This is an exciting weekend for me...
The television show I work on, "JR DIGS: Man With A Van", airs tonight! It's the pilot episode of a whole new series, and I got to be a part of it from the very beginning as the editor!
Basically, the new show is about JR Digs with his (not so) new van he got that he is attempting to shoot a talk show out of. The van is wired with cameras, and he meets some interesting people, making for some very entertaining interviews. With interviewee's ranging from average joes in town to celebrities like Dane Cook, this show has quite some potential to be a unique late night program and I'm happy to be a part of it.
Anyways, watch tonights episode if you get the chance! (Keep an eye out for my name in the credits!)
E! Network @ Midnight
That's about it for this blog...
Thanks for reading,
- Patrick
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Decisions, decisions...
Well, here is my life lately...
I ended up leaving my program at Niagara College to pursue my career a different way. I've been told that I am the master of my own destiny, and in the entertainment industry, that's exactly how it is. You get out of it what you put in, most of the time.
With that said, I've been volunteering my time on a National Television Show as an editor for the past few weeks. It's good experience, and I'm learning a hell of a lot more than I was at school. I've already edited two full episodes of national TV. The problem is, I have student loans that I need to start paying back soon and taking two buses every morning to put in 10+ hours of volunteer work just doesn't seem to be paying off. It's supposed to turn into a paying job really soon, but not as soon as I would like it to.
I still do wedding videos with my Patchco Films business every once in a while, which is good money, but I almost feel like if I took all the time I'm using volunteering on the show and focused it more on getting more clients for my business, I'd make more money in less time, still doing something I enjoy. And ontop of that, I'd be my own boss. However, if I choose that route, I sacrifice my position working on TV (for now, anyway).
But with that said, I am also in pre-production developing a pilot for what I hope to be my own TV show, or sponsored web series. My plan is to finish the first script, shoot the pilot independently, and try shopping it around to networks and see if it gets picked up. It's a slim chance in this risky industry, but if I never try, I'll never know, right? The only problem is, again, this will take a great deal of time, and money, which I do not have so much of by volunteering all this time on the other show.
Weddings and TV aside, there are also personal projects that I would like to get done in the next little while, such as get into photography and make the short film I have written. I wish I had more time to get it all planned and ready to shoot, but I just don't!
The free time I do have after those long days, I want to spend relaxing, or having fun...being a normal 18 year old... I am also in a long-distance relationship with my girlfriend who I met in college. It's hard being apart from each other now that it's the summer, after seeing each other every day throughout the school year. I love her to death and she's a beautiful girl, so of all the things I have listed above, being happily together with her is the one thing I am 100% certain about.
It looks like I have a lot to think about in the next little while. I could always scrap everything I'm doing and grab a 9-to-5, Monday-to-Friday job, but how exciting would my life be then?
I'm gonna try to post on here more often. I don't care who (if anybody at all) reads this, it helps me clear my thoughts. If you do read, feel free to leave comments and advice! Always appreciated.
Thanks for reading,
- Patrick
I ended up leaving my program at Niagara College to pursue my career a different way. I've been told that I am the master of my own destiny, and in the entertainment industry, that's exactly how it is. You get out of it what you put in, most of the time.
With that said, I've been volunteering my time on a National Television Show as an editor for the past few weeks. It's good experience, and I'm learning a hell of a lot more than I was at school. I've already edited two full episodes of national TV. The problem is, I have student loans that I need to start paying back soon and taking two buses every morning to put in 10+ hours of volunteer work just doesn't seem to be paying off. It's supposed to turn into a paying job really soon, but not as soon as I would like it to.
I still do wedding videos with my Patchco Films business every once in a while, which is good money, but I almost feel like if I took all the time I'm using volunteering on the show and focused it more on getting more clients for my business, I'd make more money in less time, still doing something I enjoy. And ontop of that, I'd be my own boss. However, if I choose that route, I sacrifice my position working on TV (for now, anyway).
But with that said, I am also in pre-production developing a pilot for what I hope to be my own TV show, or sponsored web series. My plan is to finish the first script, shoot the pilot independently, and try shopping it around to networks and see if it gets picked up. It's a slim chance in this risky industry, but if I never try, I'll never know, right? The only problem is, again, this will take a great deal of time, and money, which I do not have so much of by volunteering all this time on the other show.
Weddings and TV aside, there are also personal projects that I would like to get done in the next little while, such as get into photography and make the short film I have written. I wish I had more time to get it all planned and ready to shoot, but I just don't!
The free time I do have after those long days, I want to spend relaxing, or having fun...being a normal 18 year old... I am also in a long-distance relationship with my girlfriend who I met in college. It's hard being apart from each other now that it's the summer, after seeing each other every day throughout the school year. I love her to death and she's a beautiful girl, so of all the things I have listed above, being happily together with her is the one thing I am 100% certain about.
It looks like I have a lot to think about in the next little while. I could always scrap everything I'm doing and grab a 9-to-5, Monday-to-Friday job, but how exciting would my life be then?
I'm gonna try to post on here more often. I don't care who (if anybody at all) reads this, it helps me clear my thoughts. If you do read, feel free to leave comments and advice! Always appreciated.
Thanks for reading,
- Patrick
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