My face gets red when I'm nervous.
I had a job interview yesterday at a place called Digital Kitchen. A production company with offices in four cities across the US that specializes in extremely polished and well constructed visual pieces incorporating music and tons of post-production and graphic design. My dad used to work with one of the executive producers at the place and he hooked me up with an interview for a production assistant position at their Chicago office.
I was super nervous about this interview because a) it's a serious production company and I had no idea how qualified I was for the position and b) I had to go behind my boss' back to go to the interview. So I went at the end of the day yesterday, sat down with the producers, and after MAYBE a half hour I was walking out of there. It didn't go very well. One of the first things they said was, "We're not looking for a green PA who needs a lot of training..." and in my head I immediately thought, "that's exactly what I am." I'm pretty confident that I will not be called back for a second interview, and even if I am, I don't think there's any way I will get the job.
It's too bad, but at the same time I'm relieved. On one hand, this was a hell of an opportunity. Digital Kitchen really is a pretty amazing production company doing great work. They've done the opening title sequences for Six Feet Under, Dexter, House, and recently the new Alan Ball show True Blood, among many, many others. They do very cool work combining visuals and music and in general it would be a very exciting place to work. I would learn a ton. That said, the days would be very long and the work would be very hard. I've yet to cross the line where my work becomes my life, and while I absolutely would cross that line for a position like this one, it's still nerve racking imagining how intense the work would be. I guess in the end (which I admittedly haven't yet reached) I will be more disappointed that I didn't get the position then glad I don't have to put the extra work in.
This has really forced me to acknowledge that moving away from Chicago (especially to a place like New York) and jumping right in to a production company is not going to be easy to say the least. While Dave and Co. is great, it's not a traditional production company and that will make it much harder later on to figure out exactly what type of place will take me.
At any rate...Sunday Blair and I are going to the MP3 Experiment in Chicago at Lincoln Park. Starts at 2. Bring your iPod, a red, green, blue, or yellow shirt, an umbrella and a balloon.
I was super nervous about this interview because a) it's a serious production company and I had no idea how qualified I was for the position and b) I had to go behind my boss' back to go to the interview. So I went at the end of the day yesterday, sat down with the producers, and after MAYBE a half hour I was walking out of there. It didn't go very well. One of the first things they said was, "We're not looking for a green PA who needs a lot of training..." and in my head I immediately thought, "that's exactly what I am." I'm pretty confident that I will not be called back for a second interview, and even if I am, I don't think there's any way I will get the job.
It's too bad, but at the same time I'm relieved. On one hand, this was a hell of an opportunity. Digital Kitchen really is a pretty amazing production company doing great work. They've done the opening title sequences for Six Feet Under, Dexter, House, and recently the new Alan Ball show True Blood, among many, many others. They do very cool work combining visuals and music and in general it would be a very exciting place to work. I would learn a ton. That said, the days would be very long and the work would be very hard. I've yet to cross the line where my work becomes my life, and while I absolutely would cross that line for a position like this one, it's still nerve racking imagining how intense the work would be. I guess in the end (which I admittedly haven't yet reached) I will be more disappointed that I didn't get the position then glad I don't have to put the extra work in.
This has really forced me to acknowledge that moving away from Chicago (especially to a place like New York) and jumping right in to a production company is not going to be easy to say the least. While Dave and Co. is great, it's not a traditional production company and that will make it much harder later on to figure out exactly what type of place will take me.
At any rate...Sunday Blair and I are going to the MP3 Experiment in Chicago at Lincoln Park. Starts at 2. Bring your iPod, a red, green, blue, or yellow shirt, an umbrella and a balloon.