WEBVTT - The ROI of Made in NY and How it Changes Lives 0:00:08.039 --> 0:00:12.880 Welcome to Strictly Business, Variety's weekly podcast featuring conversations with 0:00:12.960 --> 0:00:17.079 industry leaders about the business of media and entertainment. I'm 0:00:17.120 --> 0:00:22.000 Cynthia Lyttleton, co editor in chief for Variety. Today's podcast 0:00:22.040 --> 0:00:25.439 is a departure from our usual format. We're doing a 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:29.280 deep dive into the history of the Maiden New York Program. 0:00:29.480 --> 0:00:32.480 This is a job training program funded by the City 0:00:32.479 --> 0:00:35.159 of New York that is designed to open doors for 0:00:35.280 --> 0:00:39.920 jobs as production assistants for low income New Yorkers. Maid 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:42.800 in New York began in two thousand and six during 0:00:42.880 --> 0:00:47.440 the Michael Bloomberg mayoral administration. More than eleven hundred New 0:00:47.520 --> 0:00:51.160 Yorkers have since gone through the four week intensive program, 0:00:51.440 --> 0:00:54.720 and many of them are working in highly paid union 0:00:54.800 --> 0:00:58.320 jobs in the industry today. Maid In New York has 0:00:58.440 --> 0:01:01.720 just released a long term repar that shows for every 0:01:01.800 --> 0:01:06.200 five thousand dollars invested in the training, the participant's earnings 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:10.959 power grew eighteen times over a five year period. There 0:01:11.000 --> 0:01:15.039 are other glowing statistics in the report that reinforce the 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:18.679 teach a person to fish value of these kinds of 0:01:18.760 --> 0:01:23.400 training and career support programs. In our discussion, we'll hear 0:01:23.400 --> 0:01:26.679 from Katherine Oliver, who was a key player in launching 0:01:26.720 --> 0:01:29.360 Made in New York. When the program was born, she 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:32.520 was head of the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment. 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:38.080 Today she's a principal at Bloomberg Philanthropies, which commission the study. 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:41.640 We'll also hear from others involved in the program, including 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:45.920 perspective from a veteran line producer who has experienced hiring 0:01:46.000 --> 0:01:49.840 Made in New York grads. Here, I'll let our guests 0:01:49.960 --> 0:01:53.360 introduce themselves so listeners will know who's who. 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:58.320 My name is Venus Anderson. I'm the director of media 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:01.440 programs here at the MAID and New York KA Training 0:02:01.440 --> 0:02:04.360 Program and also the Post Production Assistant Training Program. 0:02:04.480 --> 0:02:06.800 I'm portb, a local by the way, depty commissioner for 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:08.760 film with the Mayor's Office and Media Entretation. 0:02:09.280 --> 0:02:11.680 Hello, my name's at Duado Holder. I was in the 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:13.959 maiden New York Production Assistant program. 0:02:14.320 --> 0:02:16.040 I graduated cycle sixty. 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:19.160 My name is Paradise. I was born and raised in 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:19.640 New York. 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:24.640 Katherine Oliver, principal at Bloomberg Associates and former commissioner of 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:26.840 the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment. 0:02:27.120 --> 0:02:30.160 This is South Iago Kenyonis, I'm a producer in New York. 0:02:30.480 --> 0:02:32.840 Thanks so much. 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To view Universal Studio 0:03:13.440 --> 0:03:21.680 Group's Emmy eligible content, please visit UNIVERSALFYC dot com. 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:25.440 Thank you all so much for joining me here on 0:03:25.560 --> 0:03:30.679 Monday juneteenth to talk about the success of an incredibly 0:03:31.320 --> 0:03:35.840 important and impactful program that has been changing lives in 0:03:35.840 --> 0:03:39.279 New York City now for going on fifteen years. Catherine, 0:03:39.480 --> 0:03:41.760 here we are in twenty twenty three. You have an 0:03:41.760 --> 0:03:44.640 incredible I think it's about a twenty five page report 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:49.440 that just details the incredible impact in a relatively narrow 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:53.080 area of employment, the incredible impact of focus and intention 0:03:53.200 --> 0:03:55.880 and resources can do. Can you take your mind back 0:03:55.920 --> 0:03:57.920 to the two thousand and five two thousand and six 0:03:58.000 --> 0:04:00.840 era and talk about the spark. What was the spark 0:04:00.880 --> 0:04:04.080 for this program? What were you what were you trying 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:06.640 to address in creating Maiden Aline. 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:10.400 The city of New York really experienced a renaissance of 0:04:10.480 --> 0:04:14.480 film and television production during the Bloomberg administration. And it 0:04:14.560 --> 0:04:17.480 was back at the end of four beginning of five 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:21.359 that the Maid in New York tax Incentive program, the 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:24.800 very first tax credit in the city and state of 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:28.320 New York ever, was passed. And it was shortly after 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:32.120 that the floodgates open and production escalated in the city. 0:04:32.720 --> 0:04:35.800 And we had been working really hard to make New 0:04:35.880 --> 0:04:39.640 York City a premier shooting location. After a lot of 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:43.359 the business left after nine to eleven, the industry was 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:47.720 just surging and we were starting to hear reports that 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:51.760 neighborhoods were getting burnt out. There was too much production 0:04:51.880 --> 0:04:54.839 in New York. So in a very short period of time, 0:04:54.960 --> 0:04:57.880 you know, it was feast or famine. You know, there 0:04:57.920 --> 0:05:01.160 was a lot of production in New York and the 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:05.000 Film office has got a very unenviable They're in an 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:08.599 unenviable position that they have to balance the needs of 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:13.159 customer service, making the production happy, giving them access, and 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:15.520 also being sensitive that we're a city of eight and 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:18.839 a half million people and their quality of life issues, 0:05:18.960 --> 0:05:22.440 you know, for residents, for businesses that thrive on the 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:26.640 streets and sidewalks of our city. And so we saw 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:30.960 a unique opportunity. The industry was growing, and from an 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:34.760 economic development standpoint, this was a sector that was growing, 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:38.880 and we were looking around at the productions and seeing 0:05:38.960 --> 0:05:44.640 that they needed to be more diverse. The productions, the 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:48.200 crews needed to be more reflective of the city that 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:52.039 they served and were working in. And so there was 0:05:52.080 --> 0:05:57.200 a unique opportunity to create a pipeline for more job 0:05:57.240 --> 0:06:01.760 opportunity in New York to throat industry. And at the 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:06.000 same time, the Film Office had the task of maintaining 0:06:06.240 --> 0:06:09.440 law and order, if you will, on with productions in 0:06:09.480 --> 0:06:13.400 these communities. So we created so we thought, we need 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:17.080 a training program, We need an extension of the film office, 0:06:17.480 --> 0:06:20.760 and a production assistant is the face of a production 0:06:20.960 --> 0:06:24.640 in a community. And so we thought, if we work 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:29.520 with the pas and train them and educate them about 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:32.960 what are the requirements of a permit, what are the 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:37.160 rules of engagement when working in New York City that 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:40.760 everyone would have a more positive experience. But the Film 0:06:40.760 --> 0:06:43.400 Office didn't know how to do job training. So we 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:46.280 looked around and we looked at some of the entities 0:06:46.320 --> 0:06:49.359 in the city that we're doing job training in different sectors, 0:06:49.800 --> 0:06:54.320 and we discovered Brooklyn Workforce Innovations originally based in Sunset 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:58.400 Park and they did job training for unemployed and underemployed 0:06:58.440 --> 0:07:01.840 New Yorkers. And you know, cold Call reached out to 0:07:01.920 --> 0:07:05.000 Aaron and team and this was in two thousand and five, 0:07:05.160 --> 0:07:08.479 two thousand and six, and said, we know about film production, 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:12.000 you know about job training. Let's work together. So we 0:07:12.120 --> 0:07:17.320 created this program and we set out on you know, 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:20.920 launching it, and it's been phenomenally successful. We've heard a 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:24.640 lot of anecdotes through the years and so now we 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:28.320 have some data to put behind that that really paints 0:07:28.360 --> 0:07:33.920 a beautiful picture of economic development career opportunities for underserved 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:36.280 New Yorkers. So we couldn't be more proud. 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:39.920 For all of you that are now engaged in this work. 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:44.000 What as as growing up as youths, what was your 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:48.320 awareness of the potential for job opportunities in this area. 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:52.200 Were you aware that film and television production was a thing, 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:54.760 and that there was a lot. There was a lot 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:57.760 and more going on film and TV and even Broadway. 0:07:58.120 --> 0:08:03.040 What was your awareness of employment opportunities at less than 0:08:03.120 --> 0:08:07.240 the movie star and you know, top big name director. 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:10.560 What was your awareness of the kind of job opportunities 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.520 that you're involved with now when you were growing up 0:08:13.560 --> 0:08:14.840 as youth city New York City. 0:08:15.360 --> 0:08:18.040 As a born and bred New Yorker, I knew very 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:22.280 little about the TV and film industry. When you're growing 0:08:22.400 --> 0:08:24.480 up as a kid in the eighties and the nineties, 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:28.000 you hear about people becoming passion models and maybe even 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:31.200 actors on soap operas because that was a big thing, 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:34.720 but not so much people working behind the scenes. And 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:37.680 I remember talking to my uncle, who, when I was younger, 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:40.120 wanted to be an actor. And he's very unique in 0:08:40.200 --> 0:08:41.840 terms of almost every one of my family has a 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:45.400 city job bus drivers, police officers, and things like that, 0:08:45.440 --> 0:08:48.439 but he wanted to be an actor and that didn't 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:51.760 quite pan out. He wound up having a family and 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:55.920 wound up kind of moonlighting as a parking PA on 0:08:55.960 --> 0:08:59.160 this show in the nineties called New York Undercover. And 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:03.560 I used to think that was so cool because they 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:07.559 even threw him in as an extra. So I had 0:09:07.559 --> 0:09:09.800 to be maybe about twelve or thirteen years old, and 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:11.960 I remember seeing him on camera, but he said, you know, 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:16.520 most of my work happens behind the scenes, and I 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:18.800 was like, you know, I need to dig more and 0:09:18.880 --> 0:09:22.800 do more research about the TV and film industry. I 0:09:22.800 --> 0:09:25.280 think at that time, I was still disillusioned with the 0:09:25.320 --> 0:09:28.960 fact that everything happens in Hollywood, and maybe there's those 0:09:29.000 --> 0:09:31.679 one or two shows that were The New York Undercovers 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:34.920 or the Law and Orders. Back then in the nineties, 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:38.320 there really wasn't too much going on that, you know, 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:40.400 you had to move to Hollywood. So when I went 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:45.480 to school, my roommate was really into TV and film 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:48.160 and she told me after she graduated, she was going 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:51.080 to move to LA to pursue that career. And I 0:09:51.120 --> 0:09:52.840 was like, well, isn't there a scene in New York 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:54.800 And you know, I'm going to move back to New 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:57.560 York and maybe you can just move back with me, 0:09:57.640 --> 0:10:00.560 and she's like no, So she went to LA and 0:10:00.640 --> 0:10:03.120 she works in TV and film, and when I came 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:05.439 back to New York, I still did not see those 0:10:05.440 --> 0:10:10.120 opportunities here. There was no one waiting for someone with 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:13.640 a college degree to say, hey, why don't you work 0:10:13.640 --> 0:10:18.280 in the film industry. I would apply to internships, and 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:21.400 no one was taking anyone for an internship that wasn't 0:10:21.520 --> 0:10:22.720 enrolled in school. 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:25.400 My mom was a single mom, and so we didn't 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:31.160 really have many opportunities to like view people going to 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:33.320 college and stuff like that. She kind of had to 0:10:33.360 --> 0:10:35.600 go straight to work. And my mom was the best 0:10:35.640 --> 0:10:39.000 mom that she could be given the circumstances. But we 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:43.560 grew up not in the best situations, and so I 0:10:43.600 --> 0:10:46.520 got a ged in Rikers Island. I didn't really have. 0:10:48.400 --> 0:10:49.839 Like a path or I. 0:10:49.760 --> 0:10:53.000 Didn't know where I wanted to go, and when I 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:55.800 walked into BWI, I still was unsure. I thought I 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:57.840 was going to be an uber driver and they were like, 0:10:57.880 --> 0:10:59.680 we'll teach you how to get your license. So I 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:01.760 was like, I'll get the license and see what we 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:05.640 can do. And then they said, you know, we have 0:11:05.800 --> 0:11:09.120 this training program where you could work on TV and film, 0:11:09.160 --> 0:11:11.360 and I was like, well, you got me. 0:11:11.640 --> 0:11:12.640 The ad works for me. 0:11:12.760 --> 0:11:14.760 I'll go I'll give it a try. 0:11:14.840 --> 0:11:19.240 And then you know, that was my first introduction to 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:24.319 working in TV and film prior to that The only 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:27.840 you know, understanding I had was like you had to 0:11:27.840 --> 0:11:32.320 be a rapper or you know, that was pretty much it, 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:34.640 Like you had to be a rapper model to be 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:37.760 on TV. Other than that, like you weren't really getting anywhere. 0:11:38.440 --> 0:11:41.240 I came into it because I was shooting music videos 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:45.240 around my way around my neighborhood. A friend of mine's 0:11:45.400 --> 0:11:48.440 know about the Maid of New York program, and I 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:51.240 just happened to give it a chance, and I walked 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:55.000 into a life changing thing. Because that moment right there, 0:11:55.040 --> 0:11:56.800 I was like, this is where I belonged. You know, 0:11:56.960 --> 0:11:59.560 this is where I need to be. I thought you 0:11:59.600 --> 0:12:03.120 needed to be educated with degrees and you needed to 0:12:03.160 --> 0:12:06.120 have certifications. You just need to be willing to work 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:08.400 and learn. That's the first thing I noticed, And I 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:12.080 was like, okay, And it opened doors for me I 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:15.920 never thought open. So I'm always grateful for that. I 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:19.400 never thought about, you know, the film industry. I never 0:12:19.480 --> 0:12:22.240 thought that I would let alone be in it. 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:27.040 What was it about the work that intrigued you? What 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:30.800 was it that excited you about the about and made 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:32.839 you want to learn more about it? 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:37.479 It was so much how it's so much different departments 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:40.040 and that how we all have to work as one 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:40.720 to make. 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:41.680 This whole thing proud. 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:45.920 So I never knew about you know, HMU and the 0:12:46.000 --> 0:12:50.160 grip department and the electrics, the shadows, the lights that 0:12:50.280 --> 0:12:53.679 the props department down to the It's just so intricate 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:57.160 and you know detail that I found myself learning about 0:12:57.200 --> 0:13:00.520 every department and why the lights here, and why there's 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:02.760 a shade here, Why do we need a prop going 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:05.120 or why do we have prop loud? Everything is just 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:08.640 so intriguing because it's a reason for something and it's 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:12.040 working as a unity. So everything just became you know, 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:13.160 a study. 0:13:12.840 --> 0:13:16.480 Program Santiago and you have had a great experience in 0:13:16.600 --> 0:13:21.079 hiring made and why graduates can you talk about you know, 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:24.160 what what it is you look for when you're hiring people, 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:26.440 and what it is that made in and why people 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:27.760 bring to the table for you. 0:13:28.400 --> 0:13:31.960 The things that I look for are the things that 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:35.600 intrinsically are also what make people successful in this business, right, 0:13:35.640 --> 0:13:38.680 And it's like, you know, somebody who is helpful to 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:44.640 the process, somebody who's willing to work, somebody who understands 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:47.560 the work and the long hours and how hard it 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:51.760 is to be in this business. Are some of those 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:56.120 things that we're looking for. So well, I didn't go 0:13:56.280 --> 0:13:59.200 through the maide in New York program, I can certainly 0:13:59.240 --> 0:14:02.200 speak to the opp unity gaps you know that existed. 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:05.000 Certainly when I started, there was, you know, there was 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:08.280 there was really no way unless you knew someone or 0:14:08.400 --> 0:14:10.360 unless you work for free, which is what I ended 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:14.880 up doing. And I think one of one of the 0:14:14.920 --> 0:14:17.760 things that Made in New York program does. 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:21.640 Is that it it gives you, It gives that graduateal 0:14:21.720 --> 0:14:27.200 leg up uh and and that's at least one advantage 0:14:27.200 --> 0:14:29.320 that you're bringing to the table when somebody is going 0:14:29.400 --> 0:14:32.360 to consider whether they should hire you or somebody else. 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:37.040 Right, you need a mature person that that has that 0:14:37.200 --> 0:14:41.920 has the knowledge to pick up the baton and keep running. 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:46.960 That matters, especially because production, you know, I don't want 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:50.240 to be little war. Production in a sense is like war, 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:55.760 uh where we have a lot of moving parts and 0:14:56.040 --> 0:14:59.600 people talk to here about coordination, and there's a lot 0:14:59.600 --> 0:15:02.000 of coordin that needs to happen in a very short 0:15:02.000 --> 0:15:04.760 amount of time. And usually I hire a person, especially 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:07.600 the first time I'm hiring someone, they're hired as an 0:15:07.600 --> 0:15:11.920 additional for that one day in particular, and what I 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:14.240 expect from that person is to know the job that 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:15.000 I need them to do. 0:15:15.400 --> 0:15:18.560 And that's what's exciting now because the new tax credit 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:20.560 in New York, which is going to get signed into 0:15:20.640 --> 0:15:25.320 law shortly, is a game changer. I mean, it's astonishing 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:27.640 and there's going to be a lot of production. And 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:31.160 even though we have the writers build strike now, when 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:34.880 the strike is settled eventually it will be hopefully sooner 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:39.240 than later. This is a great time to be training 0:15:39.320 --> 0:15:42.520 people and getting people into the industry because New York 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:45.320 is probably not going to see production levels that they've 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:49.320 ever seen before, which is so heartwarming and wonderful to 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:52.600 give so many people an opportunity that they never had before. 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:55.480 Will this new text credit, will the Will there be 0:15:55.520 --> 0:15:58.080 an expansion of support for it made in inly or 0:15:58.120 --> 0:16:00.720 other programs in this same spirit. 0:16:01.160 --> 0:16:07.080 Definitely. We are working with the New Film and Television 0:16:07.160 --> 0:16:12.840 Council that is directly tied into the Mayor's office, and 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:20.240 it comprised of multiple stakeholders and labor industry local workers. 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:24.440 And within that council there's a workforce subcommittee, So we've 0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:31.720 been working with them stakeholders locally, studios networks unions to 0:16:31.760 --> 0:16:34.160 try to figure out better ways that we can increase 0:16:34.200 --> 0:16:37.960 the pipeline for New Yorkers into the industry. As we 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:42.480 expand and growth capacity, the need for infrastructure and workforce 0:16:42.480 --> 0:16:44.600 will be there, so we definitely want to make sure 0:16:44.640 --> 0:16:48.560 that we use this opportunity to diversify the workforce. I 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:52.640 always say that I won't be happy until the crews 0:16:52.720 --> 0:16:55.200 here look like the subway cars, and I think you 0:16:55.280 --> 0:16:58.760 have an amazing opportunity with this diverse city to have 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:01.680 a lot really to first for force Base. 0:17:05.320 --> 0:17:07.919 Don't even think about hitting the pause button. We'll be 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:10.800 right back with more on the Maiden New York Program 0:17:10.880 --> 0:17:11.800 After this break. 0:17:14.280 --> 0:17:19.440 Universal Television presents Harlem from Tracy Oliver in season two. 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:22.800 After blowing up her career and disrupting her love life, 0:17:23.240 --> 0:17:25.840 Camille has to figure out how to put the pieces 0:17:25.920 --> 0:17:30.080 back together. Ty considers her future, Quinn goes on a 0:17:30.160 --> 0:17:34.720 journey of self discovery, and Angie's career takes a promising turn. 0:17:35.480 --> 0:17:39.440 Entertainment Weekly says it's a smart, sleek and sharp comedy, 0:17:39.720 --> 0:17:43.880 and Collider calls it an immediate delight. Harlem is for 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:53.040 your Emmy consideration in all categories including outstanding comedy series, and. 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:55.880 We're back with more on the Maiden New York Production 0:17:56.119 --> 0:17:58.840 Crew Training program. 0:17:59.160 --> 0:18:01.600 Venus break it down for us, how do you go 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:04.680 about applying for the maid in New York program and 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:07.680 what does it entail if you are so fortunate it 0:18:07.800 --> 0:18:09.480 is to get in sure. 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:13.359 So, if you're looking for an opportunity to enroll in 0:18:13.400 --> 0:18:15.520 the MAIDA New York PA training program, you can go 0:18:15.600 --> 0:18:20.520 to our website at bwiny dot org. Every Monday at 0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:24.320 one pm, except for federal holidays such as today, we 0:18:24.440 --> 0:18:28.840 have a zoom meeting where it's an information session. You 0:18:28.880 --> 0:18:32.119 can hear an overview of what the program in jails 0:18:32.240 --> 0:18:34.719 for weeks of training, and at that time you can 0:18:34.760 --> 0:18:38.640 submit an online application. It's been like that since COVID, 0:18:38.680 --> 0:18:42.359 so we don't meet in person for the for the orientations. 0:18:43.160 --> 0:18:46.879 If you are selected based off of the qualifications, you 0:18:46.880 --> 0:18:48.399 have to be eighteen and older, you have to be 0:18:48.400 --> 0:18:51.720 a New York City resident, you have to be passionate 0:18:51.760 --> 0:18:54.239 and wanting to work in TV and film, and you 0:18:54.280 --> 0:18:56.520 have to have a driver's license. If you don't have 0:18:56.560 --> 0:18:59.080 a driver's license, we do have a very limited amount 0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:02.520 of driving driver licensed scholarships available to folks who are 0:19:02.520 --> 0:19:06.560 interested in entering driving school. So those are basic our 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:10.479 basic minimum qualifications and in addition to being low income 0:19:10.520 --> 0:19:14.200 and no income. The four weeks of training will consist 0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:17.200 of learning the basics. We set it up. The first 0:19:17.240 --> 0:19:22.000 week is essentially, you know, learning what department is, which, 0:19:22.160 --> 0:19:26.800 who's who on set, the vehicles on set, how to 0:19:26.800 --> 0:19:30.240 do runs which are like errands for different people on set. 0:19:30.240 --> 0:19:33.359 Because you're training how to be entry level. We also 0:19:33.480 --> 0:19:36.239 have a walkie talkie training, so we set them up 0:19:36.280 --> 0:19:41.240 to do the walkie lingo and from then second week 0:19:41.400 --> 0:19:43.760 we're going on field trips. We'll go to like a 0:19:43.760 --> 0:19:46.919 grip or electric house, We'll go to a studios. Kauffman 0:19:47.000 --> 0:19:50.200 Astoria has pretty much been open to us and letting 0:19:50.280 --> 0:19:53.080 us tour the studio, so the students get really excited 0:19:53.119 --> 0:19:56.199 and seeing the set as Sesame Street, that's usually a 0:19:56.200 --> 0:20:00.240 big one every time. And then third week we're gearing 0:20:00.359 --> 0:20:03.200 up for our mock shoot. The mock shoot is essentially 0:20:03.480 --> 0:20:05.800 all the work that they put in with the walkie 0:20:05.840 --> 0:20:08.919 lingo and learning how to do lock ups, which is 0:20:09.000 --> 0:20:13.120 basically stopping pedestrians in the community from walking through the sets. 0:20:13.520 --> 0:20:15.840 Is you don't want to have any stragglers just coming 0:20:15.880 --> 0:20:20.159 by and trying to get an autographed it. It is 0:20:20.200 --> 0:20:22.840 a skill. It just gets a skill, and not everybody 0:20:22.880 --> 0:20:25.800 loves it, but it is very necessary in the entry 0:20:25.880 --> 0:20:29.399 level position of a PA. So during that mock shoot, 0:20:29.400 --> 0:20:32.120 we're putting our students to the test to see if 0:20:32.160 --> 0:20:34.680 they can be you know, in the fort where our 0:20:34.720 --> 0:20:37.199 offices at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, So we're usually in 0:20:37.280 --> 0:20:39.560 Fort Green or Clinton Hill, and we're working with the 0:20:39.560 --> 0:20:42.960 community while we're setting up our own film shoot and 0:20:43.000 --> 0:20:45.480 let them know like, hey, listen, we're here. We're representing 0:20:45.640 --> 0:20:47.560 not only BWI, but the City of New York Mayor's 0:20:47.560 --> 0:20:51.720 Office Immediate Entertainment in putting a program together, and a 0:20:51.760 --> 0:20:53.320 lot of people do stop us in the street and 0:20:53.320 --> 0:20:55.120 they ask, well, how do we get involved? And people 0:20:55.119 --> 0:20:57.359 will wind up coming to our orientations in that way. 0:20:57.480 --> 0:21:00.480 So it's a great way for us to not only 0:21:01.119 --> 0:21:04.280 teach the students, but we're in the community and in 0:21:04.320 --> 0:21:08.000 the community that we are are training in. Also, fourth 0:21:08.040 --> 0:21:11.840 week we set up mock interviews with industry professionals. We 0:21:11.960 --> 0:21:16.360 have a lot of goals setting exercises for our students 0:21:16.400 --> 0:21:18.439 so they can set up, you know, the trajectory of 0:21:18.480 --> 0:21:20.080 their pathways and where they want to be in the 0:21:20.080 --> 0:21:20.760 next three. 0:21:20.560 --> 0:21:21.359 To five years. 0:21:22.119 --> 0:21:25.400 And then from there, as Catherine had highlighted in the beginning, 0:21:25.560 --> 0:21:28.400 we have a graduation for them to celebrate, you know, 0:21:28.600 --> 0:21:31.600 those four weeks of the training. It's a really special 0:21:31.600 --> 0:21:34.440 moment for them to be able to not only get 0:21:34.440 --> 0:21:38.639 their certificates, but to speak to their classmates and knowing 0:21:38.640 --> 0:21:41.239 that they're setting up their very first network. You know, 0:21:41.359 --> 0:21:44.000 they may get out there and not know anyone, but 0:21:44.080 --> 0:21:47.240 they know each other and now they're strengthening those bonds, 0:21:47.280 --> 0:21:48.880 and those are the bonds that they'll take with them 0:21:48.880 --> 0:21:49.920 throughout their careers. 0:21:50.520 --> 0:21:53.480 As anybody in the entertainment business knows, it's you get 0:21:53.520 --> 0:21:56.440 your next job by who you impressed on your last job. 0:21:56.560 --> 0:21:59.399 I mean, it is just so true. Paradise and Wardo. 0:21:59.680 --> 0:22:03.120 Any any thoughts about the training, and I'd also love 0:22:03.200 --> 0:22:05.679 to hear about you know how you advanced. I know 0:22:05.720 --> 0:22:10.960 you both have advanced rapidly since since your graduation from 0:22:10.960 --> 0:22:11.760 made from New York. 0:22:12.119 --> 0:22:15.560 I had no income, I was a felon. I had 0:22:15.600 --> 0:22:18.800 lots of skills, but I had no certifications to actually 0:22:18.840 --> 0:22:22.800 take those anywhere. And so I was really just very malleable. 0:22:23.560 --> 0:22:26.960 Like I was at a very vulnerable point in my 0:22:27.040 --> 0:22:29.680 life where it could have went left or it could 0:22:29.720 --> 0:22:31.240 have went right. I was still on parole. I was 0:22:31.280 --> 0:22:34.240 still deciding what type of lifestyle I was going to live. 0:22:34.359 --> 0:22:36.199 And so I went into made A New York and 0:22:36.200 --> 0:22:38.040 I was like, you have to be here every day 0:22:38.080 --> 0:22:39.720 at eight am, or else you get kicked out. And 0:22:39.720 --> 0:22:41.520 I was like, eight am, all right, I'll be there. 0:22:42.000 --> 0:22:44.240 And I continue to be there and I continue to 0:22:44.280 --> 0:22:47.520 show up, and I just I was like a sponge. 0:22:47.560 --> 0:22:51.639 I I ingested everything that you know, was thrown at me. 0:22:52.160 --> 0:22:55.520 I think the most helpful thing to me was learning 0:22:55.520 --> 0:22:57.879 the luck with a walkie lingo, so that when I 0:22:57.920 --> 0:23:00.800 walked in and they said, you know, oh we're rolling, 0:23:01.080 --> 0:23:03.679