Mentoring for people in entertainment providers.
Entertainment Providers is a entertainment providers field with its own language, its own way in and its own unwritten rules. A mentorhero session puts a mentee in front of somebody already doing that job for 30 minutes, so the questions get answered by a person instead of a search engine. This is a sector run on introductions. Mentoring is the only fair way to hand those out.
- Session length
- 30 minutes
- Cost to the mentee
- Free
- Sector
- Entertainment Providers
Why a session helps in entertainment providers.
The language of entertainment providers
A mentee leaves the session understanding the terms used on the job, not a glossary written by somebody outside it.
The route in, said plainly
Which qualifications, tickets or first jobs matter in entertainment providers, and which are a waste of money.
Thirty minutes, no cost to the mentee
Short enough that a working mentor can give it, long enough to change what somebody does next.
Somebody who has done the job
Mentors are matched on the work itself, so the person on the call recognises the problem straight away.
The language of entertainment providers.
These are the terms that come up in a entertainment providers session, and what they mean in practice.
Call sheet
The daily plan for a shoot or show. Learning to read one is day-one knowledge.
Get-in and get-out
Setting up and clearing a venue. Where most crew careers begin.
Residual and royalty
What you are paid after the work is done, and why contracts matter more than day rates.
Fringe and commission
How new work gets made and paid for outside the big institutions.
Where the jobs sit.
A mentor can walk a mentee through any of these, from the first job to the one after next.
Runner and crew
Technician
Performer
Production coordinator
Producer
Programmer and booker
The questions that come up.
Getting a first credit with no contacts
Whether to go freelance or take a venue job
Pricing your work without underselling it
Building a portfolio that gets you the next booking
Making the money side work between projects
Half an hour is enough for this.
How work is actually cast, crewed and booked
What a producer looks at before hiring
How to manage irregular income and quiet months
Four steps, no cost.
- 01
Say what you do or want to do
Tell us the part of entertainment providers you are aiming at.
- 02
We match you
A mentor working in the field, chosen on the job rather than the job title.
- 03
Thirty minutes on video
Bring the questions. No preparation, no cost, no obligation.
- 04
Come back when you need to
Sessions are repeatable as the next decision arrives.
The things people ask first.
Do the mentors actually work in entertainment providers?
Yes. Matching is done on the work itself, so the mentor either works in entertainment providers now or has spent long enough in it to speak from experience.
What does it cost a mentee?
Nothing. Sessions are funded by our partner organisations, so mentees never pay.
I am changing careers into this field. Is that still a fit?
Yes, and it is one of the most common reasons people book. Thirty minutes with somebody inside entertainment providers is the fastest way to find out whether the move is right before you commit to a course.
Can employers in this industry offer sessions to their people?
Yes. Partners fund sessions for their workforce, their candidates and their local community, and get live reporting on hours delivered.
Working in entertainment providers?
Give 30 minutes as a mentor, or book a session as a mentee. Both start on the same page.