No Exit

It looks like I'm going back into news production again. One of my former supervisors called me up Friday, saying he had a position for a news producer open. It's for a 24-hour news channel. I had done a similiar gig before in Houston, and my experiences there were not all that keen; but the situation at that particular news room is well known in news circles, and it has since been shut down.

In any case, I had an interview today at the local station, and it was great. 3 hours of frank talk about the things that peeved me working in Houston, and about needing an opportunity to change career direction and work on the promotions side of things. I left feeling really great about going back to work there, and can tell this newsroom is not so dysfunctional as their late sister station.

Meanwhile, I am still working on the feature shooting out in San Antonio. We had our second meeting Sunday and did a script read-through. I was bumped up from production manager to assistant director. SWEET! :)

I want a casting credit too, since I found 2 of the actors. One was Jerry Turman, a great guy I worked with long ago on Restaurant of the Damned; a 3 minute short I did in film school. When I contacted his agent, I mentioned this, and Jerry gave me a call saying he was game for the role of the coroner. The other actor is Dale Dudley, a radio jock who does acting on the side. He said he'd be up for the role of the dead father. No speaking lines for him.


Other than the job prospects, and the film, not a lot is going on. My bank account is nearly empty; I hope I get the job.