A shift at my job, on film
Use with: edit-a-short. Resume line when done: Shot and edited a day-in-the-life workplace short — published with employer permission at {url}
Brief
A day-in-the-life short of your part-time job: opening, the rush, the lull, closing. Shot on your phone with your manager's permission and edited to show what the work is like, boredom included. You film and cut it; the agent helps with the shot plan and reviews edits. Honest footage of an ordinary shift holds up better than a highlight reel.
Personalize
- The job. The one you clock into. If cameras are banned on the floor, film your prep, your commute, and the close instead.
- The permission. Your manager's okay first, in writing if the chain is big. Coworkers and customers stay out of frame unless they agree.
- The through-line. One shift from clock-in to clock-out is the simplest cut that works.
Milestones
- Manager's permission secured; the no-film zones written down.
- Shot plan for one shift: ten short clips you can grab between tasks.
- The shift filmed, without letting the filming eat the shift.
- Cut to under two minutes, with timestamps or captions marking the hours.
- A pass for faces and screens that should not appear, then published.
Done means
- Live at a public URL
- Your manager knew and approved, before filming and before posting
- No coworker or customer appears without agreeing to it
- The shift shown is a normal one; nothing staged for drama
- Captions or narration, if any, are your own words