Week 10 EOC: Final Class Evaluation

This class was quite interesting. Never would I have thought that I would have been able to understand the fundamentals of a business plan nor would I have thought that I would be able to write one. I now understand the basics that go into writing one. Its not as easy as one would think it is. It takes a lot of thought into how your business should be ran. What the basics are that you will need to get you through at least the first year. After many attempts of taking this class to finally finish it feels great. I now have the start of my business plan. I think I have a good grasp on it so when I decide that its time I take the bull by the horns, so to speak, I can go to some people and have them look at it to help me better it and then possibly take it to a bank and see if they will be able to help me out. I now have more confidence towards being able to hold my own now.

Week 9 Photo Challenge

This weeks photo challenge was to show me as a producer. I chose this photo because it shows me at work. This was a project I was working on with a friend of mine. We were doing a music video shoot for a song of his. We took the whole weekend and went around town and shot the footage.

We had two cameras going at the same time. After the long weekend of shooting I took about 3 days and edited the video for it. It was so much fun. Doing this I truly found out how much I loved being behind the camera and making decision on when to do a shot and where and what not. That was where I fell in love with video and film making.

So I was like the director and producer all in one. Oh how this job fitted me. This was only the beginning to my career. There is so much more to come.

Week 9 EOC: Tennis Clinic

So this weeks EOC is on a gentleman who created his own business running a tennis clinic. Why is this a big deal you ask? Because it didn’t last very long for him. Maybe a total of 3 years or so. So we are going to discuss what he did right and what he did wrong.  First of all what did he do right. He was doing something that he was passionate about. He loved tennis. He was very passionate about it. He wanted to give people the opportunity to learn something that they wanted to learn. He also taught it at a reasonable price at nice resorts that didn’t offer those services. Now let’s talk about what he did wrong. First of all his location was all wrong. He offered his services in Orlando, Florida. Now I am not saying that there is something wrong with Orlando. What I am saying is first off look at the weather situation. What does it do a lot of, rain. So what happens if it rains when he has a lesson? He now has to put it off and reschedule at another convenient time. Then he has to go and squeegee the court in order to use it. Also yes, he is showing someone how to play tennis, a game he is passionate about but he isn’t playing it. He is teaching it. When you do something you love and are passionate about you don’t want to teach it so much as to actually do it. Then he didn’t go into it with a business plan. He didn’t have a positive idea on how he was going to do it, he just did it. Is that ok? Well yes but you need to have a definite plan of attack. You need to have some back up plans. Maybe he will know this for next time then, when he wants to do something else like this. Here is the article if you want to read it.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204369404577208811394364448.html?mod=wsj_share_tweet

Week 8: Photo challenge

So this weeks photo challenge is me as a professional. I don't like the stiff collars or suits and ties. Well and let's think about this I don't do well in dresses or skirts either, I think I would look pretty funny in them. So I take a casual look and feel to things. I do dress up in slacks and a button down if I have to. It just depends on where I am going and what I am doing.

Here I was on my way to First Friday. A nice laid back monthly evening full of beautiful art, great food and tons of friends. You can wander the streets of downtown Las Vegas, moving through out all the different galleries that are showing all the beautiful art pieces. You can find some really great stuff for a reasonable price. You just have to know what you are looking for. In every town I am sure you can find a First Friday and I would tell you that you really have to go.

Week 7: Photo Challenge

This title for a screenplay is very vague, I know. This is a type of comedic, drama, humorous, love story. About two women to meet and eventually fall in love. They spend half of their life together only to be broken apart due to the emotional detachment from each other. This tells how couples can get so comfortable with each other and forget how the little things matter most. This story will make you laugh until you piddle on yourself and it will make you cry from the heartbreak that these two women go through. This shows you that heartache is real. You will be able to feel their pain and pleasure as you walk next to them in their life together. What happens to them after they break up? You will just have to wait and read it.

Week 7 EOC: My Resume and Optimal Resume

My resume. That is the topic for discussion for this week. I think my resume is good and bad. Let me explain why I think this. Well first off for my work experience, actual work not related to school, it is grand. I have held down the same job, well at least with the same company, for six and a half years now. I have to say that is my longest job ever in my span of working since I was 15.  Yes my first official job was at 15 at; you guess it, McDonald’s.  Isn’t that almost every kid’s first job, a fast food restaurant? So yes I have now been at my job for a long time. So when I do my resume it is quite easy now because I really only put my resent job down.

            Now when it comes to filling out the school experience thing, well that is kind of small. I haven’t had the chance to do a lot of work outside of schoolwork. I haven’t been able to do the side jobs that others do. Unfortunately I work to live. If I miss my regular job it makes it harder for me to survive. So yes my school related projects are lacking but that doesn’t mean I have the drive to do them.

            I have to work on that more. I don’t have longer to go in school to work on things because I know once school is out it will get harder. But I know I can make it through dedication and what not.

Week 6: Weekly Photo Challenge

Ok so for this photo challenge we had to show a special effect picture. Well I am personally not a genius when it comes to special effects at all. I don't know enough about programs to create something cool looking. So what I did create was my lower thirds for my demo reel, with some help of course. This is as special I get with special effects. I do know some photo shop and whatnot but that is about it.

For this lower third it is about my music recording piece. It has my logo in the side of it. Along with the band name and what I did on this piece. Hopefully somewhere down the line I can learn more programs that will let me have some free range on how things work but until then this is how I rate.