I can't believe it's almost May. Towards this time of year, all the regular season shows go on hiatus, which leaves us with all the brand new shows that have gotten the green light. This is the most productive pilot season I have seen in awhile. I say this because of the famous SAG STRIKE of 2008. 100 days of next to no work for EVERYONE in the entertainment business. It was AWESOME. The only thing that really kept me somewhat afloat where commercials and doing audience work for 'Deal or No Deal.' That's right, the audience are people like me! HA HA HA. I will never EVER do that work again. It just gives me nightmares thinking about that. So we won't go into it. ANYWAYS, because of the strike, there wasn't a pilot season that year, and set motion to another off year for the 2008-2009 season. Basically this is a good place we are in.
Today was an interesting day to say the least. It's an untitled sitcom. The cool part for me today was that it was the same crew members that work 'How I Met Your Mother.' So that made it for a fun environment to work in. Especially because it was a 13 hour day. With new shows, come very small budgets. So that means they skip on the food for people like myself. This isn't true for all shows, but for the most part it is. I had a bagel and banana to start the day and 2 chilli dogs for lunch and just hungered it out til I finished tonight at 9pm. You have the option to go buy lunch on the studio lot, but us background don't really feel like spending $10 on a meal when you make around $55 minimum in a day. So you just kinda learn to wait it out on days like today. I just tell myself Peanut Butter & Jelly today... ...Steak and Lobster tomorrow.
The web series I worked on over the weekend was a fun experience. Everyone working on it is my age and it was a fun atmosphere. Felt good to be apart of something like that again. I go back to work on that next weekend. I also sign and mailed my contract for the feature film I will be filming for 2 weeks starting June 14th. It's funny how extreme this line of work can be. Where I have days like today where you go on very little food for such a long day, and another day I am in a featured role on in film. All you got to do is get in the mind set of taking it day by day; doing what you got to get done and look forward to what will happen when you work hard. It's a little easier when you put it in God's hands as well.
"There is nothing like a challenge to bring out the best in man." - Sean Connery
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