Anything Goes : 12 Hours On, 12 Hours Off: No film is worth dying over by Carl Welden

It’s a serious issue. Many other jobs have the same problem, especially nurses and surgeons in hospitals that work long hours, and many governments are now coming out with rules. It’s really time to sort things like this out. A movie is not worth the life of a person.

Surgeons kill others while pulling 12 shifts. On a film shoot it's the crew that's getting hurt or dying due to an unrealistically long work day.

Surgeons also drive home, and their shifts can be longer than 12 hours. I also said that a movie is not worth a life.

I had an experience in June 2016 where I worked on an indie film on Saturdays and Sundays. Only slept 3-5 hours on each day, sometimes 2 (no pay). Definitely suffered and got sick from it. Lesson learned.

Ryan, sorry to hear that. Productions that treat crew like that should not even be allowed to exist. Safety should be priority number one.

Martina Cook 100% agreed! Health is #1 priority for overall happiness and well-being. I had great experience working on it though, definitely a lot of lessons from the project.

I've gotten back late at night from shoots, parked my car, blinked, then found myself waking up still in my car with the sun coming up. Then I start wondering "what if I had "blinked" a few minutes sooner?

Some Producers/UPM's never consider the remoteness of a location, they usually have a convenient hotel room booked nearby.

Does it ever come up during an on-set safety meeting, event though it's mostly an off-set concern?

If not, it should

I'm currently working on a feature film in Southern California where the film location is 90 miles from all of our cast and crew members. We don't get hotel accommodations, which will be challenging for us to commute to the film shoot.

Ryan Cho (Cho) that is criminally wrong. I’ve done 2hr drives to locations but they were single day/night music videos in the deserts. Can’t imagine doing consecutive days/nights on a feature

I'd like to make efforts to really remind folks across the industry that overtime pay is NOT some sweet bonus those of us on film crews charge to make more money. Overtime is a designed as a PENALTY fee for producers who go beyond the 10hr day. I'm just one guy...and I can hardly change the world, but if we, together, can change one producer's perspective, we can maybe, at the very least, save a life

It is what it is Dan. I'm grateful that I'm working on a feature film job, but the commute can be tough. I'm getting over reimbursed for gas which is good though.

Your nuts. A feature that can't provide lodging, even bunkhouse trailers on location, isn't worth working on. I'd be worried that the checks won't clear.

You can't spent that overtime pay if you're dead...

Those that promise to remember you the next time, when there's as a real budget, etc, ...rarely do.

...ain't that the truth!

Well, the saga continues... #iatse #union #longhours https://deadline.com/2018/06/iatse-contract-long-workdays-alliance-of-mo...