Back from Los Angeles. Here's What I Learned about Working in Hollywood.
Back from a week in Los Angeles to attend the LAWebFest, where my web series CapSouth was screened. Now catching up on my laundry. I had an amazing time. Took advantage of the trip to meet with actor and production friends and scout the area. Stayed off the freeway and drove through the neighborhoods – Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Koreatown, East LA, Burbank, Pasadena, Malibu, Santa Monica, Venice, all over. This is what I learned and heard: 1. Vastly more production going on there than in the East (not surprising), but also vastly more competition from other actors. I bumped into performers everywhere: coffee shops, on the street, and two stand-up comics just while waiting for the rental car at the airport. Kept overhearing snatches of conversations like: “we just shot their commercial last week” and “we start shooting the film in May.” 2. While many of the big production studios are in the Burbank/San Fernando Valle...