The good part about working in production is that when things are slow, you might not work for a week or two and you can do whatever you want. The bad part about production, is when you work, you work hard. I'll be working at least twelve hours a day this Monday through Saturday. Call time is 7am and I don't think I'll be wrapping until at least 8pm any of those days. I'm in charge of the five cameras being used to shoot the show as well, so even after we wrap, my job's not over. I need to get there first and leave last - what's new. The plan is to shoot 25 episodes of a cooking show in 9 days. I don't even see how this is possible, so I'm guessing there will be days added onto the production as well. I shoot for a week, have a week off, then work for 1.5 days, then have a week off and then work for 3.5 more days. It's a weird lifestyle, I must admit, but it's what I do.
Another hard thing about working in film and TV production is that there is no steady office to go into everyday. Sure, I have an office in Fort Worth that I love, but for this particular show I will be prepping gear in Deep Ellum and shooting in Uptown Dallas. I'm not looking forward to a 45 minute to hour commute each way on very little sleep. But once again, this is my path.
One cool thing to mention is that I will actually be starring in one of the episodes...more info on that at some point soon. Expect posts to be a little more sparse than usual next week.
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2 comments:
awesome... not the no sleep and commute part. but the rest of it.
hope you get more rest than you're preparing yourself for (y'know... hope for the best, prepare for the worst... i like to live my life this way)
25 shows in 9 days? You do live a crazy life. Glad you had some time to join us at the Phosphorescent show last week! Happy St. Patricks Day, and good luck with all of this!
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