To help navigate through all the improvised sequences, Alpert extensively used Avid’s Script Tool, an older but still useful utility on a movie such as ‘Pineapple Express’.
For 87 years, since its beginning, “Taking care of our own”––regardless of ability to pay––has been the primary mission of the Motion Picture & Television Fund, as it offers health care, child care, social and charitable services, and a first-rate retirement community.
Watching movies and TV shows all day––and getting paid for it–– sounds like a dream job, but it’s serious work for quality control and videotape operators. Both are technical jobs, but the digital age has morphed them into a way more creative and challenging endeavor.