Hello, Hive Book Club.
I have worked as a crew worker for more than two years. I started with scriptwriting. My elder brother, before his demise, had insisted that I at least take up one of his jobs in filmmaking. He asked me to choose between make-up, scripting, and directing. I didn't want anything that would make me leave my house to a camp in the name of shooting, so I chose scriptwriting. I could comfortably write from my comfort zone. [](Uploading... 1744814019228.jpg)
I was comfortably doing my job as a scriptwriter without complaining for any reason until I lost my elder brother. That was when I realised that I needed to step out. He was the one responsible for the jobs that I wrote before he left. I needed people to know that someone like me existed, and my intention was just to get recognised as a scriptwriter, and then I would go back to how I used to be. I joined a particular film academy and became their production assistant without them knowing that I already knew what the game was all about. I came as a novice, gradually bringing out what was inside of me.
Sooner than I thought, the director noticed that I was a good script writer. That was how I started working as one of their scriptwriters. I started attending their meetings, rehearsals, and every one of their activities. I fell in love with what they were doing. "To hell with my former decision," I said to myself when I remembered the decision I made before getting that position.
But I didn't stop there. I joined them in their movie project and worked as the script supervisor. It was fun.
After that project, the director saw how serious and committed I was to my job, and he started introducing me to other production managers. I started going from one job to another even as I was still the permanent script supervisor of the first academy I stepped in. After a while, I started attending their rehearsals consistently. I started going on stage to act, and I was doing well. I was surprised at first, but I knew it had been there all the time waiting for me to call it forth.
Everyone discovered that I am not just a crew worker, but I am a great actor as well. I was given a role in their last project. I faced my worst fear, and that was standing in front of a camera. Have you seen someone on the biggest stage in the whole world for the first time before? You know the tension, right? Please, don't laugh at me when you read the next paragraph. Haha.
Immediately I came on set, everything I read left me. I couldn't pronounce some English words again. I got pressed. I needed water to drink. I was not just myself. Other artists I was supposed to act with and even my fellow crew workers started complaining, "Please take the role from him!"
The director, who knows my ability, walked straight to me and looked me in the eye, "Hey! Don't embarrass us here. You are good, man. Show us what you are made of. Take a deep breath, and get this done!"
Those words were what I needed at that moment. I left to the restroom, composed myself from there, and returned. Fear my return! Haha!
I delivered, of course, and conquered fright and fear.
Now I can boldly say, "I am an actor and a crew worker."
So now I have finally joined those in the acting sector. Now I know what they face to deliver those cumbersome lines I normally write. Anyway, I work with the best team.
We love and support each other. I dedicate this post to who brought me into the game. My late elder brother JUSTICE EBENEZER CHIBUZOR.