and hopefully I’ll get to work with them again, and sometime down the road, I could get paid to help them out.
This morning I woke up even earlier and went to the other side of Magnolia Boulevard, and dressed up in a borrowed Jedi padawan outfit. I was watching a fencing party for Best Action Events, who I started training with four weeks ago. I attended a five year old’s birthday party to see what exactly I’ve been training to do. I went as a padawan assistant to the Jedi performer so that I could help out and not be some fly on the wall, but I was there to watch and learn. With all my time spent at Disney, and having done birthday party entertainment with kids before, it was still somehow odd to be there thinking that performing for younglings is how I’ll be making money.
I’ve been training with them to add to their talent pool, not working for any pay yet, but I’m learning fencing stage combat. It’s completely worth it to me. Today, however, the idea of getting paid finally made it into my head. I don’t actually know how much I’d be making at each party, but it seems like it’s a good amount. I joined for the perks of learning sword fighting skills I’ve been after for a few years, and working with the skilled people there, but now that I need employment I’m noticing how profitable this might turn out to be.
Tomorrow I have an interview for a day job, doing retail at a shopping plaza. I haven’t had a day job since I started what I call the ‘theme park circut’ in Orlando six years ago. The last time I had a job interview was earlier that year, spring of 2004. Even applying for a job is something out of my element, and I’m nervous to have an interview. However, I need employment. I expect that a day job would pay, consistently, and well. Nothing from this job would really a long term gain, unless I needed another day job. But like I said, I need money, and jobs get you money.
So, this weekend I’ve got the three examples of how I could pursue my career and an income. I could either continue pursuing straight up acting and really not get any pay for it, I could pursue it as a part time thing and see how that works out, or I could just forget it for a while and be alright.
Might as well see how the interview goes first.
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