People

Now working in the service industry I have a good chance to observe people.


Voices and appearances often don't match. Accents cannot be predicted based on clothing or hairstyle. Some large people have very quiet voices. There is a regular that sounds like Winnie the Pooh.


I have served tourists that know zero English. Pointing didn't work this time so they finally got out their phone and communicated through the advertised prices. There was also a mute person who came in and asked for pen and paper by mime and wrote down his order.


People are usually good. I was serving 2 people at once and they discovered they both wanted a 6 inch of the same sandwich on the same bread, so these strangers decided to share a footlong to save money. They took turns ordering toppings and only cut it in half at the very end.


Often when a person is working the front alone and there is a lineup customers give an encouraging word when they get to the till. Really I am not worried if I can handle the customers, I just hope that they aren't in a hurry and leave.


One guy in a really good mood was trying to ease the stress of the me serving a long line. I asked if he wanted the sandwich toasted and he said " No, frozen," which got the people in line and I to laugh and relax a bit.

Update

It has been a long time so here it is.


I am working at Subway and doing film things for free on the side. Now you are caught up.

Work

So I am now working at Subway. It is okay and I am still looking for film jobs. One job I applied for wanted my demo reel. I didn't have one so I needed to put one together. Now that I have a cinematography demo reel online the next step would be to put my production design portfolio online. Not sure what the best way to do that would be. Maybe I will just put it here on the blog so it is at least online somewhere.  




demo reel 2014  There are a couple clips missing, this link
                           will be updated when the video is finished

Blogging again

I know nobody really reads this but it feels good to get some stuff out of my head.




Today I spent 4 hours online applying for jobs. My dream job is currently on hold as my student loan repayment becomes a pressing matter. I loved school but it doesn't count toward the 3 years experience most places want before you can apply. Shouldn't the training be enough? I guess they want someone with the job as instinct and not returning to notes to make sure they did it right every time.


I have been out of school 5 months and the only film work I have had was through the school. I was a replacement gaffer and a mentor. I would love it if my full time job would be replacement positions for kids that quit school. It was a lot of fun working with a crew that knew eachother already and was organized and eager to film and experiment. it was great I worked on 1 story for 3 days and didn't have to do any of the prep work. Prep is ok but you really have to like the story to remain focused after weeks of the same thing.

Waiting for Life

Well, I have not been a student for 10 weeks and have only worked 2 of those weeks. Those 2 weeks were a lot of fun. I got to be a replacement gaffer for a term 3 VFS shoot. I was also a Term 1 mentor. The gaffer job was soooooo much fun! I got to work with students 6 months behind my class and get a feel for another class' dynamics. Being a mentor is hard. How much do you tell them what to do? Do you let them make mistakes before you tell them how to do it better, or do you tell them first? I also had to drive a very large rental vehicle to all the locations with the gear in it. I am used to driving a minivan but this SUV was awkwardly wide.

Anyway, I have no real job. I am a permittee in the Calgary IATSE union but that does not garuntee a job.

I now feel like I am waiting for life to start. I was a student so that was productive but now I am waiting for someone to acknowledge that I know what I am doing and pay me for it. Filming is pretty much done for the winter so I will get a real job until it starts up again. I really just want to use what I know.

Anybody out there need something to be filmed? or edited? or lit? or redecorated? or designed? I really want to do something....... :(

Hello Again

Hello again to my 5 followers. Thank you for that. I am sure that by now you have realized that my blog is more of a journal about me and that I sound a lot more sarcastic than in real life.

Anyway, my vacation is over and I am graduated completely from VFS. I now need to find a steady job and make some money. Unfortunately I haven't had much luck with that yet but its only been a week.

The Problem with Blogs

The problem with blogs is that once you have one it can be addicting. I know I don't write much here but sometimes I think in blog posts. It's a way to vent, but of course, being online means anyone can find and read it so you have to be careful with what you type. As well this is how a lot of the untruth on the internet gets to the internet. Bloggers are people with opinions and a keyboard. They may sound knowledgeable but that doesn't mean they are. Then there are the professional blogs that actually do know what they are typing about. Anyway beware the search engine that sends you to blogs, they may not know what they are writing about.