From Superheroes to Super Broke with Allen Williams

Allen Williams is an audio professional in the
TV and film industry. He’s worked on projects like The Vampire
Diaries, Spider-Man Homecoming, Creed, The Founder, Stranger
Things, Cobra Kai, Avengers Infinity War… and some big name
projects, too.


Like everyone else in the entertainment industry, when COVID hit
Allen found himself suddenly without income, prospects, or even
hope that work would come back. But that was only the beginning
of his 2020 nightmare.


Two months before the pandemic, in January 2020, a contractor
discovered an outdated part of their house that was no longer up
to code. It was exorbitantly expensive to fix, but Allen and his
wife decided to empty their savings rather than take out a loan,
because he had plenty of work lined up.


Then the TV and film industry collapsed, leaving him without an
income for what would become 9 months.


To make matters worse, his wife got COVID almost immediately,
putting her on bedrest for nearly 2 months while fighting
alternating fever and near-hypothermia episodes.


During which Allen had to spend even more money getting his older
daughters set up for remote learning.


When his wife finally recovered, they discovered many friends and
family had also been hit hard by the virus, some in critical
condition.


In this conversation Allen walks us through everything.


For the nerds like me, he also teaches us exactly what a boom
operator is, and how the TV and film industry economy works and
why its shutdown was so destructive to local businesses across
America, not just the actors and immediate crew, and how the
industry changed in order to safely return to work.


Plus, we learn about Allen’s personal pivot, driven by generosity
and charity, which is something we’ve hardly heard at all this
season on the podcast.


Connect with Allen: 


Website: http://SoundSpeeds.us

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/SoundSpeeds

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SoundSpeedsYT



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