Someone to watch over me: Good Motoring Spring 2020

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Writing

It’s great to see that the Spring 2020 edition of Good Motoring magazine is now out and dropping on doormats across the country – still with its fully compostable wrap, of course. My piece in this edition is about Automatic
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Getting work as a Supporting Artiste

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Being an Extra in Film & TV

Once you’re registered and signed up with some Supporting Artiste / ‘extras’ agencies, you will hopefully start to get offers of work.  Here’s what to expect and what you can do to help secure work. Depending on the agency, job
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48 Hours In Venice at Easter

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Travel

Ah, Venice.  118 little islands making up this unique, iconic city in northeastern Italy.  It is one of those must-see places on many travel lists.   Finally, this Easter, I got to tick it off mine. This was always planned to
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Web

I’m a web technology and security consultant, having worked in the online world for well over 20 years and with clients in several countries.

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Speaking

As well as speaking on technology matters, for over a decade I’ve hosted numerous ceremonies and other events in a number of countries.

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Film & TV

I pop up in the background of TV shows and films, working hard in the industry.  I have advice for being a supporting artiste, aka an ‘extra’.

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Travel

I like to travel and then photograph / write about it.  I’m a particular fan of going to quirky places that need extra explanation in the statistics.

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More from the Blog

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Signing up to Extras Agencies
If you’ve decided that you want to become a Supporting Artiste and enter the world of film and TV as an ‘extra’, here’s some useful advice for you.  Firstly I’m going to look at some the information you need to have to hand, then I’ll get into the process of choosing agencies, followed by the

Being an Extra in Film & TV
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Glasgow
Scotland’s largest city of Glasgow, on the banks of the Clyde, was a great place to be in for the day.  The view out of the aircraft window showed the extent of the beautiful wintry landscape which got better and better the further and further north I went. One of the great thing was the

Travel
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Belfast
Since 2012 when the Titanic Belfast experience opened I have wanted to see it and finally I got the chance to take a look, combining it with a quick look around the city which I hadn’t done for a long time.   The exhibition, which you could call an ‘experience’, is really worth taking a

Travel
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Are you right for it? 10 traits of the successful SA
I have been asked a lot about what being an SA is really like.  The world of the ‘extra’ is a fairly unique one and it really does need a certain type of person in order for it to work for the individual, agency and production. Getting in to the industry properly is a long

Being an Extra in Film & TV