Columns
The Fine Line of Freelancing
Freelancing is certainly not for everyone. […]
MPEG
Union Made
UNION MADE: The Lady in the Library
People seem to have the impression that I sit in a big office with millions of films which I loan out to interested borrowers… My actual job involves locating stock shots or establishing shots to include in various television shows and feature productions. […]
Getting Organized
Personal Contact Trumps Technology
Flyers (or websites or e-mails) don’t really organize anybody. The actual act of organizing, is a face-to-face thing. […]
Union Made
UNION MADE: How Does One Become a Sound Engineer Anyway?
I am still passionately involved—working with clients who require cost-effective methods of designing post-production facilities, recording studios, acoustics and home theatres internationally and am proud to be part of this strenuous but great business. […]
Columns
Is There Life After Retirement?
Yes, after the Editors Guild, life does go on. […]
Columns
Job Negotiation Is a Contract Sport
Knowing these things before you start a job can save you a lot of headaches later on. […]
Union Made
UNION MADE: A Career Plan? Who, Me?
Some people have a plan. I did not, do not, and am still not sure what I would like to be when I grow up. Oh, I am mostly grown, middle-aged, halfway to somewhere. Opportunities and luck drew me. […]
OP / EDIT
Filmmaking’s First Responders
Editors and story analysts both use their considerable skills and training to hone and finesse a film’s story. […]
Getting Organized
‘Storm’ Watch: Weathering the Job Action Against LLP
While this fight has proven difficult and remains incomplete, there are encouraging lessons to take away from this job action as well. […]
Union Made
UNION MADE: The Mixing Console as a Musical Instrument
As a conductor leads an orchestra, and a composer creates ideas and sounds, so does a mixer. All the elements of dialogue, sound effects, music, creativity and technical ability coalesced as a career choice. My goal of sound for picture evolved. […]