I'm a total whore for movie people. I admit that. You could have been the backup for the guy who delivers donuts to the gaffer on a B movie that went into distribution to three art house theaters in Cuba around 1972 and I would still do anything for you. But I think that's true for a lot of folks. There is the implicit implausible assumption that you might somehow catch them between bong hits and through the purple haze they would say, "This guy is a star!" And you would have your two seconds of no-dialog walk on fame in some B movie that shows only in Cuba and that doesn't even rate a DVD release.
I mention this because a guy mailed me over the weekend asking about the Wiki and as part of the letter he mentioned that his resume is on imdb. Of course, that was like sugar coated crack to me. Anyone who is on imdb is the moobies, dahlink!
I think that's part of the allure of working behind the scenes in the movie business. Sure, you get paid like shit. And sure your career, as it were, is as long as the current contract. But you can go to Podunk town USA and say, "I' did the Home Depot run to get set material for the easter egg on the Asian DVD release of Tremors VIII", and get whatever you want. Because you are in the moobies! Dahlink!
It's like working in the video game industry. The hours suck. The pay sucks. The benefits suck. But, hey, you are working on games! Hello! You may get to be in the same building with some NFL second stringer when they are doing the motion capture! Woo hoo!
(Aside: The perks of the video game industry appear to be waining in popularity. A couple years back a couple got all over EA about their lousy hours and benefits. They actually wanted a life! Shocker.)
Anyway, enough of the rant. Oh, yeah, and hey, if the guy is reading this, I in no way mean to imply that you are at the level of an uncredited materials fetcher type dude. ;-) And did I mention that I was in a cub scout play when I was six. I had no lines, but...
Uggh... I'm such... a whore.
Posted by jherr at November 13, 2006 10:32 AMAnd I thought it was my sparkling wit that you liked...
Posted by: bsaz at November 21, 2006 01:59 PMI'm kinda curious if your being in CG movies doesn't preclude you from the 'she is in the movie business effect'? Do you still get the special treatment? Even if people think that all you could potentially hook them up with is voice work?
It's funny, actually, after I wrote this entry I found out that I guy I work with was a production assistant on Ghostbusters (and a bunch of other movies). He said that whenever he would go into bars in the area he would be treated like royalty.
Posted by: jherr at November 22, 2006 02:07 PMA followup... I'm also interested in the difference in the schedule/hours thing between CG movies and live action film. Besides the usual "push to complete" that means late hours, there wouldn't be things like waiting for dark, or rain, or some particular quality of light before "getting the shot". Right?
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