The Rants and Raves Podcast launched in February 2019, and with its motto — “Out with the bad and in with the good, motherf-ckers” — the podcast aims to spread the message that it’s OK to keep it real about life’s frustrations while staying focused on the good things. Both the show’s hosts are also… Continue reading A Day in the Life of a Podcaster
Month: January 2023
How To Break Into the Reality TV Business
You’re sitting on your couch, trying to figure out how to get your first TV job. You’re eating instant ramen noodles and wondering if you’ll be doing so forever. I get it. I see you. And that’s because I was once that couch-sitting ramen-eater. After I graduated film school, I didn’t know anyone in TV… Continue reading How To Break Into the Reality TV Business
How I Got Here: Mark Millena, Digital Compositor
Before he was a digital compositor for productions like Amazon’s The Rig and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Mark Millena was running errands and washing dishes for award-winning creative studio Framestore, hoping to get a foot in the door. Millena sat down with Staff Me Up to tell us about how he became a digital compositor,… Continue reading How I Got Here: Mark Millena, Digital Compositor
The Beginner Production Assistant’s Guide to Success
Congratulations! You’ve scored your first job as a Production Assistant (PA)! If this is your first time on-set, you should know that your learning will go far beyond what I can cover in this blog. Productions are complicated things that you really have to experience to understand, but I wanted to share a few tips… Continue reading The Beginner Production Assistant’s Guide to Success