Caroline Mescon spent last year as an NBC page in Los Angeles. She was assistant director of “Jewvangelist,” a seven-episode, made-for-the-web series.
Mrs. and Pastor Lovejoy in the online web series “Jewvangelist.”About the series”Jewvangelist” was created by Becky Kramer, who also wrote and stars in the seven-episode web series. (Kramer was born in Atlanta, raised in St. Petersburg, Fla., and attended Emory University. She has appeared in small parts on “The Gilmore Girls” and “The Eric André Show.” )It’s a comedy about a struggling, young-ish rabbi who is trying to save her family’s synagogue by recruiting new members through evangelism. She enlists a quirky group of people to help with her new mission.”It is based on a rabbi, but it’s about people finding their faith,” says producer Kaitlin Walsh.It’s a sweet, friendly show that almost anyone of any faith should find appealing, she says.”Of course, it is a comedy, but there is a difference between tongue-in-cheek and pushing people’s buttons.”The first three episodes are available online at jewvangelist.com with the remaining four released each Wednesday. The final episode is essentially a highlight reel.The series was shot with little or no budget, with all the cast and crew working on the project for free. In many cases, crew members were doing jobs on the series that were different from what they do professionally. To further cut costs, the crew did things like create a promotional video for a synagogue in trade for being allowed to use the facility as a set location.
When we think of someone making it in Hollywood, we usually assume they became a movie or television star. There are, however, as many ways to be successful in Tinseltown as there are ways to “make it.”
Caroline Mescon, daughter of Jed and Phyllis Mescon of Chattanooga, hasn’t made it yet, but she’s having a go at it. She wants to work in the movie and television industry, but she wants to work behind the camera rather than in front of it like her dad does at WRCB-TV 3, where he is an on-air personality, including morning show host.
For the last year, she has been a page at NBC and, through connections she made there, she worked as an assistant director on an seven-episode made-for-the-web series called “Jewvangelist.” Being a page is a paid position that puts participants through a variety of jobs. One of 80 out of 15,000 applicants chosen for the position, Mescon, 23, did everything from answer phones to work on budgets to work in marketing and distribution.
“You learn everything,” she says.