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i sent the reel to my former boss who used to work for a couple TV stations and now works in PR for Ben & Jerry's. Figured i'd show it to someone who has been in the position of evaluating demos for possibility of employment. He hasn't gotten back to me yet though.
i think i'm gonna send it as is to a couple of places because i REALLY have to get the ball rolling. i looked at my future employment to-do list (titled "THE FUCKING PLAN") and i'm 2 weeks late for my own fuckin deadlines. To be fair, At least a week of the hold up was due to a former employer getting me the clips i needed. The rest was spent on all those transitions that everyone loves soooo much (LOL :D).
i've toyed with the idea of justifying it with "That's me. Kind of tacky and unnecessarily flashy at times and at other times just an organizer of the story". We'll see if that steaming pile of BS flies.
i may (before i send any out) at least lower the volume of the transition sound effects. i think that will tone down the distractedness enough that i can leave them in to showcase the motion graphics. Again we'll see.
i have a little bit of an itch to start a long term documentary project about the wind farm that may be going up behind my yard. i'd follow the people closest to the project through the approval, construction and completion/operation phases, as well as principles in the process (board members, the guy who owns the property, town residents who live farther away). What i'd like to have in the end is at least 4 subjects:
1 who goes from pro to con
1 who goes from con to acceptance
2 who don't change their position
It'd purely be for public access. Maybe i could finagle a grant for it somehow.
But in the meantime, i have
A) The paid work i'm supposed to be doing
B) The work i need to to to get more work
C) A project or two of pro-bono/favor stuff (including a 2 yr old wedding video which i feel ill about)
D) Keeping up with my online social status