David Hernandez's Lounge Discussions

Thanks for sharing, as always, David.

v3ry good!

Very nice work. I know most filmmakers are not interested in characters created by others. If you are not one of them please get back to me. Thanks.

Iguanas will always get you into trouble!

Is that Hillary and Trump?

Congratulations! I would love to hear more about your network. Do you have a website?

Well you have found a resource for resources.

http://www.vspann.org is our website.

Not necessarily. Most projects these days , unless articulated by a real pro, tend to be too poorly organized to lead to additional work. I say work with the better organized projects, paid or not. Then you may find additional work through solid pro contacts, at least that is my experience.

No! I am SAG E and IMDB credit and copy will not begin to cover the costs of SAG initiation. Nor my acting classes, nor my headshots, etc. Why has it become acceptable to expect those in the entertainment industry to work for free? Would you work your "day" job for free if your boss begged? No. B/C the landlord requires ACTUAL $. And if my "day" job pays me and I have to take a day off to work on a shoot for IMDB credit, why would I want to do that? Not to mention, that of all those shoots I have worked for free in one form or another, none of those people bothered to pay it forward by recommending me to others. If they want to pay SAG for me to join, then that's something worth considering, but HELL NO! I know what I am worth. I have never had an unpaid project lead to a paid project. Sherri Dahl, do you have actual experience of that, or is that the lie you to tell yourself to justify being free labor. I actually had a person call me whom I had auditioned for (a paying job with his industrial film company) to come be background for free (but copy for my reel). I was so insulted, that was a phone call I didn't even bother to return. You have to know your worth and draw a line somewhere.

I think you have to look at the whole picture. Is it a role that you want enough to do it for free? That would be the biggest question in my book. If it's a good role, and it fits within your schedule, I don't see the problem. Not every production has the funds of a big studio. But again it's on your situation. I've had to pass on some unpaid projects I would have liked to do because of time issues. I bartend to pay the bills, therefore I work most weekends. Unfortunately many projects film on weekends. It's hard to say what will come from any given role, maybe just something extra for your reel, maybe the opportunity to show a different side of your talents than what you are usually looked at.

My self loves the film industry two but its a hard world to survive in and hold ground one has to eat and wages let you do this so pride comes at a price or is it hunger.

Right now at this point in my career I would definitely work for credit as I’m trying to build up my resume. It’s almost like volunteer work always lead to paid employment how I look at it.