And that's without getting into working hours and rest periods for drivers of the vehicles who just have to break camp and be there ready whereveeer in time to start whateveeer time they finish and not unusual to work 72 hours with less than six hours sleep and take meal breaks on set.....
Not talking about just down the road either in UK could be one end of the country to the other and/or just nip over to Vienna or Buckarest for a shot or two and back to UK the following day ready to go the day after having driven half a day and overnight to be set-up by 4 or 5 a.m. ready for that days work that could end up shooting late into the evening before off to the next one for as long as it takes.
Sure actoures and company staff have their Winibagos & hotels however, multirole facilitators or industry service 'contract workers' like drivers who may also be mechanics, fixers, repairers, builders, animal handlers, trainers and extras tend to have to fill the gaps to reduce costs and ensure for it all to work meeting whateveerer schedule someone in an comfy office thinks sort of Ok regardless of geographical, weather, ferries or any other logistical barriers.
Oh yea, and in the recession payment has really sort of oddly sort of started to take weeks and months so industry also being subsidised by self-employed workers and contract services and, of course, make a fuss don't get the work simple'sss
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And that's without getting into working hours and rest periods for drivers of the vehicles who just have to break camp and be there ready whereveeer in time to start whateveeer time they finish and not unusual to work 72 hours with less than six hours sleep and take meal breaks on set.....
Not talking about just down the road either in UK could be one end of the country to the other and/or just nip over to Vienna or Buckarest for a shot or two and back to UK the following day ready to go the day after having driven half a day and overnight to be set-up by 4 or 5 a.m. ready for that days work that could end up shooting late into the evening before off to the next one for as long as it takes.
Sure actoures and company staff have their Winibagos & hotels however, multirole facilitators or industry service 'contract workers' like drivers who may also be mechanics, fixers, repairers, builders, animal handlers, trainers and extras tend to have to fill the gaps to reduce costs and ensure for it all to work meeting whateveerer schedule someone in an comfy office thinks sort of Ok regardless of geographical, weather, ferries or any other logistical barriers.
Oh yea, and in the recession payment has really sort of oddly sort of started to take weeks and months so industry also being subsidised by self-employed workers and contract services and, of course, make a fuss don't get the work simple'sss