Relax, It's Not Like We're Curing Cancer
A set is a very interesting place to work. Not only are there just a freakin lot of people all working together in a frantically simi-organized state but there are many different groups of people working together. There is the lighting department, sound, video, production, the ADs trying to organize them, the AC guy, crafty, props, costumes, hair & makeup, lots more. All of these departments have their own chain of command, their own grunts and bosses. This makes for quite the gauntlet when dealing with so many egos flying all around at once. Everyone wants to do a great job and they don't feel responsible for anyone else besides themselves. I once tried to help a poor Crafty man who's hands were full and didn't have room to set down his platter. I politely moved food off the table for him and he sternly reminded me (while setting the tray down in the space I created for him) not to touch anything - "why don't you just leave the food up to me" he said without a hint of thanks. I apologized and walked away. This is not the half of it of course we have all heard about the larger follies, Christian Bale's blowup on the set of Terminator, Vince Vaughn firing a photographer for being in his eye line, etc. Egos will always clash and someone will always get the stick. Every once in a while we would love to tell them all where to stick it, but we love working more so we wont do that. We will however wear this shirt as a gentle reminder to the next guy who wants to spaz out that he or she might want to just relax, take a deep breath and realize we make movies.
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 at 2:08PM
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