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: Opportunities and Risks
Thu, 5 Oct 2000, 03:35 pmIt seems to me, Malcolm, that you are accusing young Dan of not being qualified to judge the situation he found himself in and the person who put him in it. I would saying that being an awarding winning film maker; a writer, director and producer of a show that toured three cities in this wide brown land of ours and an actor of repute and experience puts him in the same boat as Emma in terms of "offering opportunities for up and coming actors/practicioners". He IS qualified to judge the professionalism of others, and I beleive well within his rights to do so given what he and others went through.
Also to quote you, no you DON'T know the full story, all you know is what Ron, Mike and Dan have told you. And while this may not be the proper forum for "personal demolition", don't we, unprofessional though we may be, have the right to know before we commit to a project if the person we are doing all this work for is going to endlessly mess us around and then stiff us on promises (small and large), particularly when our own money is involved?
Also to quote you, no you DON'T know the full story, all you know is what Ron, Mike and Dan have told you. And while this may not be the proper forum for "personal demolition", don't we, unprofessional though we may be, have the right to know before we commit to a project if the person we are doing all this work for is going to endlessly mess us around and then stiff us on promises (small and large), particularly when our own money is involved?
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