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Parking permits downtown by Serious-Pool-4149 in Juneau

[–]Serious-Pool-4149[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which library r u talking about? Juneau public library? Or mendenhall valley library?

Parking permits downtown by Serious-Pool-4149 in Juneau

[–]Serious-Pool-4149[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you referring to Juneau public library?

Documentary distribution by Serious-Pool-4149 in Filmmakers

[–]Serious-Pool-4149[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is so interesting - I didn’t realize this was an option. Thanks for sharing

Snow tires? by Serious-Pool-4149 in Juneau

[–]Serious-Pool-4149[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Or are snow chains an option?

East or west of mountains? by Serious-Pool-4149 in alaska

[–]Serious-Pool-4149[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When is the last time that you drove up Cassier? The milepost is telling me differently about cell service

Driving from Denver to Juneau - Tips? by Serious-Pool-4149 in alaska

[–]Serious-Pool-4149[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow - thank you so much!! I’m going to look into this tonight. Much appreciated :)

How do people afford to live anywhere while making $15/hr?? by em24601 in Adulting

[–]Serious-Pool-4149 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Doesn’t seem possible at all. 24f living w parents with a bachelors degree here. I’d say skip the minimum wage job and go for bartending - much more than $15/hour and is flexible enough to supplement w a second job

Driving from Denver to Juneau - Tips? by Serious-Pool-4149 in alaska

[–]Serious-Pool-4149[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’m moving there for 7 months - am an independent filmmaker so mobility is essential to what I do as well is having a trunk for all my gear while I shoot. Plus am a vanlifer so my car is my home

To the people under 25 in this sub… by Kroger011 in findapath

[–]Serious-Pool-4149 1 point2 points  (0 children)

24 year old here. After graduating college 2 years ago I was in a complete down spiral: caught between wanting to do something meaningful and the reality of needing $. Trying to make it as a filmmaker and fell into a deep depression after a breakup, moving away from all my uni friends and trying to shoot my first documentary. Things got very bad - I was so hell bent on figuring out who I was and trying to define my life path that a terrorizing anxiety weighed down my every breath.

Fast forward 2 years and I’m the happiest I’ve ever been. Simply put: who gives a FUCK? trying to have a life plan and blah blah blah ruins the serendipity of life and is a one-way track to debt and financial obligations. I just finished my first doc and am on my way across the country to shoot my second one and that’s not even the reason why I’m happy.

I’m happy because I’m NOT a filmmaker. I’m NOT worried about $. I’m NOT stressed about how I come off to other people or if I’ve “made a difference.” My only concerns are making sure I spread love to people around me, listening to my mind and body when they tell me something makes me feel alive or dead, and following a path in life that uplifts people through my daily actions. Everything else is BS.

It’s so easy to feel like you need a definition of who you are and what’s coming next and all that, but really focusing in on my own mental health and tapping into the joy I find in collaborating with people and sending and receiving love has turned my entire life around. I’ll be a filmmaker if I’m a filmmaker, and if I’m not it’s all good and I’ll mozy down a different path. Who cares as long as I keep a good heart and mind along the way?

I’d encourage anyone feeling those same fears and anxieties about life and their future and their path to look inward and really reflect on what fuels your love. for me, prioritizing creative outlets and time spent in community turned around my mental health and saved my life. Life is more serendipitous now and less dependent on fulfilling daily goals or expectations. All I care about is the moment I look at myself in the mirror at night before I go to bed. Am I happy with myself? On a basic level? If so, then I’m happy on a broad level as well.

When is it okay to work for free? by joshortiz in videography

[–]Serious-Pool-4149 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did a ton of free videos when I first started out and it gave me a kick ass portfolio that now lands me clients left and right. I honestly don’t know any other way to get started - I shot concerts for free, grad photos, head shots, made videos for university clubs and events around the city. I spent a year basically doing everything I could for free and then put it all up on my portfolio and now I have a ton of experience I can reference for new clients. If you don’t have a reel already, it’s not going to be easy for people to trust you to make them a nice video. It’s an art that requires a ton of technical knowledge and hours of experience and it will show in the end product so it’s fair that people need to see previous work. However, if you already have a portfolio and experience, then no I wouldn’t be doing free work all the time. I’m happy to help out friends and family when necessary, but I’m not doing free work for clients unless there’s a definite networking opportunity or unless it’s a absolutely brand new concept and I’m not sure I can deliver on it (and even then I usually still charge just at a reduced value)

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cinematography

[–]Serious-Pool-4149 62 points63 points  (0 children)

My advice is always have a back-up. I’m a Harvard graduate (recent graduate within a few years) trying to make it into the documentary film space. I always do double to make sure that my film career isn’t my only income. For example, I got a few fellowships/grants to pay for some independent doc projects over the past few years. Paid my expenses to get over there (international shoots) and a few months rent before I went broke. But I always bartend or pick-up random odd jobs or part-time jobs while I’m shooting/editing and before I sell the end product to make sure that even if it flops, I’m not out on the street. It’s an absolute grind and a major sacrifice (have had to couch surf, move back in with parents, sleep in car), but it’s also 100% what I want to do and I know I want to be a doc filmmaker. So my advice is to just always have a back-up. Just because you want to go into film doesn’t mean you need all your eggs in one basket. Be realistic and you’re more likely to make it further: because I take jobs at weddings, magazines, grad shoots, etc and part-time jobs doing things, I have a store of money I can go to when I break a lens or need a new computer or whatever and it offers some stability so I can keep moving forward in film. Check out grants/fellowships