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?

Career

Work on a passion project!

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!

Day to Day

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?

Go behind the scenes of filming a tv show!

Film, TV, Stage, and Radio Directors

Interpret script, conduct rehearsals, and direct activities of cast and technical crew for stage, motion pictures, television, or radio programs.

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

First Interest High-Point

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

Social

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

Second Interest High-Point

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

Third Interest High-Point

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Directors- Stage, Motion Pictures, Television, and Radio

Actors, Producers, and Directors

Producers and Directors

Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations

Entertainers and Performers, Sports and Related Workers

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

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

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

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

Collaborate with film and sound editors during the post-production process as films are edited and soundtracks are added.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Perform producers' duties, such as securing financial backing, establishing and administering budgets, and recruiting cast and crew.

Select plays or scripts for production and determine how material should be interpreted and performed.

Compile cue words and phrases and cue announcers, cast members, and technicians during performances.

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

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

Collaborate with producers to hire crew members, such as art directors, cinematographers, and costumer designers.

Interpret stage-set diagrams to determine stage layouts and supervise placement of equipment and scenery.

Hold auditions for parts or negotiate contracts with actors determined suitable for specific roles, working in conjunction with producers.

Create and approve storyboards in conjunction with art directors.

Confer with stage managers to arrange schedules for rehearsals, costume fittings, and sound or light development.

Promote and market productions by giving interviews, participating in talk shows, and making other public appearances.

Introduce plays and meet with audiences after shows to explain how the play was interpreted.

Create graphics for television broadcasts.

Digital video cameras

Grass Valley Ignite Automated Production System

Lens finders

Multi-line telephone systems

Multimedia editing equipment

Notebook computers

Personal computers

Robotic cameras

Sound mixing equipment

Studio lighting systems

Tablet computers

Teleprompters

Vectorscopes

Video editing equipment

Video switchers

Waveform monitors

Adobe Systems Adobe After Effects

Adobe Systems Adobe Audition

Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop

Apple Final Cut Pro

Avid Technology iNEWS

Avid Technology Media Composer

Avid Technology NewsCutter

Avid Technology Pro Tools

Broadcast Electronics AudioVAULT FleX

Chyron CAMIO

Content management systems CMS

Extensible markup language XML

Facebook

Graphics creation software

Hypertext markup language HTML

MAGIX Software Sound Forge

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Word

Ross Video Xpression

Scripting software

Sony Vegas Pro

Twitter

YouTube

Co-Creator, Director & Writer/Lead Singer

(female narrator) Everywhere you turn, be and what to do. for yourself? that empowers people  roads in life. teams of Roadtrippers gain insight into their lives. kinds of interesting people found their way. Tina Yonas. Vanessa Cunto. and I'm with Roadtrip Nation. U.S. with two other girls and... I'm about to graduate college and I don't know with my life. West Coast to the East Coast, people who are living life they love. they took in their life. hearing your story. which means blank slate. Calvin, and Tina. Trying to organize our trip together, on the phone. Like, I need to talk  to Calvin about this having never met them. This is basically the month of July, starting off in L.A. Tina's on. will talk to us. Hi! Hello! Can you hear me? I can hear you. Okay, cool! Nice to meet you for the first time! Yeah, same here! This whole process-- and getting ready has been really intense. than I thought it would be. Please hold. silence while waiting. So this is my first cold call. I'm gonna say? Oh...oh! Hi...hello. Hi, may I please speak with Dave?  There's no Dave? time I've called. So you want to come to Portland to spend time don't know who he is, a hold of him? No, I know exactly  who he is. Gus Van Sant. I don't exactly know  what I was thinking. what I was thinking. be a little bit easier. with Gabby Marterman? Oh my god, "Sure"? White House comment line.  How may I help you? there's any way Michelle Obama? look forward to the 30th. Whoooo! Ahhhhh! when you book an interview! and I'm 22 years old. single mom the first of four. I was babysitting. three children by myself.  be normal. "I have to babysit my brothers my mom works nights we're broke." an outsider because it's just really safe everything else. in a school of only white kids. my friends have money. so I made myself normal I guess. to graduate from college. I'm so proud.  This is the happiest Calvin Stalvig I guess I didn't really for my family, to graduate. the scariest things for me. figure out who I am who I am. for me to consider who I am. To know that we  were all really great thing together, by meeting each other, to look forward to. [excited]  Oh my god, Vanessa! I'm good! Man...so it begins, finally! I know, I know! There it is! Aaahhh!! [laughs] Are you serious? Oh my gosh,  I'm so excited! Oh. Oh my god. Just looking up  on the ceiling the different signatures, of advice, and wonder what's ahead of me. also known as Tina Yonas. of California, Riverside, working-- that sort of thing. told me I'm an idealist, it's because counter-convention. most representative of me things I own. me really well, with the jacket. who are doing jobs think are just lucky. see for myself. I'm excited to drive the RV.  I just finally got my license. if you're not driving. Ugh, I'm scared. Wait, watch out. Ahhh.  Sorry! This is like a moving theater. like this is real, a premium arcade. I don't really feel good right now. [RV scraping against curb] Oh, sorry! I cut too far in, and I bent the hubcap. worst sounds. and way harder [laughs] know what cars... and people... [laughter] Vanessa Cunto. out of college. of me being creative, for painting. any discussion about college, and take your degree put that to use I guess. that it would be such That was hard to deal with-- person I guess. I think different people I just hope that, she's happy, doing her art. then that's fine. her until then.  to explore, expand, really, she wants to be. I just suddenly realized We start in Anaheim across the country, miles that is. 5,600. 5,600 miles! Our first interview  is with Yo Gabba Gabba. this kids' television show. Yo Gabba Gabba to somebody-- You sound a little crazy. If Christian asks  me to dance show...I'm going to do it. I think I'll do a wiggle. out for that. I'm feeling good. I'm excited. I'm feeling nervous. Oh my gosh! Ooh! How are you? Hello, I'm Tina. Nice to meet you. meet you. to meet you. I'm from Florida. different interests. two months production company. started out in production? That's a good question. "Your daughter and son put them in the movies." enough to go, go for it!" and things in the industry, camera as a child actor. whatever, you know? the things normal kids do auditions every day as a kid. don't want to say salvation, toys because these were the car, or when I'd get home. shooting missiles at a wall imagination grow. collection inspiration room. It's amazing. I've been collecting stuff my wife was like, in our house." One of the things that stimulate your imagination. I think I had a good foothold  on how production works, that's all out the window. really fierce, I didn't... that likes 90210, feel like being of fake world. skateboarding. kind of left the business. Did you have hesitations  going into music? just going to jump in?" because... when I first began writing songs meant a lot to me. couple of coffee shops, and I'm playing this song [laughter] I've gotta rethink this." whole soul out there in music, introspective balladeer to... and we'd go out there on-stage. Kind of sarcastic. in there a bit, to get them out there because I'm not afraid. and a mask, "You look stupid!" stupid.  I'm winning! saying? I created this. myself and I'd black out time I went into a club done that on our poster. and a tooth. started doing it, club would see that just like the poster." it and I was like, gonna strike! can't lose!" backwards-thinking, the long-run because kind of fearlessness. I'm not afraid. magic mustache... that led to do Yo Gabba Gabba. Like, we don't need someone it ourselves; we can do it. story in itself. [laughter] the Aquabats, We'd been touring the country, with a network to do on the Aquabats. when you're at a network  objectives and you have and sometimes they don't meet. We had an idea to a network with it-- development again. we're doing it ourselves." loans on our houses the financing together We shot a little pilot and no one responded. naive about it. the internet!" internet and sure enough, two million hits in a week. and people were going crazy around, like, Yo Gabba Gabba?" started calling and saying, you have two million hits."  working for us! This is crazy." a few networks, like they got it. we began making the show. Going back to  that time take out loans. like with your wife but especially with your wife? clothing company, we started really-- for a while, Yo Gabba, the guts to go for it. I'd just had my third child. had our third child. we just could feel like things While you're young but once you start having kids, steady income, it's hard. my wife about quitting my job that's a testament to my wife. she's very patient. had to just put it all in.  All or nothing. that motivation in my life have a choice. phrase this. I moved back in with my parents motivating me to get out, don't want to live with my like I have to move out of someone else. when I make the decision. so let me just stay here." Well, you bring up a good point. sink or swim situations. our culture is losing. "Make things tough on yourself We're getting to the, like, "Convenience is the way to go." make it hard. and learn the ropes, Don't just go home after you're done. write a script. until we had to do this  happen, then we finally did. now where you're at home of floating sinking or swimming, the frying pan. to move out. but I'm going to do it." you to get it done. you'll do it. good point. of your house. And then you  can play, you know? amount of time playing around. that was the goal. You can see we spend that's important here at work. "What do you want to do?" I want to... everything...play. toys, you know? and so I worked really hard to get to the play zone. You know? There's three of you guys That'll work. in the middle. ♪ beatboxing ♪ ♪ Roadtrip Nation in  the house ♪ in the house ♪ You guys can do that; Just feel the beat guys. Whether you're working I think that all of us, have a responsibility Like, let's help each other win. called and said, like "Yes, of course!" mountain tops: Just give back. Let's help each other out. can give you guys... like a pep talk. and give it all you've got.  it all you've got. Give 'em the best gifts. Your ideas can be so crazy, And it just allowed me be crazy too. outlandish ideas places with them. It was great! out the whole time. Oh my gosh. he was saying. like, "Yeah." I have ideas of what be an event that changes it. coming up ahead, change everything. you even expected it. to pursue anything, just embrace it. I know there's going  as great as it's going to be, to work through them. Tracing the map of where Vanessa will be going is really exciting. about Vancouver, Jackson, Wyoming. in Philadelphia. what the South could be. Doing anything  with intention, the significance So traveling with intention realizing that I'm looking I'm pretty excited. Roadtrip Nation extends beyond the program you just watched. includes students Roadtrip experiences. movement in the classroom. going to the state capitol Superintendent O'Connell. nervous at the same time. We don't know what we want to do with our life. want to be right now. I don't think most of us know. Well, when we interview Jack O'Connell, him is how did he get if it was really his passion. is driving us, goes well. [laughter] We're wondering if you have  any advice for us with the rest of our lives? of students terms of what to do. interested in, make a difference, that you can possibly be. work hard. for hard work, for preparation. and then we sat down welcoming. It was like a conversation. about what he said is to success. likely true. stick with me forever. Tina, Vanessa and I, we're gonna the West Coast. I was so happy with what I was doing, to be miserable I had purpose. Even though I got a C in my high school architecture class, not through the talent, that actually worked. My favorite phrase when I was your age twenty years was: redefine success." To watch more interviews  from the road keeps us driving, Online you can learn more  and how to bring your classroom. 

<p>Meet Team "Tabula Rasa" and follow their first attempts at cold calling, from local restaurants to the White House, hoping to speak with Michelle Obama. They meet each other and their RV for the first time in Southern California, before heading to interview Christian Jacobs, lead singer of The Aquabats, and co-creator, writer, and director of the hugely popular Yo Gabba Gabba pre-school television show.</p>


Costa Mesa - Anaheim

Your attitude is your altitude and I, who was I talking to, I was reading something the Internet about successful people and common, is that positive attitude. it and if I lose, I lose. you know what I mean? eyes on the prize and realize, that prize is not far away. on your way to winning the war and your little milestones. at all your milestones and ready to cut it lose. and your tension into this one thing. those positive experiences. stop believing like, don't stop. stop believing in yourself and a party and all your milestones. that you just can't lose. 

Perseverance

Success

Attitude is your Altitude

(Roadtrippers)  Oh my gosh. Hi Guys. Hello. I'm Christian, How are you? I'm Tina, it's nice to meet you. Vanessa. Vanessa. phone. (Roadtripper #3) I'm Kelvin. My name is Vanessa. interests, and for the past at a production company. you started out in production. That's a good question. son are so cute. movies." enough to go like, in doing commercials in front of the camera, know like rice crispies, normal kids do because I every single day as a kid. like, you know, but I was so stoked on toys things I could play with home. one of my robots and a wall or whatever, helped my imagination grow. collection inspiration room. been collecting stuff not going in our house". that inspire us here stimulate your imagination. on how production works. that's all out the window. really fierce but it was also, stuff I just didn't, that likes 90210, really feel like being of fake world. I was into skateboarding, just kind of left the business. Did you ever have any type of, hesitation of going into music just gonna do it". (Christian) Definitely! a huge fan of music, writing songs, a lot of meaning to me. couple of coffee shops like talking and about my hearts broken. "this is terrible. little bit." soul out there in music. introspective balladeer, costume, and we go out there, monsters on stage and in there a little bit, to get them out there least, because i'm not afraid. and people say you look stupid. I look stupid. saying? I black out one of my teeth. went into a club and done that on our poster. tooth, and so I was like, started doing it. kids at that club poster." about it, I was like, strike, I'm striking first." backwards thinking, in the long run that kind of fearlessness, I'm not afraid." mustache. led to us not being afraid just do it ourselves. pay for this. ourselves, we can do it. story in of itself. band, The Aquabats deals and we had, across the country and to do a television show network they have their, your creative objective and don't really meet. short we had an idea network with it was going to, this kinda development again. that's it. out loans on our houses, got the financing together friends as well. we sent it out to networks internet and sure enough, um, million hits in like a week. people were going crazy it all around, networks started calling sent me this. hits." people, a few networks, like they got it, the show. So going back to that time where you had to take out loans like with your wife, Well I was working at a clothing company time we started really, for awhile, Yo Gabba. the guts to go for it, getting older and child, not me our third child. we just could feel like closing in on us. can take chances, know, start having kids a steady income. about quitting my job testament to my wife. you know we knew we had this is it, you know. Yeah, I'm definitely missing that like motivation in my life choice. phrase this. moved back in with my parents Uh huh motivating me to get sometimes it's like with my parents anymore", have to move out, of someone else. when I make the decision. so let me just like stay here." you brought up a good point. And it's like-- sink or swim situations, losing. things tough on yourself, go." company and learn the ropes. watch Lost after you're done. write a script. know? I had to do this going to happen. situation now, you're just kind of floating, sinking or swimming, the frying pan. move out. do it. you to get it done. you'll do it. out of your house. play, you know? of time playing around, of time doing lots of stuff wanna do? everything." we worked really hard to the play zone, ya know? and there's three robots. middle. [Robot accent] Roadtrip Nation in the house. house. of beat. working with a charity, of us humans on the earth to share and to give. help each other win. called I was like, from the mountaintops. help each other out, ya know. can give you guys, more like a pep talk, give it all you've got. all you've got. 

Character

Choices

Dedication

Experience

Family

Fear

Individualism

Opportunity

Passion

Struggle

Interview

It seems like it's really interesting that when you were going into auditions with you're being rewarded for it. almost having no fear, endeavors like music, like this hesitation of going into music. I'm just gonna jump in. I'm such a huge fan of music, I was in bands. introspective and at first when that really had a lot of meaning to me, coffee shops and people were like talking, broken and I was like this is terrible. it was hard for me, to really put my because I'm a sensitive guy. feelings you know what I mean. I think that confidence in anything and gets the grease and all that stuff but people, humans respond to the alpha human. that goes out there. it will cuz there are people like that in confidence and are very driven and have to do to get what they want. experience you can still be that way and collaborate and you're gonna, run if you're not that guy or anyone else but their goals. bold and positive without pushing people away or hard to work with. how to unlock that in yourself. the band was one way of unlocking that acting silly and letting people eventually people come and they love it. 

Confidence

Confidence in Music

There's no reason you can't do what you wanna do. super serious. being able to like let things go and a solution or there's none. to be your career and just do something different. thing that you love to do. this area ,go do something with bikes, go do something with you know. you can't lose. 

Shrug Things Off

My dream is to do my own thing, do my own thing, you know. enough for people to do their own thing, it doesn't just fall into your lap. this just fell into my lap. doing this for a long, long time. like this happen forever. we've had other shows and trying to launch, other cartoons. too is don't just put all your eggs in things that you like to do. you're into documentaries and do it all. shotgun approach. learn the ropes but watch Lost after you're done. us to be distracted as well. sit in a chair and look at the internet. you gotta chase it down and grab it. 

Chance

Hard Work

Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Basket

You know, as a kid there was like, a little crew and we were all the same age year old you know, all American boy. like, Corey Feldman and River Phoenix, and we were all friends. be like yeah, you know. go on auditions and I'd sign, and I think that was the end of my, have to sign your name in on a paper, and like two and a half hours waiting for I'm like what is going on? came in they were going in and the thing and put their name instead. you know. the competition really fierce but I was no offense to anyone that likes 90210, a part of that kind of fake world. do stuff that inspired me. just as a young actor, to compromise what I like to do. 

Quitting Acting

As a kid actor your life consists of, you go to school, your mom picks you up, and the rest of the day. not into it, it's terrible. specifically saying mom, I'm done. and I would get the part. >> And I'd be, okay, I'll do it, it's fun, it's fun. I definitely lost that. music, and I was into skateboarding. bit more in charge of my own destiny. and I love them a lot. hard on the kids, that we had to do that. those experiences cuz they benefit, your life that is just hard to get over, that makes you stronger. resilient is the key and some working hard and I think is important. anyway, that's a long-winded answer. 

Hardships Can Be Beneficial

I really feel like what I do everyday is such a blessing. like, I'm so freaking lucky. the heartache and struggle and go, okay, position to make it happen. cuz there is some luck involved, but like take all the roads you can. a graveyard shift driving a forklift. no, at night and then during then still trying to go to practice and but doing what I had to do to get, where I need, get where I needed to go. there are people that get lucky but you got to earn it like a luck. put themselves in that position. 

You Have To Earn Luck

I'd been in the band The Aquabats and we had we'd been touring And we had a deal a television show Just going to a network with it, in this kind of development "Okay, that's it. We were just naive about it. on the internet." on the internet. like two million hits you can take chances. start having kids, a steady income. It was tough. culture is losing. things tough on yourself 

Christian Jacobs Highlight

Going back to that time where you had to take out loans, what was the dialog like but especially your wife? company, and right around the same time, this idea for a while, Yo Gabba, go for it cuz we were getting older and my wife had just had our third child, were closing in on us. chances but once you start having kids and it's hard, it was tough. my job and going for it, I think, she's amazing and she's very patient. you know we had to just put it all in, 

Money & Financial Security

All Or Nothing

Did you ever have any type of hesitation of going into music, or was it like I'm just gonna jump in. such a huge fan of music, when I first really had a lot of meaning to me. a couple of coffee shops, and I'm playing this song about my heart's >> [LAUGH] put my whole soul out there in music. introspective balladeer to, out there and fight monsters on stage. a cartoon, kind of sarcastic and there a little bit, but it's so that kind of way for me at least. and people say you look stupid. that someone had done that on our poster. night on I started doing it. that club would see that, and but then I thought about it and was like, I'm striking first so I can't lose. but it was very positive and unlocked that kind of fearlessness. magic mustache. being afraid to do Yo Gabba Gabba and that's a whole other story in itself 

Acceptance

Courage

Magic Mustache

I have a couple different interests and for working at a production company. you started out in production. your daughter and son are so cute. to go like, okay let's go for it. doing commercials and but more in front of the camera Rice Krispies or whatever you know. things normal kids do, auditions every single day as a kid. say salvation, but I was so stoked on play with in the car, or when I get home. shooting missiles at a wall or helped my imagination grow. inspiration room. been collecting stuff for that's not going in our house. >> [LAUGH] imagination I think I had a good foothold become an adult that's all out the window. fierce, but it was also trying out for a part of that kind of fake world. 

Desire

Inspiration

Values

Toys

Yeah, I'm definitely missing that like, motivation in my life where I don't let me see how I can phrase this. I moved back in with my parents, motivating me to get out, rather than you want to live with my parents anymore. >> But it's not like I have to move out, when I make the decision. >> And it's like, but you gotta put yourself in those sink or on yourself so that you're stronger. convenience is the way to go, you know. learn the ropes. stay up late and write a script. we had to do this or then it finally did. you're just kind of floating and I would jump into the frying pan. but I'm gonna do it. 

Risk

Self-Reflection

Sink Or Swim

I'd been in the band the Aquabats. a television show based on the Aquabats. you're at a network they have their to a network with it, kind of development again. we're doing it ourselves. together with some other friends as well. no one really responded. we had 2 million hits in a week. people were going crazy and started calling saying, I see you have 2 million hits. this is working for us, this is crazy. a few networks. we began making the show. 

Christian Jacobs

Co-Creator, Director & Writer/Lead Singer

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