Has the industry picked up for you? I feel there's more jobs about but have nothing booked after my current position. I'd love to hear your current experience.
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Sam Karr
@SamKarr As horrifying as these results are so far, I think it's good for everyone to know they're not alone. What can we do as a collective to change things?
Andy Hall
@SamKarr. You're right it is good to know how widespread this is. It would be very interesting to see how many of those people (like me) selecting one of the last three answers, is thinking of leaving TV for good...
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Sam Karr
@AndyHall from the people I've spoken to its a lot! As an editor I feel like my transferable skills are pretty much zero but luckily theres dome work still in social media/corporate so been trying to steer thst way. What are you thinking of moving into?
Andy Hall
@SamKarr Not giving up just yet- I'm in the 'still looking' stage at the moment. But I've spoken to a few experienced people lately who aren't finding TV viable anymore and are pivoting to other careers. Next stop for me is likely in the direction you're looking really, TV adjacent social media, corporate, branded
Carla Francome
@SamKarr who are the 1% who have bookings coming out of their ears 😆 we need to befriend them so we can get their cast offs!
Sam Karr
@CarlaFrancome show yourselves 1%ers!
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Julian Thomas
@CarlaFrancome Its not me!
Andy Sackey
@CarlaFrancome I’ve never been a 1%er in my life! How does one get this power??
Carla Francome
@CarlaFrancome I don’t know Andy! Imagine being the cream of the crop though. Maybe they have a stack of awards and probably a reputation of non-stop pzazz.
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Lil Cranfield
@SamKarr interesting (horrifying) that your survey here correlates almost exactly with the BECTU figures cited at #EdinburghTVFestival .
Luke Tyrrell
@SamKarr Fortunately I've got one main client that keeps me going but all other gigs have gone very quiet! I'm using it as an opportunity to update my website and start networking again.
Paul Hicks
@SamKarr I actually feel like I'm dropped by corporate / shortform production companies becouse they have found cheaper versions or people are dropping their rates. it's totally understanding but wtf. That's not what we need right now. Ive also noticed that full Preditors / videographers that edit will do full script to grade servcies for a buy out. It's brutal out there.
Sam Karr
@PaulHicks a lot of companies don't realise what a skill editing is. I've taken over two projects this year from companies that shoots and edits but cant get the film right. Hoping people will see the benefit in specialists in their field whether it's shooting, editing or producing.
Tasneem Maqsood
@SamKarr thinking of changing careers. No job for over a year
Sam Karr
@TasneemMaqsood so sorry to hear this. What are you thinking of doing?
Tasneem Maqsood
@SamKarr training to be a Physics Teacher secondary
Scott Livingstone
@SamKarr This is a global issue. I am currently based in Vancouver and the rumor mill is looking rather bleak here.