A Different View on Freelancing; I Need Vimeo Help; and a 48Hour Film Update!
A Young Person's Perspective
In May, I had a high school senior shadow me on some of my jobs as part of credit for his high school diploma. He shared his summary reflections with me, and since it’s intern season, I thought this would be an interesting and timely reflection for those of us who go out every day, but without any thought as to how our job is perceived by those outside of the industry.
My primary goal with my WINGS project was to step outside of my comfort zone and do something completely new to me. Throughout high school, I have largely stuck to the things that I knew I could do, so with this opportunity I thought I would grow by taking more of a risk.
I interned under the owner of Picture This Video, a video production company. As a part of this experience, I was a production assistant with a team creating a film in 48 hours as part of a contest, I saw behind-the-scenes of a podcast livestream, and I helped run camera for the recording of the Arlington Public Schools’ Employee Excellence Awards Ceremony.
This experience taught me how to better persevere through uncertainty in a real workplace setting :
there was uncontrollability and unpredictability
it was fast paced and that could sometimes cause errors
adaptation skills were needed
there were lots of opportunities for skill application
Not only was I an intern, but I also had to work with varying groups of people (including actors, writers, directors, audio workers, stage managers, contractors, to name a few) which taught me multiple lessons:
Compromising ideas
Role flexibility
Speaking up
Learning from others
Through my focus on stepping out of my comfort zone I now have a better understanding of how life is about taking risks and trying something new, not about the results I get from those experiences.
Update on 48 Hour Film Project!
Back in April, I mentioned I was going to be participating in the 48 Hour Film Project. Well, that has happened! I ended up offering up my house as the location for Team WIFV! That pretty much meant that my screen credits became “Location and Props Manager”. In addition to that role, I was credited as assistant editor (though we had an excellent freelance editor on our team, and he barely needed my help). 22 folks made up our cast and crew, and we got our submission in on time- within 47 hours and 30 minutes!
I didn’t get to go to the premiere screening, as I had an out of town job that evening, but the picture above was taken of the folks from our team who did get to go. That festive attire, which matched the theme of our film’s setting- a Halloween party- won us The Spirit Award! 55 teams competed, so they had several showings to get everyone’s film up on the big screen of the AFI Silver Theater.
Just this week, we learned that Team WiFV’s entry has made it into the top 14 films! There will be a screening of those 14 films next Thursday, June 6th at 7 pm, and 20 awards will be handed out. I’m looking forward to going to this one, and hoping we get recognized for more than our party skills…. maybe even some production skills!
I’m really just excited that we’ve gotten to this point. This is only the second time in all the years WIFV has participated that a team has made it to this level.
Interested in checking out the films and being part of the experience?
Looking for assistance with monetizing on Vimeo
Do you have experience with Vimeo’s “pay-per-view” services? If so, I’d love to talk with you. I’ve had a few more clients asking about this capability, and I’d like to help make it a seamless experience for them.
What is the difference between Vimeo OTT and Vimeo on Demand?
What do you need to know about uploading, organizing and sharing your media?
Can you manage an account for a client, and allow them to get the payments from viewers after you’ve set it up?
Please email me if you’ve done this sort of thing, or know someone you could connect me with. Thanks in advance.
