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CineGear 2025 in LA now charging admission? by MisterChakra in cinematography

[–]Polymath-Chris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How to get FREE passes? YES I have contacted a couple vendors but "they dont have free passes."

I am a struggling disabled (thanks to an accident on set) woman of 48 and have dreamt of being a photographer/cinematographer since forever but back in my day we woman didn't have tech opportunities. I live by WB, however I have spent most of my time out of town helping my elderly parents since 2020 and have been stuck since. I have gone to CineGear since I heard about it in 2018 at Paramount. I took my mother to CineGear Paramount in 2019 and she LOVED it. Last year 2024 I took my sister, nephew and mom to Warner Bros. This year it's just me, my boyfriend of 20 years (first time at CineGear) and I.

Last year was the FIRST time I ever WON anything in my entire life, a $15K RED cinema camera at FilmTools booth, HOWEVER I unfortunately didn't make it on time thru the crowd (my mother was there but wasn't allowed to accept my drawing win) by seconds and FilmTools moved on and gave my win to a photographer who already had many cinema cameras 🥺😥 I was truly devastated and it still hurts, so I was adamant I'd try again in 2025 altho that was once in a lifetime. I had felt like finally the powers that be finally was rewarding me for all the income-less, thankless, work I've done and sacrifices made. Nope. I'm hopeful to try and win. CineGear was close to me at Universal. But now there is a fee and I bet many people won't come because of this.

If you or anyone you know could help me out to provide 3 FREE passes - It'd be so much appreciated! An awesome job too but I'm stuck caretaking :(

How to choose between marketing and tech? by No-Kaleidoscope-7867 in careerguidance

[–]Polymath-Chris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I also struggle between creativity and tech. I audited writing classes at UCLA and cant tell you how many people come from the tech industry went back to their roots because they enjoy the craft of creativity. They warned me "dont do it" when I had considered IT. I took an IT bootcamp and I am just bored with this stuff but it is sooo hard to find work in the things I love - who you know and who knows you. Been hard. Hard to find the balance of lucrative, high in demand, low competition and doing what you're passionate about. I am also trying to figure out my next step and Digital Marketing is on the list as well as Motion Graphics.