Long time coming (like 2 weeks)
Another shoot another month of being able to keep my head above water. Another shoot another family bonding experience. Another shoot another realization of why I got into this business. Another shoot another set of great memories and jokes only funny to those who experienced them.
Features are always weird to me. You’re with a group of people for an extended amount of time and that’s it. Those people. Most starting out strangers. You could say that you have no choice but to get to know them better but that sounds negative. That’s actually a great part of the job. You keep your distance at first until the newness wears off and you are given a perfect chance, usually comedic, to break the strange and from then on it’s as if you can say anything like you’ve known them forever. A little film family. Then it’s over. Everyone hugs and laughs about all the occurrences on set and the little time off set, says their goodbyes, and heads off to meet their next family. The surprising thing about this industry is that no matter how big it gets, chances are you will keep running into the same people. If you’re good enough and they’re good enough, you’ll be on the same playing field for a while.
An outsider might hear how much we gripe on set and wonder why we put ourselves through such turmoil but it couldn’t get any better. This show will go down in history for the drama associated along with it, but so many positive experiences will greatly out weigh the dark. Definitely one of my favorite crews of all time.
And now it’s back to “real” life. Sitting here at my desk in my room that looks like a trash bomb exploded in, wondering what to do next, still in the unwind mode.
