It's important to take chances and put yourself in situations where it's uncertain if you will fail or succeed. Write down 3 small ways you can do something out of your comfort zone, then try them!

Advice

Find 3 ways to get out of your comfort zone!

Watch the Yo Gabba Gabba! gang try to shoot a scene where one of the show's characters goes surfing. They run into all kinds of problems--do you think you would have fun doing something like this?

Career

Go behind the scenes of filming a tv show!

Write a graphic novel, learn origami, get in shape, learn Italian...find something that excites & inspires you. What steps can you take today to start this project?

Work on a passion project!

Producers and Directors

Produce or direct stage, television, radio, video, or film productions for entertainment, information, or instruction. Responsible for creative decisions, such as interpretation of script, choice of actors or guests, set design, sound, special effects, and choreography.

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

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Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

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Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

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Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed

Write and edit news stories from information collected by reporters and other sources.

Plan details such as framing, composition, camera movement, sound, and actor movement for each shot or scene.

Communicate to actors the approach, characterization, and movement needed for each scene in such a way that rehearsals and takes are minimized.

Direct live broadcasts, films and recordings, or non-broadcast programming for public entertainment or education.

Coordinate the activities of writers, directors, managers, and other personnel throughout the production process.

Study and research scripts to determine how they should be directed.

Supervise and coordinate the work of camera, lighting, design, and sound crew members.

Confer with technical directors, managers, crew members, and writers to discuss details of production, such as photography, script, music, sets, and costumes.

Research production topics using the internet, video archives, and other informational sources.

Review film, recordings, or rehearsals to ensure conformance to production and broadcast standards.

Consult with writers, producers, or actors about script changes or "workshop" scripts, through rehearsal with writers and actors to create final drafts.

Identify and approve equipment and elements required for productions, such as scenery, lights, props, costumes, choreography, and music.

Establish pace of programs and sequences of scenes according to time requirements and cast and set accessibility.

Conduct meetings with staff to discuss production progress and to ensure production objectives are attained.

Compile scripts, program notes, and other material related to productions.

Perform administrative duties, such as preparing operational reports, distributing rehearsal call sheets and script copies, and arranging for rehearsal quarters.

Resolve personnel problems that arise during the production process by acting as liaisons between dissenting parties when necessary.

Perform management activities, such as budgeting, scheduling, planning, and marketing.

Compose and edit scripts or provide screenwriters with story outlines from which scripts can be written.

Negotiate with parties, including independent producers and the distributors and broadcasters who will be handling completed productions.

Cut and edit film or tape to integrate component parts into desired sequences.

Choose settings and locations for films and determine how scenes will be shot in these settings.

Review film daily to check on work in progress and to plan for future filming.

Obtain rights to scripts or to such items as existing video footage.

Write and submit proposals to bid on contracts for projects.

Develop marketing plans for finished products, collaborating with sales associates to supervise product distribution.

Hire principal cast members and crew members, such as art directors, cinematographers, and costume designers.

Hold auditions for parts or negotiate contracts with actors determined suitable for specific roles.

Christian Jacobs

Co-Creator, Director & Writer/Lead Singer

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Christian Jacobs

Milestones

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Career Roadmap

My work combines:

My work combines:

Music

Television

Accomplishing Goals

Christian Jacobs

Co-Creator, Director & Writer/Lead Singer

Videos

Christian Jacobs

Milestones

Career

Career Roadmap

My work combines:

My work combines:

Music

Television

Accomplishing Goals

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