Amanda Blueglass
Amanda Blueglass gave a lecture on her previous
experience working for the BBC and how
she ventured out to become self-employed. Her story involved the making of the
short documentary
" Ray" and a promotional film for the 2012 Olympics
featuring Tom Daly.
She explained how difficult it is to get a foothold in
the industry as self employed film-maker. what was interesting about this was
how she had to find a happy medium between
offering a competitive service and yet making sure that she was asking
for the right amount of money and time for her work. It was evident to me that
her early work was not well paid, she sacrificed asking for larger amounts of
money, simply so she could get her herself noticed, once established she could
maybe afford to negotiate a little more.
It was good to hear about the political machinations of
not just the film industry but the bigger business world who may hire you for
work. I have had some dealings with these kinds of issues in the past with some
of the freelance work I have done, needless to say it was very helpful to be
able to get some further insight into how to approach and work with people when
you are just starting out.
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