Professional Test Audience Member

My dream film job is to be a full-time test audience member.

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A movie lover’s dream, getting paid to see movies [Source: Blog.Frame.io]

The pitch

I cannot imagine anything more rewarding than watching a movie and giving your honest opinion on it and the filmmakers end up making a better movie out of it. 

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Accurate depiction of me above [Source: Bayne Stanley|UBC]

Job

Just like any audience test screening that exists today, I show up to a movie that is about 98% finished and give my thoughts on it and suggest changes. The only difference is this is how I make living. 

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Money does indeed talk in this industry [Source: Cast from “Money Talks: The Musical”|Jeremy Daniels]

The twist 

I am the only one they call because I am the only audience they need. So I get the theater to myself.

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That’s the life [Source: Unsplash]

Salary 

I make around $5000/month. But I still have to buy my own popcorn. 

Boss

I do not have nor am I, my own boss. I think that makes sense. I just show up. 

Epilogue 

They make a movie about me and the job and it flops because I refuse to watch it. They make a movie about that, and I love it. So it’s #1 for 8 weeks.