Sometimes I find it funny that the practices in college I found annoying
turn into life practices I find important. In my Business of Film class
in Senior year of college, my teacher always made us respond with a
simple 'got it' whenever we received an email from her. These days I
set many conference calls and I seriously wish everyone I email would
respond with something that would assure me they received my email and
are confirmed for the call. This way when I initiate the call I'm not
anxiously listening to make sure everyone who needs to be on the call is
on it. It's so funny how something as simple as this is so important.
So many times you're asked about the college you went to and if you
feel you got a great education there. If I told someone the most
important thing I learned was email etiquette, they'd laugh in my face.
Honestly, learning etiquette was part of my college experience. I took
workshops on dining etiquette through student life, and all throughout
film school you learn the etiquette of how to work in the film world. I
look around at others my age in my daily life and even my Facebook wall
and sometimes I'm shocked to see how people act. I guess I just got
lucky.
I recently had dinner with the college professor
who taught me business of film, and she asked me some important things I
had discovered post-college. My number one was constantly being in the
know about what is happening in the entertainment world. In order to
be on top, you have to be on your game. You have to constantly check
for breaking news and it's always great when you can be the first one in
the office to break and story and say, "Hey, did you see that so and so
just dropped all their agents?" Or "Hey, did you see that such and
such network just picked up that new pilot?" Those are silly examples,
but when your boss comes in the room and asks you what you know about a
certain celebrity, you better be up on your celeb gossip and be ready to
give him everything he needs to know before he walks into a pitch
meeting.
And now a shameless plug about an upcoming
project. I'm currently in the throws of pre-production on a short film
with two of my friends. I'm co-Producing it and we're working hard to
get the Kickstarter ready for launch. It will be the biggest project
I've ever Produced and we are going to need a lot of funding. I can't
say much about the film yet, but it is a fan film that we have thought
about making for a while now. The project is going to be very
collaborative with both graduates of my college as well as my new
friends in the LA film world. Keep a lookout for the project launch and
I do hope we have a lot of support!
That's all for now
folks. I've had a hard time figuring out what to blog about these
days, but hopefully my creative blogging brain starts thinking of more
ideas soon.
<3 Mir
