Love your favorite flower answer, Carol. Indeed, a feast for the soul!

So happy you enjoyed the Film Crew 101 column.

Working in the film industry is quite extraordinary. So many “players” involved. It’s huge. Especially to people looking in from the outside. When working on a show, we kinda don’t actually “see the number” of people we work with every day because it just is.

Stay tuned for more Behind-the-Scenes stories from Film Crew 101. 2nd or 3rd Friday every month!

And super Yay! re: banana peels infusing in a jar of water via Steph’s tips. Lucky plants in your home.

Thank ya sooooo much for reading + commenting. We are grateful.

Happy Weekend!

Delighted you enjoyed the read, J.

You’re welcome for the introduction to Greg. He, too, has thanked me for introducing you to him. It’s just so sweet.

Appreciate ya reading + commenting!

Good question, Marty —

Money – as in a really good wage + health and welfare hours paid by Production for insurance and 401k through individual union contracts generally keep people happy regardless of the long hours and hard work. That, and the camaraderie Crew feels toward one another. We’re all in this together sort of thing. People who work in the Industry are generally tough stock and always have been so they’re able to adapt to the crazy hours without whining with their “outside voices.” Ha

However, people who have a tendency to “fly off the handle” are weeded out in individual departments by department heads and not invited back the next day (in the film business – on a show we’re all daily hires – so departments can fire hot heads that have revealed themselves on their crews). However, “hot heads” Above the Line (as in Directors, Producers, Directors of Photography, 1st AD) just have to be endured because they’re not going anywhere. They’re the elite hires of the show and we just have to take it and count the days until the show wraps and remember every Friday a paycheck awaits. I will say that in my 27 years in the business – I can only recall a mere handful of painful, mean people that we had to endure. And survived to tell the story. Ha

Thanks for reading and commenting! Valuable!

Wishing you a fun-filled weekend.

Glad you enjoyed, Stacy!

Thanks for your feedback. Have a grand weekend.

It’s mind boggling how many people and equipment it takes to make a movie for TV or for movie theater goers – (you know those, like my family, that must get there early for the hot buttered popcorn and soda!)

Thanks Film Crew for the information. I learned a lot.

My question is with so much coordinating going on AND generally very long hours, how are people managed that have a tendency to “fly off the handle” and others simple go “berserk if they don’t get their beauty rest?” Just how are they handled short of a straitjacket and patty wagon?

Thank you Cheryl for introducing us ❤️❤️

Favorite flower? I could never decide. Sunflowers, of course. Magnolias, of course. Bluebonnets, of course. Ahhh! Like you, I find all flowers beautiful – from the weeds/wildflowers in my yard, to the drifts of primroses along the highways, to elegant floral arrangements. Love the colors, scents, shapes, designs – the whole package. A feast for the soul!

I am loving Film Crew 101!!! Until today I didn’t even know films had their own transportation departments. How cool! And what a HUGE part of movie production they are. The logistics are mind boggling. I’m beginning to understand why movies take so long to come to fruition.

I also never knew about meals being catered to the crew. Somehow I envisioned stale donuts, pizza, cellophane wrapped sandwiches…how fantastic that delicious meals (feasts) are made available for the crew.

Thank you Film Crew 101. You are revealing a whole other world. . .

But going back a couple of weeks – Steph had wonderfully creative ideas for using overripe bananas and banana peels. I haven’t managed to get to the overripe stage yet but do have banana peels infusing their minerals into a jar of water. Can’t wait to see how my plants thrive when I “bless” them with this healthy liquid 😉 Look forward to more great tips in the future.

Happy weekend!