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Get Your Free Copy of Becoming the Reel Deal

Get Your Free Copy of “Becoming the Reel Deal”

The inevitable question anybody starting out in film wants to know is how to get a job — their first job. Becoming the Reel Deal: How to Launch Your Film Career in the Camera Department is a 200-page eBook designed to help you get that crucial first gig within the camera department. And it's available for you to download for free today.

by Evan Luzi | Camera Assisting | December 20, 2011 | Comments: 4

Becoming the Reel Deal covers topics such as duties within the camera department, film school, resumes, and how to leverage opportunities to your advantage.

While I can’t promise you’ll instantly get a job when you finish reading it, if you follow my advice, I can guarantee you will put yourself in a better position for long-term success.

This isn’t about getting one gig — it’s about launching a career.

That’s why I don’t even try to sell you in this ebook on any magic bullet, undiscovered method, or secret ways to the top — it’s simply tried and true methods that worked for me and others.

There are no secrets in this ebook for one reason: there is no secret way to get a job in the film industry.

If you’re looking for the kind of quick solution others promise, then don’t bother downloading this. You’ll only be disappointed.

If, however, you are passionate and truly committed to “becoming the reel deel,” then you’ll soak up the knowledge and come out on the other end motivated like never before.

Other sites might try to charge you for something like this — and indeed I thought about it — but decided to give it away for free instead. Yet I didn’t hold anything back because of that. I poured over the detail of the design, the pictures on the pages, and the concepts behind the writing.

I’ve been waiting a long time to make this announcement — this project has been in the works for months — and I am so excited now to finally unveil it to you.

I hope you enjoy it.

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