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Post by Tom on Aug 22, 2006 19:47:25 GMT
This has disaster written all over it. I assume that they at least have liability insurance? 14 days is an exceptional amount of time and I hope that someone has the guts to point out just waht they are doing wrong.
I mean £1,000 for food - okay - you may get away with that, but no accomodation funds. Eeek! And how about all the down time? Where are these 35 people expected to hang out??? 14 days will leave a lot of downtime. I see a mutiny on the horizon.
Good luck. And don't forget - sometimes it's better to walk away with your conscience intact than have a piss-poor set up on your CV.
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Post by wiggy on Aug 22, 2006 20:15:21 GMT
bloody hell 14 days for a short! a lot of full productions are shot in that time. i couldn't give you an answer though as i have never been in that possition but i will bet most producers have had a lot of crap to put up with, i think i'd give it a miss though unless its a really good script and the director has great aspirations.
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Post by Tom on Aug 22, 2006 21:12:18 GMT
This is gonna get VERY ugly. The producer is the boss. Not the director. And 2nd AD? ON A SHORT FILM? What? I wish you the best of luck, but I reckon this is gonna be a waste of time.
Food for thought: In Toronto last year, I was talking to a producer who had just finished a film that cost a few million. He was telling me that he gets a lot of short films that are shot in very similar ways to features (such as cranes, 16mm etc. etc.) and his comments were: "Waste of time. Why would you spend all that time and money on a film that will never make money?" After all - this is a business. And his conclusion - the directors are deluded, believing this is the project that will break them into the big time. I shot a film in 8 days, for very little cash, and now Terry Gilliam has a copy, as does David Yates, director of Harry Potter 5. His request as well.
Go do the shoot, use it to your advantage, but with people not being paid, I reckon morale will be low and many will walk.
Good luck man - I'm rooting for you.
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Post by GADGE! on Aug 22, 2006 22:15:10 GMT
I WENT WITH HELL YEAH, BUT NOT COZ ITS A FUNDED FILM BUT BEACAUSE I LIKE TO ACT AND IM PASSIONATE ABOUT ACTING SO ID GIVE IT A WHACK  GADGE! |
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Post by GADGE! on Aug 23, 2006 0:36:03 GMT
YES U DEFFO NEED TO BE RESPECTED FOR WHAT YOU ARE DOING MATE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT U SHOULD HAVE A FEW WORDS WITH THE DIRECTOR ETC.
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Post by PatrickCoyle on Aug 23, 2006 4:50:10 GMT
It sounds like a Troma film.
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Post by salvador on Aug 23, 2006 12:50:45 GMT
Sorry deleted my posts - thought they were a bit unprofessional but still I dont want to do this anymore!!!!
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Post by inny on Aug 6, 2007 14:23:13 GMT
i voted hell yeh, ive got nowt else to do,get the beers in an im yours lol
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Post by large michael on Aug 14, 2007 15:07:01 GMT
Sorry deleted my posts - thought they were a bit unprofessional but still I dont want to do this anymore!!!! thank christ, i thought i was mental!! didnt get the other posts at all.... |
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