Things I do

Shit Job Interview Hell Balls /  by Jose Barbosa

The marvelous Pantograph Punch -an arts and culture blog I occasionally write for- is holding a storytelling event called Think Of The Pay Cheque: Adventures In Bad Jobs. I think it'll be great, potentially life changing or. at the very least, interesting and entertaining. An interesting and entertaining video has been produced to herald said evening. Please, you watch. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wiz23CGuIo&w=560&h=315]

Think of the Pay Cheque (Adventures in Bad Jobs) 7.30pm, 13th June, 2013. Auckland Trades Hall, 147 Great North Road $10 + BF presales from http://www.undertheradar.co.nz/ticket... $15 door sales CASH BAR

More Stuff I Do For The Bling-Bling-Ching* /  by Jose Barbosa

The Auckland Fringe starts next month and the peeps putting it on asked me to make some videos. I hereby embed this online content here.  

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*Income.

The Budget: There And Back Again /  by Jose Barbosa

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMkd_rmqcfU&w=560&h=315] A look at Budgets in New Zealand's past and how the 2012 version played out in the media. I was pretty happy with it, but I probably should have resisted the urge to work in LOTR. It's like I can't go anywhere without saying: "Nice crispy bacon" when ordering at cafes or yelling "You shall not pass" at my mate's dog that tries to run out the door when I visit.

No wonder that kid on the bus kicked me in the balls the other day.

Some Thoughts On Television /  by Jose Barbosa

This aired last year during Media7's SPADA Special on public broadcasting.The conclusion is a cliche, it borrows pretty heavily from Alan Curtis and, of course, you can say it's pretty self serving, but it puts together some thoughts about television, commercial or otherwise, I would have had even if I didn't happen to be working in the industry.

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gzrfQxHnCk&w=560&h=315]

Things I Do #1 /  by Jose Barbosa

With the possibility of future unemployment starting to make itself known like the initial bouquet of a cracked septic tank, I thought I'd put online various bits and pieces I've made for the TVNZ7 television show Media7. The idea being, of course, that I can easily and with some degree of confidence point prospective lifestyle sponsors (employers) to examples of my work. Here's one I was quite happy with ...

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3VRr2WEdHE&w=560&h=315]

This behemoth of a track (six minutes!) was for Media7's 2010 SPADA (Screen Production And Development Association) special, filmed each year at the organisation's annual conference.

A big part of the show was dedicated to the labour dispute over The Hobbit (now being filmed) and this track was designed to setup a discussion about the fracas.

Watching the track now it seems a little hard on the actors. If I did it again I'd probably couch that a little bit, but their local representatives did seem a bit clueless. However, in that climate of hysteria I wonder how collected I would have been?

And what to make of the email from Peter Jackson to Gerry Brownlee in which he states Warner Bros were more concerned with "grey areas" of NZ's employment law, than they were with the union action?

In the end there's still uncertainty over the motivations of the FIA, the MEAA and the studios behind The Hobbit. It's difficult to avoid the suspicion that the local union members were unwitting and naive chess pieces in a power play by international interests.