My most recent stint of unemployment has come to an end. Two weeks ago, I was called in for an interview for Established Animal-Related Docu-Soap. It was a Wednesday, and my appointment was at 2pm. By 2:30, they made me an offer that I accepted and started bright and early the next morning. The reason for the rush? One of the story producers got another gig and left, so I'm finishing out his remaining 1 1/2 episodes. So, my stint on this show won't be terribly long. But it's work, so that's fine by me. I'm a week and a half in and everyone is cool people seem to like my work thus far.
Since I'm coming in on the tail end of a season, I'm taking over an episode that's already been started. So, everyone knows the footge and show more than I do. It's a balancing act where I am doing what I can to respect the work the previous guy did but also inject my own choices and POV to the material. It would be folly for me to completely dismiss all the set up that was done before I started (since he was there when the outline was crafted) but the show can benefit from my outsider perspective. This is a first for me; it's doable but a definite challenge, that's for sure.
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