My son was a barber in September, working long hours, no time for lunch breaks, no benefits, made decent money, had a large clientele.
Michigan recently offered the largest tax incentives to the movie industry to shoot here, and there are many films currently being shot in this area. One is a remake of the 1984 movie Red Dawn. My son (he's half Korean) cut a set builders hair working on the movie. He told my son they could probably use him as an extra on the movie, so he quit the barber shop and started working as an extra (in this version of Red Dawn, the Chinese invade the US not the Russians), well, today he signed a stunt contract and will probably be joining the screen actors guild.
There are several local folks working as extras on this flick, and several local businesses supporting the industry while they shoot here. Since the state of MI is experiencing budget issues, they are considering reducing the tax incentive for the film industry, and the FI is saying they will move on if they do. To me this demonstrates that raising taxes hurts economic growth something our politicians don't seem to grasp. Any way, enough politics...
I found a video on youtube a bystander shot of the crew filming. It happened to be a shot my son was in (He's driving the Humvee) and I thought I would share it. I'm very proud of him.