Insight #17 - Michele Profeta: Follow This Advice To Get Side Jobs (Not Only) In Film
00:02Can you try to share some tips for people who want to find work as a side jobs as well?Maybe where to look for, how to apply some tips for a CV or interviews if you did.As a first CD or in general?In general, for example, when you are still student and you want to get experience in a field,what comes to your mind or how did you do that?So what I would suggest is don't be shy.I don't say it because it directly helps you to be a filmmakerbut because talking with people, getting friends
00:41is one of the main things to get on setsbecause being nice with people that we've called it backand you know, I know many people that would hire again peoplethat were nice and did a good job rather than high-end professionsbut they were like kind of not so good peopleyou know definitely you know don't be shy and be honest personand you know show your interestdon't push it too much just say that you're available
01:07and yeahthat's it I mean you could tell you of courseget a CV but everybody can do thatI don't think that's one of the main thingsbecause most of the shit that I got were likethrough getting a shoot and then you know you talk with peopleyou do a good job and then they would call you for another thingthat's the main thing that's how it works
01:27that's on the industry's same as to be workingso was it like throughyour network and connections rather than finding it online?Yeah, yeah, yeah.I mean, you do find somethings online.For example, there are sites such as Tarnal, Mandy,where you can start to find some thingsand you can get with a CV there
01:48and people will see you, they will hire you.Some things paid, some things unpaid.But I don't know of people that leave off of it, to be fair.because everyone in the film industry is a freelancer pretty much, you know,and word of mouth is what works the best, really.So can you say what type of projects you worked on?Was it like short film or music videos or what was it?I've done short films, different roles, of course directed,
02:21but also been a PA, I've been a runner,I've done behind the scenes photographs, I've been a gaffer,So sounds like a diverse range of roles.Yeah, yeah, because again, you just have to go as many things as you can at the beginning,and then the people always call it.That's for short films.Even for other foremost music videos, AD, first ADE, what I talked about before.I've been a golfer once, runner.
02:50I was a first CD Saturday and Sunday on a music video, actually.And you need to be more as well on a short film, Provox Concepts.they were shooting and then I've done promos let's say promos for brands and like businessesI've been a director I've been a runner on some higher end stuff or corporate videos interviewsyeah it's like a broad range of experience yeah yeah yeah but then he kind of narrows down to you knowit would be the director is the main thing then you can be first said yeah maybe someproduction, things around, but yeah, that's it.Yeah.
03:32And can you say in what way, or can you try to compare it when you are on a shoot outsideof university to shoots at university?If it's similar or in what ways is it different?Right.It depends on what level we're talking about because you can find some shoots atuniversity that are pretty professional, but you can also find shoots outside of universitythey're not really professional,vice versa.
04:01I can't really tell you,maybe the only thing isgenerally outside of universitypeople are a bittaking it literally more seriously.Yeah, because people in university,that's part of mycomment on the programs
04:16and the system ispeople on sets in universitymany people care about the grades,but thinking about the gradethat's necessarily meyou're doing a good job on set,you know, because you just have toreport to that teacher and that doesn't really, you know,
04:31what you've done said.So maybe the great thing might have an impact on some people in university,but when you're outside of uni, you just find everyone there's more like on it.Probably that's it, yeah.
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