Moving to LA (with no job) was probably one of the riskier moves I've made in my day, but thank God for supportive family and friends!
I had gone for an interview in Arizona before I left, thinking if it was a good opportunity, maybe I would stay. Once I saw their studio space (which was about the size of a studio apt. broken up into three small sets) I quickly realized that I was ready to leave, that I HAD to leave. I could no longer work on these puny productions, that would probably only reach 20 viewers, or work in a town where the majority of people ran their productions on slave labor. It was so infuriating to work my ass off and get nowhere..and as much as I love doing corporate videos (dad :)).. I just couldn't do it anymore.
My first week in LA was somewhat of a whirlwind. I arrived on August 22nd, 2010, and hit the ground running. I had interviews lined up for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for both internships and personal assistant work. And also worked on my first LA "gig", the short film "Adonis"(<----Click Me for Photos!)
My first interview was for a small production company which a friend of mine works for, he had given me a great referral, but they still wanted to make sure that I had the writing skills necessary for the position. They gave me a script to write coverage for, which is basically a summary of the screenplay and any comments. It turns out that getting through the horrible script was the worst part of it!!! After struggling through the script (even reading it at the bar one night, while a DJ was pumpin' out some bomb 90's hip-hop) I was finally able to finish the coverage and ended up getting the internship!
To Be Continued: here
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