Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:01:11 EST
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] puppetry peers


To All:

 I agree to an extent, BUT who pays the bills in the meanwhile?   I did the 
free shows 50 years ago. I don't need to continually prove my work...and this 
is not exactly what I was talking about....Original post was re: respect from 
peers.

Jim Gamble


In a message dated 1/11/06 16:30:27, williamhennes-AT-charter.net writes:


> I believe if you present yourself right, and blow people away with a
> presentation, you show them=A0 what great one can be.=A0 I have done Animation
> for clients just to show them what I can do.=A0 I just finished a piece, pro
> bono, for a company that did not know me.=A0 So I asked them what I could do
> to show them what I could do, my expense.=A0 They gave me the task, I
> completed on time and way beyond their expectations and they used it in
> their production.=A0 They where used to so, so animation. They even asked me
> to do a little more, I did with no problem.=A0 They where very happy and they
> meet their deadline.=A0 Did I get paid, No. But I made an impression and a
> partnership.=A0 And the next week they thought of me first on their next
> project and I got it and got paid for it. I am now doing more work for them.
> Sometimes, you have to prove what you can do to gain trust.
> 

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