When I was living in New Zealand I had a lot of friends that worked at Weta (the guys that made LOTR, Avatar, etc. for those that don't know) and those guys lived and breathed their projects while they were in production (really post production) and of course were sworn to the highest levels of secrecy...
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Raymond E. Feist Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 10:36 AM To: feistfans-l Subject: Re: Midkemia on tv On Apr 20, 2012, at 6:32 AM, Jeff C Goodhall wrote: > Raymond most people work 60-70 hours a week at normal jobs. :) > Nonsense. The people I know who work hardest are pulling 9, 10 hour days, maybe going in for a half-day Saturday, that sort of thing. That clocks out to 45-54 hours a week. In 1966 our standard work-week at 20th Century Fox was 60 hours, five 12 hour days. Anything over that and we were getting double overtime, which was not permitted unless someone green-lighted a special allocation of hours for a project in trouble. Now, I was a grunt, so to speak, an apprentice film editor, and when I walked on the lot the admin building was already running at full throttle, with producers (like my dad) having been there an hour or two already, and some of those guys were still working after I left. If you're a film maker, you LIVE with that project from pre-production until final edit and post-production are finished. That's why film makers often take a year or more off after finishing a project. Best, R.E.F. ---- www.crydee.com Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by stupidity. ________________________________ This e-mail communication, including all attachments, may contain private, proprietary, privileged and/or confidential information and is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. Any unauthorized use, copying or distribution of the contents of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, and have received it in error, please delete it and notify the sender immediately.
