a most unprofessional director/producer
Fri, 29 Sept 2000, 09:47 amWalter Plinge16 posts in thread
a most unprofessional director/producer
Fri, 29 Sept 2000, 09:47 amJust a Warning
I have recently had the miss fortune to work with The Most Unprofessional Director I have ever found.
I admit it was not theater, but one has to eat.
My agent found me work with Emma Green for a film Leadfoot
My agent told me there woud be
1) contracts,but no payment if no sales
2) a costume department
3) a professional make up artist
4) propper support
5) a professional production and crew
what there was :
1) no contract ( I was doing it for the exposure any way)
2) I had to provide my own costume
3) I had to do my own makeup, with my own stuff, and do other people as well, again with my gear
4) no support, little help
5) times very loose, shots scheduled for 6.00 often did not start untill 9.00 or 10.00
6) Props were often not there, and had to be improvised
I have heard of other problems like members of the producton team getting "Sacked" and techies not getting paid for things like gear rental and stuff.
I have recently had the miss fortune to work with The Most Unprofessional Director I have ever found.
I admit it was not theater, but one has to eat.
My agent found me work with Emma Green for a film Leadfoot
My agent told me there woud be
1) contracts,but no payment if no sales
2) a costume department
3) a professional make up artist
4) propper support
5) a professional production and crew
what there was :
1) no contract ( I was doing it for the exposure any way)
2) I had to provide my own costume
3) I had to do my own makeup, with my own stuff, and do other people as well, again with my gear
4) no support, little help
5) times very loose, shots scheduled for 6.00 often did not start untill 9.00 or 10.00
6) Props were often not there, and had to be improvised
I have heard of other problems like members of the producton team getting "Sacked" and techies not getting paid for things like gear rental and stuff.
RE: most unprofessional director/producer
Mon, 2 Oct 2000, 06:25 pmHiya Ron,
Dan "revenge!!" Walls here. How are you? Well, I guess if you had a similar experience at the hands of Emma Greene as I did, not too well. I was in it for a brief period, but after turning up at the time designated for shooting (10pm on a Friday night), only to be called at 10:05 and told that I wouldn't be needed as they had 'fallen behind' whilst waiting at the Vic Park Hotel, stone cold sober in a suit, I got a bad feeling about the whole thing. THEN my next shoot was arranged for Kings Park at 9pm. By pure dumb luck (my favourite kind), I found out through another cast member that shooting had been cancelled that night. Emma never actually called and told me herself.
After further scheduling debacles, I told her that I was leaving for Melbourne in three weeks time, three weeks after the whole "movie" was supposed to have finished shooting in the first place. Nothing happened. So I told her I had to pull out, thank Christ. Of course Emma likes to say that she 'sacked' me and if that's how she recalls it, fine. At least I never actually had to appear in it. To be fair, she had a lot on her plate. Writing, producing, directing and starring in your own movie can be very time consuming. Just ask Yahoo Serious.
Dan "revenge!!" Walls here. How are you? Well, I guess if you had a similar experience at the hands of Emma Greene as I did, not too well. I was in it for a brief period, but after turning up at the time designated for shooting (10pm on a Friday night), only to be called at 10:05 and told that I wouldn't be needed as they had 'fallen behind' whilst waiting at the Vic Park Hotel, stone cold sober in a suit, I got a bad feeling about the whole thing. THEN my next shoot was arranged for Kings Park at 9pm. By pure dumb luck (my favourite kind), I found out through another cast member that shooting had been cancelled that night. Emma never actually called and told me herself.
After further scheduling debacles, I told her that I was leaving for Melbourne in three weeks time, three weeks after the whole "movie" was supposed to have finished shooting in the first place. Nothing happened. So I told her I had to pull out, thank Christ. Of course Emma likes to say that she 'sacked' me and if that's how she recalls it, fine. At least I never actually had to appear in it. To be fair, she had a lot on her plate. Writing, producing, directing and starring in your own movie can be very time consuming. Just ask Yahoo Serious.
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