tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post3473737709120755877..comments2024-03-22T14:40:33.276-07:00Comments on Blood, Sweat, and Tedium: Confessions of a Hollywood Juicer: The Hollywood CircusMichael Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02569781786039595929noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-31004550055442502342013-10-11T09:41:05.389-07:002013-10-11T09:41:05.389-07:00The only job I walked out on was a short a few mon...The only job I walked out on was a short a few months back. The directer told me he didn't know what my job was (Script supervisor) and told me to go into the art department instead. The producer apologized to me for the young directors ignorance and begged me to stay- but I couldn't help but walk out on that one. No regrets there.<br />amyhttp://www.amyclarkefilms.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-12300313659453246352013-10-11T09:18:07.747-07:002013-10-11T09:18:07.747-07:00JB --
The "intangibles" -- I like that....JB --<br /><br />The "intangibles" -- I like that. And you're right, these decisions are seldom as easy in real life as they appear on paper.<br /><br />Thanks for tuning in...<br /><br />Devon --<br /><br />Thanks, but if 90 hour weeks aren't enough to nail down the insurance, how do they expect anyone to get coverage? Oh, right -- they don't...<br /><br /> I had no idea Disney had their own theatrical contracts -- doubtless low-budget deals designed to screw the workers as much as possible. Same as it ever was.<br /><br />Anonymous --<br /><br />That's a great story about a rough situation. How and when to leave a job is rarely an easy, cut-and-dried call. Lots of factors come into play, especially in a smaller market where work is harder to come by. It sounds like you applied some tough-love to do the young man a real favor. I hope he came to appreciate that in the end.<br /><br />Thanks for tuning in...Michael Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569781786039595929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-71781184281102790002013-10-10T00:09:11.106-07:002013-10-10T00:09:11.106-07:00A few years back, I was the key grip on a no-budge...A few years back, I was the key grip on a no-budget feature. My best was one of my favorite of the up and coming young grips in town (and he was recommended by production, so beat that). A TV series started shooting (and I live in a medium sized Pacific Northwest city where a series is a BIG DEAL), and we started losing crew to it. The producers got pissed off and started claiming they'd hurt people's careers if they jumped ship. So of course my best got an offer. He wanted to take, me and the gaffer told him to take it, and yet he worried about jumping ship and what production might do.<br /><br />So I fired him.<br /><br />He didn't like that, so at wrap, I handed him a beer and an apple box. I then explained that I'm old and am not going to be getting even these jobs much longer, even though I'm still pretty good at my job, and he's starting out and needs to keep moving up. And if production tried anything, he could always say he didn't jump ship, he was fired.<br /><br />He's now the key grip on a popular cable series, and deserves even that modicum of success.<br /><br />Me, I'm toiling in the fields of freelance theater and can't land a film job to save my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-89150331531154992242013-10-08T11:47:38.185-07:002013-10-08T11:47:38.185-07:00Very well said.
We're not just in this becaus...Very well said.<br /><br />We're not just in this because we love what we do -- we're earning a living.<br /><br />I managed to avoid Disney on Broadway, and their separate contract, and stay on the League shows.<br /><br />Still couldn't swing insurance most of the time, even with 90 hour weeks.Devon Ellingtonhttp://devonellington.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-59753476938709059632013-10-06T18:00:11.679-07:002013-10-06T18:00:11.679-07:00Love all of your posts, but this one moved me. It ...Love all of your posts, but this one moved me. It would amaze people outside this business how choosing the obvious - more money and a better situation - is not as obvious as it seems. The "intangibles" - as they call them in sports - effect us in ways we wish they didn't.<br /><br />JB Brunohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04258303283672775536noreply@blogger.com