Lessons Learned
1. If you work for yourself and your livelihood depends on your ability to communicate, always have your phone nearby. I missed a very important call and, for the next 20 hours, thought that that mishap had cost me my job.
2. Nothing in the film world is ever set in stone. I got cut from the short film I was working on. The production and creative team didn't get the shots they needed on the weekends I was available, and had to cut my character because I couldn't commit to the times they'd set out this weekend. Too bad for them, too bad for me, but more too bad for them.
3. Don't kick yourself around if you mess up by not being on top of your game. Rehearsal today was freaking hard. I couldn't seem to get past the technical difficulties and almost threw a fit because I couldn't get my leg brace on. Shake it off, shake it off, shake it off.
4. Never discount the power of being a nice person or being easy to work with. I truly think that my reputation preceeded me in the case of my upcoming job, and therefore saved me from losing the booking, despite my earlier mishap (see: above).
5. Everything goes up and down all the time. Roll with it.
posted by Adia at
7:38 PM
3 Comments:
hey, it's carmen. i don't have a little blogger thingie over here and didn't feel like signing up for one, so.... thusly, i'm explaining who i am. :)
as for your lessons learned, i agree, and they don't apply just to the film world, either. i feel your pain, sister. but.... just remember your lessons, and you're good to go.
in the immortal words of liam gallagher, "you gotta roll with it, you gotta take your time, you gotta say what you say, don't let anybody get in your way..."
dammit, i posted earlier, and it hasn't shown up. again, this is carmen, and the gist of what my post said earlier was:
i feel your pain.
it was much longer, of course, but hey. i'm more tired now and ready to end the day. :)
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