I worked on movies for 3 years. It is quite different from any other job I have worked. 12 hour shifts are the standard.
Every show I worked on, there was breakfast half an hour before call. 6 hours after call was lunch, 1 hour after the last crew member got their plate lunch ended. If the show was not wrapped for the day 6 hours after lunch ended the show had to provide 2nd meal, or pay penalties to the crew.
There was always a lot of hurry up and wait.
Seeing the way a movie was filmed was always interesting. Entire scenes that in the Final Cut is two or more actors on screen was only one at a time during filming.
Everything I worked on, except one project, was very low budget. There was a lot of the same crew between projects.
I worked on movies for 3 years. It is quite different from any other job I have worked. 12 hour shifts are the standard.
Every show I worked on, there was breakfast half an hour before call. 6 hours after call was lunch, 1 hour after the last crew member got their plate lunch ended. If the show was not wrapped for the day 6 hours after lunch ended the show had to provide 2nd meal, or pay penalties to the crew.
There was always a lot of hurry up and wait.
Seeing the way a movie was filmed was always interesting. Entire scenes that in the Final Cut is two or more actors on screen was only one at a time during filming.
Everything I worked on, except one project, was very low budget. There was a lot of the same crew between projects.
Oh yeah the food can be great and the quality is a definite litmus test for how the rest of the shoot will run.