1) Don’t cast friends in spec spots. Your girlfriend is not that hot. Do get actors. If you don’t write advertising, get a well-crafted script from an agency creative team. A gorgeous spot that is not a good ad will not get you work. Directors must have a healthy ego to succeed, period. But balance hubris with humility. Don’t expect to be “the director” at home. Do take an intensive commercial directing bootcamp.
2) Find a mentor. Do whatever she asks and soak up knowledge like a sponge. Produce a PSA for a seasoned director that already has a crew that will do her favors, and piggyback it on a paying job. Ideally, seasoned director has seasoned producer that will let have your back. Always try to repay your favors with decent paying jobs.
Former Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on the NAACP Image Awards stage Saturday night with a sobering message, calling the civil rights organization a pillar of the Black community and urging people to stay resilient and hold onto their faith during the tenure of President Donald Trump.
"While we have no illusions about what we are up against in this chapter in our American story, this chapter will be written not simply by whoever occupies the oval office nor by the wealthiest among us," Harris said after receiving the NAACP's Chairman's Award. "The American story will be written by you. Written by us. By we the people."
The 56th annual Image Awards was held at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in the Los Angeles area.
Harris, defeated by Trump in last year's presidential election, was the first woman and the first person of color to serve as vice president. She had previously been a U.S. senator from California and the state's attorney general.
In her first major public appearance since leaving office, Harris did not reference her election loss or Trump's actions since entering the Oval Office, although Trump mocked her earlier in the day at the Conservative Political Action Conference.
Harris spoke about eternal vigilance, the price of liberty, staying alert, seeking the truth and America's future.
"Some see the flames on our horizons, the rising waters in our cities, the shadows gathering over our democracy and ask 'What do we do now?'" Harris said. "But we know exactly what to do, because we have done it before. And we will do it again. We use our power. We organize, mobilize. We educate. We advocate. Our power has never come from having an easy path."
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