Miss Kubelik, one doesn't get to be a second administrative assistant around here unless he's a pretty good judge of character, and as far as I'm concerned you're tops. I mean, decency-wise and otherwise-wise.

- C. C. Baxter, The Apartment

Saturday, June 4, 2011

and the tears started

this is a small film that has grown exponentially. the budget, though, has not grown, so many of us are wearing many many hats and trying to figure out how to a) keep the balls in the air, and b) mix metaphors well.

this morning, i am finding out that i'm not doing a stellar job as a location manager. very true. why? because i've never been a location manager before, am rarely on set when i'm in production, couldn't pick out a lens cap out of a box saucers, and am completely overwhelmed. one thing i have done well, or so i thought, was tell people that i have never been a location manager and don't know what to do, what questions to ask, or in any way have the answers needed when we bombard these sweet people who have no idea what's about to hit them.

long story short (story not included), i'm in stressed out hell for still not knowing what i'm supposed to be doing and just had a tearful fight over the phone with a crew member because i didn't have all the answers.

because i'm grown up and here and working hard and haven't slept in over a month and today i find out that i know nothing about something i never knew about.

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