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Using Powers for Good

10/14/2013

 
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WRNG created by Greg Machlin and David Butler
I have a day job. I'm sure you have a day job, too. I spend 40 hours a week at my day job. I'm sure you spend somewhere near that amount as well. If not more… I hope that your day job bumps into your real passion in some harmonious, lovely Venn Diagram. If not, then you're like me: a job that differs (on the surface level) considerably from my real passion of theatre directing and playwriting. 

I teach people how to use technology, specifically computers, tablets, and phones, most of which begin with "i." I teach many of the apps that run on those devices. Many of those apps begin with "i" as well. One app I teach is Final Cut Pro. I've done hours and hours of training to be able to teach others how to use the app. I practiced through making music videos, fake ads, and editing together any little thing I could get my hands on. I needed practice for my job!

But something has happened. In honing this skill and by jumping on each opportunity to edit something to practice for my day job, I've found myself editing several different projects for my friends in the arts. Instead of using the projects to help my skills, I'm using my skills to help projects by friends and colleagues. So far, I've edited:

  • A Kickstarter video for coópera: Project Opera of Manhattan.
  • A dance for video project called OVERSIZED: HARES for Linden Tree Productions.
  • An episode (Episode 3) of WRNG in Studio City, a web series created by Greg Machlin and David Butler. (Watch all the episodes. They are great fun! I even ended up on IMDb! )
  • And, most recently, Kickstarter videos for the upcoming web series On the Rocks  by The Grind Productions. (The Kickstarter gets launched on the 21st! It's exciting!)

I'm helping friends get the word out about their projects. What do you do in your day job that you can use for good? What does your day job/passion Venn Diagram look like?

Follow these guys on Twitter:
coópera: Project Opera of Manhattan
WRNG in Studio City
The Grind Productions (creators of On the Rocks)
Greg link
10/14/2013 04:04:37 pm

Thanks, Chris! It was our pleasure to have you--Episode 3 came out great. Here's hoping we get funding to do a season 2 of WRNG... and that we can *pay* everyone!
(For readers of Chris' blog who don't know, WRNG in Studio City is about reporters suddenly forced to make up fake news, and Episode 3 is when they actually decide to do so after an obnoxious NPR reporter Pierre de la del Croix chases them down.)


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