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Issue #46 – Apprentices in Action
by L. Swift and Jeff McQ
Jamie Reed, Film Connection apprentice under Zac Adams of Skydive Films in Nashville, TN, just finished working on not one but two music videos for Mark Collie & The Boxmasters. (In case you didn’t know, The Boxmasters are a rockin’ band headed by none other than Oscar-winning actor Billy Bob Thornton!) Zac Adams directed and produced the music videos which were shot in Nashville and Birmingham.
Here’s what he had to say about Jamie Reed.
“I told him, Jamie this is your time to shine. I can’t teach you work ethic… He brought his A game. We had 15 hour days and I said, ‘Get used to it, that’s the way it is’ and he did, he was great, he was like ‘heck yeah, bring it!’ I had him doing grip and working with the gaffers, I let him direct one scene and he had two ideas for camera angles and I used both of them. I let him do some ‘above the line’ which is pretty cool for an 18-year-old. He gripped, gaffed, worked on the lights, he did some PA work too. He brought it. To make it in the film business you got to give 120%, giving just 100% is just too competitive.
This past week was Jamie’s time to shine and he met or exceeded everyone’s expectations. We had a crew of ten people and everyone was very impressed with him.”
So where does that leave Jamie now? Thanks to a connection Zac helped him make while on the set of this project, Jamie’s seeing about a future gig on a Nashville TV show!
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