NationStates Jolt Archive

Okay, now this pisses me off. I get to work at 6 AM every morning and I've been getting off of work after 6 PM most nights for the last month and a half. One of the shows I'm doing is a new Dreamworks show and that's the show that keeps me here for so long because their dailies come down late in the afternoon. Well, last night their dailies were going to be extra late so the Canadians asked if they could pick up the last of them the next morning so that I wouldn't have to stay too late. They figured, the guy who views them is gone by six anyway so what's the point of having me stick around until eight just so that he could view them the next day when he gets in at nine. Well, they hmmm'd and haw'd and finally said it was okay but that they wanted me to stay for at least one more reel and that they needed the rest by six AM. I stayed until almost six to do the second to last reel and I said I'd come in at five AM to do the last one.

I get to work this morning at five AM and the reels that they wanted me to stay for were still here - they never picked them up. If that wasn't enough, I did the last of their dailies and had them ready by six AM like they asked - and they picked them up at 11 AM.

Pure ego. This was not about what they needed. This was about showing Technicolor that, "We're Dreamworks and you need to plant a kiss directly on our shincters if we ask you too." This was pure power trip and nothing else. They didn't need the reel they made me stay for last night and they didn't need the reel that they made me wake up for at four AM. I fuckin' hat this business.

Yep, it's their ego..

Out to get you.

Damn them all to hell.. :rolleyes:

Yep, it's their ego..

Out to get you.

Damn them all to hell.. :rolleyes:

They weren't rrying to get me personally, they were just trying to "put Technicolor in their place" and I happened to be the one who had to do the work. It wasn't even some exec or som show runner, it was probably just some production coordinator or other peon who wants to feel big and powerful.

Sounds like line producer dickery. Like getting upset as if it was a personal decision to make an 80 year old Model A pick up not start. Or have the grip show up at 7:30 even though the star won't be ready until 11:30 because her make up isn't here. And then blame the grip for being behind schedule...


sorry, that last one is a fresh wound...

And you guys are Technicolor, you practically invented modern film technology, you'd figure you'd have some weight to throw back.

Producers suck.

Sounds like line producer dickery. Like getting upset as if it was a personal decision to make an 80 year old Model A pick up not start. Or have the grip show up at 7:30 even though the star won't be ready until 11:30 because her make up isn't here. And then blame the grip for being behind schedule...Oh, yeah. Memories from the set. I remember being there. At least it's not my actual boss that's being a dick.


sorry, that last one is a fresh wound...

And you guys are Technicolor, you practically invented modern film technology, you'd figure you'd have some weight to throw back.

Producers suck.

That's how I feel. We don't need them. We've got Warner Bros., Sony, Disney, Viacom, NBC, Fox... none of them pull that kind of sit. But someone upstairs thinks it's necessary to keep Dreamworks happy by cleaning their sphincters when they ask.

Oh, yeah. Memories from the set. I remember being there. At least it's not my actual boss that's being a dick.




That's how I feel. We don't need them. We've got Warner Bros., Sony, Disney, Viacom, NBC, Fox... none of them pull that kind of sit. But someone upstairs thinks it's necessary to keep Dreamworks happy by cleaning their sphincters when they ask.

Dreamworks isn't even its own entity anymore. Bah, if it weren't for the better pay I wouldn't work for big productions at all. I still have some advantages as a freelancer (though I'm trying to get an assistant editorship-regular paycheck seems like a far off dream to me all of a sudden...)

Dreamworks isn't even its own entity anymore. Bah, if it weren't for the better pay I wouldn't work for big productions at all. I still have some advantages as a freelancer (though I'm trying to get an assistant editorship-regular paycheck seems like a far off dream to me all of a sudden...)

I just want out. I'm tired of working my life away. I make good money but it's not like I have the time to enjoy it. I'd rather make half as much and be able to go get a beer if I want on a Wednesday or go to a movie on a Friday night.

I just want out. I'm tired of working my life away. I make good money but it's not like I have the time to enjoy it. I'd rather make half as much and be able to go get a beer if I want on a Wednesday or go to a movie on a Friday night.

Full time with the 12 hour day would get old fast. I have breaks (currently too long, but anyway) between jobs to allow me to catch up. But at a certain point you start to go, "Fuck, if I could just work on something I'd want to see for a change..."