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Vero has scored an amazing job opportunity with Production Charbonneau this coming year when Vero is wrapping up her school.

Production Charbonneau is filming a new television series which will probably be released sometime in mid 2008. But they are going ahead and filming a season’s worth of material this year.

She will be the assistant stage producer (did I get the name right?) and she will be responsible for not only the in-behind things that occur during production, but more importantly, responsible for the stage direction of the extras on the set! Now, I don’t know about you, but sometimes I’ve wondered how the extras on the set are instructed to move, to listen to their iPod, to walk a certain way, to eat some food, etc. Well, this is how! Vero will be letting them know what they expect in a certain scene and ensure that they aren’t goofing around when the camera starts rolling and they are secretly waving to the camera to their mom (as you all know I would do!)

The production company even rented a house which they will use while ripping out key walls to put video cameras into. That is pretty cool. I must admit that the only knowledge I have of the inner workings of television shows and movies are what I see on the special features disc of a DVD. So I have an idea of what she will be up to, but my knowledge is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to what she will be responsible for.

So the filming runs from April – June, then the show filming will take a break until October-December. Personally, I think that is an awesome job considering I would love to be getting out of school, work for three months and then get three months off to decompress from the whirlwind which was school! I remember that this happened to me (not by choice) when I graduated and didn’t find a job until October. I don’t know what my parents were thinking at the time (what the heck, ya bum, go get a job!) but everything worked out fine and in hindsight, I had one of the greatest summers I have ever known.

All in all, I know Vero is destined for great things. I’m pretty sure not many of her school colleagues have received this opportunity to work on such a large scale production (there are 40 people on the team!) and she has earned it with her hard work ethic over the years. Am I allowed to say break a leg to someone who is behind the scenes or is this bad luck?

We all know it’s been my secret desire to one day be on television. Faithful readers, this is my way in! (Meanwhile, Vero is shaking her head saying “Noooo!”)