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I recently moved to Canada from England to persue working in the film industry. I have just started out working as a PA (production assistant) on a couple of music video but this has got me more work lined up.
Here are a couple of pictures of the set.
And this is the car that I have been given to drive around when im not working.
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can't see the last pic though.
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Fuck you !
Why cant i get a cool break  Congrats though man, looks like a sweet job
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Sweeeet did you move there all by yourself or you got friends / family with you?
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Sweeeet did you move there all by yourself or you got friends / family with you?
My family are all still in england but my GF lives here and i have been over tonnes before now so i have a load of friends here
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Fuck you !
Why cant i get a cool break Congrats though man, looks like a sweet job
Mate it you wanna get big in film go either Toronto or LA, i couldn't afford LA. just do it. you will work for little at the beginning but if you get connections and networking going you will get good work so quick.
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How does the working visa work 
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Is that a rap video set your on? I may be sterotyping but the cars made me think.
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How does the working visa work
go to bunac.org you fill in the forms and send all the right paper work and they sort it all out they have a student and non student progrsam but limited spaces.
need any help and you actually serious about it give me an email and ill let you know all about it joedouglas89@gmail.com
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Is that a rap video set your on? I may be stereotyping but the cars made me think.
yeh it was, was fun tho lots of girls. some rapper called diction but he was ft slim from 112 who is pretty big
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That looks awesome
What's the film industry like out in Canada? You know if theres many job opportunities for tv/film sound engineers/foley/ADR/sound design artists in that part of the world?
They say NZ is the place for film/sound jobs, but i think everyone jumped on that bandwagon a few years back (with LOTR's etc).
Looks good though 
[Edited on 11-02-2009 by Dom]
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I dont know about that area of work but there are tonnes of production companies and in the summer there will be lots of feature films going on - too cold at the moment hahaha.
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Nice company car
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pictures of these women needed i think?
nice job  a tad jelous!
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pictures of these women needed i think?
nice job a tad jelous!
lol i felt arkward taking pictures of them i didnt know any of them but there was one scene with a naked girl covered in sushi. hahahah
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I dont know about that area of work but there are tonnes of production companies and in the summer there will be lots of feature films going on - too cold at the moment hahaha.
How'd did you manage to get a break out there? Was it litterally the case of packing up and flying out there and getting 'feelers' out? Is there a big demand of work in the Canadian film industry?
As you can see i'm very interested in the film/tv industry  Trying to get into foley/adr (once i finish uni this year) but the UK is a ballache for getting into that side of the industry.
Yeah i heard it's a little nippy that way How you finding it out there? Having to learn any french?
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Lol no im living near toronto so there is no french people thankfully. I had a couple of small connection out here before i came but you know what most of my bigger break connection have been made while im here. emailing production companies and meeting people through that. once you have been on a couple of sets here and there which you might have to volunteer on then you will know faces and names and they will know you. Its all about the hustle making sure you make an impression of the people it matters to make an impression on like the producer and DOP and PM. Those are the people that are going to be calling you up aagain and again asking wheather you want work.
Joe
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