For Love or Money?

Well it’s the Easter bank holiday weekend and boy have I been looking forward to this!!  This past week I was working on a commercial and it was what I call non-stop busy!  My role was Art Runner and yes, it involved zooming around to various places picking up props under a very tight schedule.  It also required navigating round the city centre (usually at rush-hour) and I’m almost on a first name basis with the staff at B&Q in Ashton!   It was what I call a little stressful, more so because I was getting paid peanuts.   As the days went on, and the more I could see the Art Department getting messed about, the more frustrated I was getting.

However, cutting a long story short, on the final day of the shoot I volunteered to pick up some Sparks from the Lighting Company HQ.  Despite desperately needing a lie-in, this was the best thing I could have done!  I managed to meet the big boss of the company who I had a lovely chat with, and a cup of tea!  Somehow, starting the day with this chilled me out a little and I started to enjoy the shoot again; and it really did make my day!  :)

The rest of the day was pretty good too, as we’ve had some amazing weather recently and we were filming outside in a garden!  Hence, Fiona got a tan!  This final day, being completely exhausted, was the best day of the shoot for me and it just brought home to me that yes, I do love my job!  I work long hours, get strange looks for driving a van, get completely filthy and stain my hands, have developed un-feminine muscles, and get paid monkey currency.  It’s so easy to be put on and to feel unappreciated but I still put 150% into every shoot I do.  I know that it won’t last forever and I am learning so much on the job.  So I can still safely say that I love my job! 

What’s even more exciting, is that not only am I Production Co-ordinator for a short film starting soon, I have been asked to be Assistant Producer on another short-film!  Wahay!!  So the next 6 weeks are going to be crazy busy for me, but I know that if I put 200% into it all, I know I won’t regret it

I absolutely love my work

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~ by soundslikefung on April 23, 2011.