Producing myself at the age of 90. susa serina hakamäki – production coordinator at villilä film studios Susa, a 24 aged production coordinator, works at Villilä Studios where she once studied film. We met Susa and had a nice talk about the challenges of this business, the indispensability of certain character features and her individual personality. melanie: We chose you as one of the media professional we want to be introduced in our leaflet. Do you consider being a media professional means also being an artist? susa: Well, that‘s a tough question. Actually I never considered the fact of being an artist because of my job being a craft anyhow. During production I‘m responsible for the whole coordination. Besides casting and taking care of the actors and actresses it‘s my duty to even find locations to film shootings. When there‘s no production, there‘s still a lot of paperwork
to do. This is why it‘s more about getting the processes and finding creative solutions for the customers‘ vision. You realize need to think forward always be prepared on everything and even have kind of a plan b. lizzy: Could you please try to describe yourself within fife words? susa: Others would probably describe my as precise, utterly reliable, humouristic and kind. Furthermore my people skills are extremely good. melanie: As you work in the film business movies are proboly kind of your passion. Do you have any favorite movie? susa: Not at all. ›
You need to be able to work on your own but it‘s still good to know that one can go back to teamworking. – Susa Serina Hakamäki