Comments on: buy 10 get 2 free

By: Trevor

Trevor — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:25:05 +0000

Lest we forget, reality started with even longer hours. NO OVERTIME or regards to hours worked, meal penalties or breaks. The crews (by crew I mean, EVERYONE because a good story producer is crew too) pushed back and refused to work on shows or for companies that did that. Lawsuits followed. Then, overtime, 5 day weeks, meal penalties, etc happened. The experienced crew members hold the power to say no. Sure, cheaper people will come along - but those shows are destined to fail or become more expensive since they have to fix the mistakes. I get disgusted at the lack of preparation that goes into shoots that require the long hours. I work both field and post - not always on the same show - so I know how much time, tape and effort is wasted from poor planning. Just shoot it is just as bad as just edit it. OK, I'm done ranting... Thanks for reading.

By: tasset

tasset — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:26:40 +0000

I'm a post producer and we feel the budget squeeze too. And every time something wasn't planned well in production, it takes $ away from post. This results in lower payed staff, less days to edit and expecting editors to work 12+ hours as well. I know it's hard out there in the field because it's all a creative process, but editors also deserve some great praise for the work they do. These budget squeezes (coupled with poor planning) affect us all. Footage these days is lacking forethought, quality AND quantity. Can you imagine sitting in a dark room for 12 hours at a time staring at footage and trying to make a cohesive AND interesting story out of hours of footage these days... without any help of story producers? I'm going to state this again... this is a CREATIVE job... you can't force people to work longer hours and expect a brilliant job! There is a point where brilliants becomes mediocre and we're seeing that in post more often these days. We all need to get back to the 10 hour day for the sake of quality material and our own sanity!

By: Maria

Maria — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:11:39 +0000

I remember when the switchover started happening, and wondered why the pay scale wasn't reflecting the new hours. Maybe with this new open platform of discussion, reality workers can ban together and be aware of new things as they are happening. Workers have to be informed on the changing trends and ask companies questions about them before they've taken over the whole industry and become the norm.

By: Elle

Elle — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:00:03 +0000

Preach on Girl! I'm with you! ★

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:37:25 +0000

Amen.