2004 FxN Productions LLC is formed. My most important piece of gear is my Canon GL2. I edit in AVID Express Pro. As a freelancer I worked rarely, usually alone, but when I want to. Video was less a career and more a financially self-sustaining hobbie. I was married 3 years.
2010 FxN Productions LLC is still around, but just. My most imporant piece of gear is my com. I don't even own that GL2 or the 2 other Gl2s or the XL2 that came after it. I have and XH-A1 which is getting dusty. The rare days I man-up on a camera it's a Panasonic AG-HPX500. I couldn't find my AVID dongle if I had to... I edit mostly in Motion, FCP if I must. As a director I work sometimes 7 days a week, covering 2 maybe 3 peoples jobs, with a volunteer staff of 40 and I work even when I don't want to. Video could not be a more serious to me. My wife and I have been married almost 10 years and have 2 boys.
It's funny 6 years ago I never saw myself doing what I am doing now. Which is kinda great cause what I do now is WAYYY cooler then anything I had in mind. Over that course of time I have gone from just making it, to a road hardened pro, to.... I dunno what I would be considered now. 6 years ago I couldn't have been convinced this job I currently have really existed. Now not only does it exist it's common place, I am even a respected professional in some areas. I get calls to consult every so often, some people even value my opinion in my field.
So this begs the question what does the next 6 years look like?
Predictions 2016; based on the dramatic change in the past 6 years I think predicting anything about the next 6 would truly be futile.
I hope when I shoot it's on whatever the new biggest baddest toy by RED is. I hope I am still directing and editing. I hope my volunteer staff is bigger, maybe I even have a paid staff. I hope I am happier. I think I have become so over the past 6 years, but today it's hard to tell.
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