The heroes and villains of the TV production world (but mostly heroes).
While by no means everyone has got the furlough they badly needed (for a variety of reasons) it is worth lauding and applauding the many companies across our industry who have busted their guts to help out where they can. The Furlough champions…and those that weren’t.
About to start a course with the NYFA (National Youth Film Academy)?
Before you sign up, read this.
Coronavirus Hall of Fame.
The owners and management of these companies should be v proud of what they have done, they are saving our industry and helping innumerable people pay their bills. The best of the best. These companies - we salute you.
Share my Telly Job.
This is a great thing – an online community built for freelancers in the Television industry who are hoping to find more flexible working contracts. It’s called “Share my Telly Job” and it seeks to enable people to be put together with like minded folk who want to – well – share their telly job.
Production Base – a warning.
Production Base is one of those sites which charges people to see industry jobs. It is also a site which has come under a fair amount of online criticism of late for their sneaky practice of requiring its members to sign up to a continuing authority to take sums of money out of their bank accounts when their membership elapses.
The mandy network.
There is a site called “The mandy network” which, somewhat hyperbolically, advertises itself as the “number one network for cast, crew and creative professionals”. It isn’t of course, as anyone who has trudged through the pages of its unpaid “opportunities” will readily testify.
Thinking of subscribing to My First Job in TV or Film?
Or My First Job In TV? Before you sign up, you may want to consider what others have said about the value of their subscriptions. Here are just a few – every one of these is a direct quote from an individual subscriber. MFJF / MFJTV