tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578728360904637566.post7084874502513968388..comments2024-01-11T03:09:43.960-08:00Comments on The Hills Are Burning: The Next Time My Phone Wakes Me Up, It Better Be For Work...A.J.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06280771470428710391noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578728360904637566.post-85511758410274304812012-07-08T23:00:13.139-07:002012-07-08T23:00:13.139-07:00Aj, i can relate. I'm day playing on a tier on...Aj, i can relate. I'm day playing on a tier one- nights. They aren't making their days, shooting well past dawn (and i'm thinking i can see the sun, can't production?!) which also means we come back tomorrow to reshoot and once the give up the ghost, we tent and -go inside-! Needless to say we are barely making our turns and i'm lucky if i get 6 hours of sleep. Yesterday i awake to what i think is a call time text about another show i'm on. Nope. Its a fellow grip. "hey" hey what? I text back. "oh,nothing, just wondered what yer up to". Really?! Im trying to get 3 hours cause i gotta pick up paychecks from 2 different offices, get dolly expedables before the Place closes and get to my forced call. How are you?! Didnt get back to sleep, was cranky all day and kept to myself. I feel ya.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578728360904637566.post-3211438404411754142011-04-18T17:26:00.445-07:002011-04-18T17:26:00.445-07:00D - The problem with Production arises when they&#...D - The problem with Production arises when they're calling about a different show than the one you're on. The panicked phone calls I mentioned in my post were from the job I was supposed to be on right after the current one wrapped, and they had no idea about my sleeping schedule. In fact, I almost lost the gig due to the "non-returned" phone calls. But thanks for the tip about changing my voice mail. I hadn't thought of that, and may try it out.<br /><br />Michael - Unfortunately, with the invention of cell phones/smart phones and other technologically advanced doo-dads, everyone expects you to be accessible 24/7. The idea of "private time" doesn't seem to exist anymore. It's exhausting. And it's even harder when you're day playing on several shows that are going on at once. Being "inaccessible" means losing out on work. <br /><br />But you're smart to hold out on getting a cell phone. I miss the days when all I had was a land line and I could go about my day without obsessively checking a mobile device in my pocket every few minutes. There's a kind of freedom about it. And once you get one, it's hard to go back...A.J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06280771470428710391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578728360904637566.post-40079029822488985322011-04-16T17:00:35.706-07:002011-04-16T17:00:35.706-07:00D is right. The whole rationale of voice mail is ...D is right. The whole rationale of voice mail is for leaving messages to be received and responded to later. Don't let some ADD-afflicted PA or panicky production coordinator intrude on your private time.<br /><br />This is just one more reason I keep my land line and avoid the temptations/distractions of the cellular world -- I really don't want to be on the long end of an electronic choke-chain that keeps me available to the rest of the world on a 24/7 basis.<br /><br />But that's just my inner Luddite speaking -- I certainly don't expect anyone else to agree. <br /><br />Trouble is, land lines ring too, so when I'm in your situation, I take the phone off the hook and let all incoming messages go straight to silent voice mail. Fuck 'em -- they can just wait 'til I wake up...Michael Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569781786039595929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2578728360904637566.post-15151995302224596322011-04-15T14:41:24.764-07:002011-04-15T14:41:24.764-07:00Do yourself a favor. Turn off your phone. Producti...Do yourself a favor. Turn off your phone. Production monopolizes enough of your time, don't let them have your sleep. If you're still worried about it, change your voice mail message to say that you are working nights and are sleeping but will return calls at xx time. Get yourself a white noise generator of some kind and say f&^%k 'em. Believe me, if they're too stupid to know you're sleeping all day after a night shoot, whatever they need can wait. I don't even know any best boys who answer production while they're sleeping.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08466991423411721535noreply@blogger.com