Remember when, the Amiga Video Toaster, was the hot setup?
Thank you for that. I just wish I had more knowledge on the current business. I became a real estate investor in 2017, and the production industry has changed dramatically in that short time, per equipment, distribution, and stylings.
However, the one constant that can help make him marketable in the short term, is to invest in a Mac with a Final Cut Pro 10.7 (or latest). Good editing skills are key to amazing story telling, and he'll be able to set himself apart from all the kids who use the free/cheapo apps. If he can afford the investment and learn to edit on that system, he'll likely always have work, when he's not on-location as a crew guy. A few sessions with a feature or commercial director in the edit suite will quickly teach him what does and doesn't work. Social media is very powerful in getting the word out about owning such a set up, and I've worked with many, many editors who have brought me into their home or condo offices to work. The best editor in Nashville brings his celebrity music clients into his crappy basement, so no studio is necessary. These days, most of it is done long distance, anyway.
By the way, what got him interested in production?
Remember when, the Amiga Video Toaster, was the hot setup?
By the way, what got him interested in production?
Good question. I think it goes back to 5th and 6th grade. Youtube was a big deal and about half of his 6th grade classmates all said they wanted to be youtubers when the grew up. Well he had made his own youtube channel in 5th grade, maybe earlier, and he would make Minecraft videos on how to build things. He just figured it out by himself. He found a program to record his game play and used his headset / mic to narrate and explain how to make buildings and stuff in Minecraft.
He took some digital animation production classes in Junior high. Covid hit so he did online classes most of his freshman year, but still took video production. His sophomore year he was back at school and the video production class does the High School News that they broadcasted every morning and he was first up as anchor, with green screen and teleprompter. Part of the class was recording school sports and editing highlights for the news.
They posted the news on youtube, and I saw an announcement for casting calls for the drama clubs Fiddler on the Roof. I said if he didn’t go and tryout his late grandma would be rolling in her grave. She got us the video 5 years back and we probably watched it a hundred times, so he knew all the songs.
So he walked on and auditioned and got the part of Motel.
He’s had some other parts, been stage manager twice, was in a production with the local theater group. He got thrown into a small part there an hour before show time when a guy came down with covid.
He is the student assistant for his video production class now, and the teacher he had before, left. So he is kindda running the news now and is assisting the new teacher tremendously. He’s president of the Video Production Club. He’s tall, 6’1”, handsome and charismatic. 4.0 gpa.
I think I’m rambling on now... I’m just really proud of him.