B Smith's Second Sticks

FIRST UP: The Bipartisan Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act bill might be the most important piece of legislature not only for non-scripted workers but for people who work in all levels of entertainment. It's time for all of us to step up and make our intetnions known. Please click the link below and you'll find a pre-written letter that asks Congress to support this initiative. Ask those in your life (entertainment workers or not) to support your efforts by clickin

In part 2 of B Smith's Second Sticks conversation with Tech Supervisor and all-around talented good guy Nick Borges, we get a little dystopian. We first touch base on the concept of A.I. and how that will affect the creative landscape, then discuss the reality for most people having to constantly travel in order to work in our industry. The halcyon days of getting to pick and choose shows is long gone, and we find ourselves on the side of more supply than demand, with certain disciplines within

Everyone likes Nick Borges. B Smith's Second Sticks considers this is a universal truth, similar to the sun rises in the east, and a hot dog tastes better with a ball game in front of it. In part one of a two-part long-conceived podcast, Nick and I kick off our reunion with a chat about some of his little-known talents outside of his career as a well-regarded tech supervisor. We also talk about his origins as a Gator (Gainesville, Florida, home of Tom Petty), and the creative tendencies that bro

The possibility of a federal tax incentive that actually includes the Non-Scripted genre is as uplifting a notion as we've had in our particular universe for some time. Naturally, we live in turbulent times in many different ways. So B Smith's Second Sticks sought out a voice of reason to try and make sense of it all. Ryan Broussard is VP of Sales and Production Incentives at Wrapbook, and has advised productions nationally for many years in regards to production incentives on both a state and a

The world of television production is at the mercy of constant winds of change, some good and some for ill, which carry its participants in every which direction. Sometimes we may go years without seeing people whith whom we have established relationships. If or (hopefully) when we get a chance to make those long-lost connections, there is a pure joy that is released into the world. Thus it is with this weeks' guest, Director of Photography Jason Hafer, who joins B Smith's Second Sticks. Hafer a

It has been said that being a Mom is one of the hardest jobs there is. Throw in working in a chaotic, male-dominant industry carrying 30 pound cameras around, and you are upping the ante, to say the least. This has been one of many challenges for Sharra Romany, Director of Photography and Cameraperson, and she has undoubtedly rose to the occasion. B Smith's Second Sticks sits down with Sharra for an in-depth, all-encompassing conversation about her journey through the reality TV universe. We spe