This Is What I Do For A Living

"Bird" (Bird) 01/27/2014 at 18:40 • Filed to: None

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It's on the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , but wanted to share with Oppo because I actually worked on this one!

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NoahthePorscheGuy > Bird 01/27/2014 at 18:44

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What exactly were you responsible for?

Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 > Bird 01/27/2014 at 18:44

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Well hello there. Is your name Don Draper?

Bird > NoahthePorscheGuy 01/27/2014 at 18:48

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In simplest terms...making sure everybody and everything shows up on time.

I'm a Production Coordinator.

Bird > Chuck 2(O=[][]=O)2 01/27/2014 at 18:48

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Yes exactly.

lol

Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull > Bird 01/27/2014 at 18:58

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So it's careers in advertising that makes people want a Lada out of nowhere. Good to know, good to know.

Bird > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 01/27/2014 at 19:01

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You don't end up in this industry because you're normal.

We're like overpaid Carni's...

Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull > Bird 01/27/2014 at 19:04

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I'm in a surprisingly dull industry to want a Moskvich 412, a UAZ 452, and a Niva - or as I'd call it Greatest Collection Soviet Four Wheel Drivings of Glory. It may be from Land-Rover related off-job solvent exposure to the brain.

Bird > Ramblin Rover - The Vivisector of Solihull 01/27/2014 at 19:08

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Maybe it's the hazardous chemicals we have in common...

Tom McParland > Bird 01/27/2014 at 19:14

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Do you work with all brands or just Hyundai?

Bird > Tom McParland 01/27/2014 at 19:19

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I'm freelance, so anyone who hires me. I've been lucky to work on a lot of car stuff though.

I work on what we call the 'production side'. You can break a commercial down into three parts. The 'creative' from the Ad Agency (pre-production), the actual making of the commercial by a separate production company who brings the director to the team (production), and then your editorial and effects (post production).

I'm hired by the production company on a job by job basis.

Tom McParland > Bird 01/27/2014 at 19:21

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Cool...is there any chance you can convince Volvo to pick this up? :D

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Bird > Tom McParland 01/27/2014 at 19:26

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Wish I could help...it is pretty funny...

philipilihp > Bird 01/27/2014 at 19:26

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Got any openings where you work? I've always wanted to work in (especially automotive) advertising but hasnt happened yet...

Bird > philipilihp 01/27/2014 at 19:40

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It's a tough industry to get into...

I don't have a 'regular employer' technically I'm laid off after each commercial. Then I might go back to the same company for the next one, or someone entirely different. A lot of people try to get jobs at a production company as reception, or some other position, then move into the freelance production world after they've made some contacts.

I got my 'in' by dropping out of film school and begging for a job on a movie that came to town. (I was living in North Carolina at the time.) Then I ended up working on NASCAR commercials, and I just worked every connection I could until I made it to Los Angeles.

Bird > philipilihp 01/27/2014 at 19:41

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And also, what I do has nothing to do with what happens at an As Agency...