confessions of a nonlinearmind

Let’s get the band back together

As I’ve been starting to feel less depressed lately (hopefully this Celexa is the answer), I’ve been having the urge to try and pick up my career in film and video, a career that I left on the ground of a bike track in NC 5 years ago.

But how?  I have no contacts in the industry anymore and I’m in the DC area now.  The other day, I was lamenting all the amazing things that had emerged in the industry while I’ve been away, specifically in Apple’s Final Cut Pro, the editing app that had allowed me to build a business in 2000 when it was only at version 1.

So I was reading about what’s new in version 7 (I currently use ver. 6 for all my silly dog’s videos) and I came across a link for becoming a Certified Trainer for Final Cut Pro.  At first I thought it was probably just some techno geek thing that anyone who attends a seminar can get, until I read the application prerequisites:

• minimum 3 years of professional experience using Final Cut Pro
• minimum 1 year of teaching/training

Pretty steep!  But I more than meet those requirements, as I’ve not only run a business around the software, I TAUGHT Final Cut Pro to community college students for 3 years.  So I submitted an application and was accepted and invited to take the entrance exam.

So here’s my ultimate plan:

• Get certified, which now requires me to pass an entrance exam, then take a 4-day class and a final exam in NYC.  The tricky part is being ready for the class in 3 weeks, as it is the only one on the east coast for many months to come.
• Work as a trainer, which hopefully puts me in contact with bunches of other creative pros, editors, and production houses.
• Then go wherever the wind takes me.

So, I now feel like I have a goal, which is something I feel like I’ve been missing for a while.  Now I must study!