and zeal. At the same time, you have to be able to demonstrate that
you're bright and intelligent. That's the kind of people that excel."
Professional Profile: Marc Ball,
Producer, Co-Owner, Scene Three Media Works
Interested in the arts from an early age, Marc Ball did not discover
filmmaking until he was studying to be a music conductor at Western
Kentucky University in Bowling Green, his hometown. "I dabbled in
theater and really enjoyed it. I did a bit of writing. I played the piano and
saxophone. I directed some choirs. That's what led me to theater. They
had a musical they needed
somebody to be in charge of
music for."
While working on theatrical
projects, it occurred to Ball that
television production utilized
many of the same skills. Upon
graduating with a bachelor's
degree in music, he began pur-
suing work in the film busi-
ness. Not wanting to relocate
to New York or California, he
found work at an advertising
agency in Indiana. Within the
agency, he formed a small
audiovisual company to
produce slides, audiotapes,
and still photographs.
Obsessed with the filmmak-
ing aspect of the job, Ball
worked into the night and early
morning on projects. "In the morning, people would come in and I'd get a
shower and go back to work. Maybe sleep some; sometimes I didn't sleep
at all." Before long, the film company had eclipsed the agency and the two
parted. Ball went on to produce and direct commercials in the Chicago
area before deciding to form his own production company.
Wanting to remain in the South, Ball considered several cities as home
base for his company. Word of his search reached the ears of the bank
president of Nashville City Bank, who began courting Ball to consider
Nashville. "I didn't have two dollars, but for some reason he said, `We
want you to move here.'" In 1974, just three years out of college, Ball
opened Scene Three.
What do you like
least about your job?
"The least enjoyable part
of my job is the meetings.
There is a lot of time
spent on little decisions
that, frankly, you could
go either way and it wouldn't matter one-
thousandth of a percent to the finished
product."--Marc Ball
What do you love most
about your job?
"What I love the most about my job is seeing
things come together in unusual ways.
Or seeing people that I work with make
things happen in a fluid and smooth way."
--Marc Ball
VOICES OF
EXPERIENCE
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