Being a production accountant who is really into cooking sometimes allows me to cross over into the production world, since we are a video production company that does the occasional local food shoot. Case in point, we recently shot 5 webisodes for Food Network’s website, featuring Melissa d’Arabian, and since I’m staff, the budget allowed (allowed being the operative word) me to help out on the food side for the shoot. My friends say, “How Glamorous!” but anyone who knows production knows that it is usually long, hard hours…unless you think that being a dishwasher for 15+ hours is glamorous?!
The beauty of production work, however, is that you know you have a set time to get the job done, especially when you are on location. You have X number of days or hours, and limited funds, to get in and get out, so everyone is pretty much “all in.” Mind you, this is usually at the expense of your sanity and health. This set of webisodes started with a crew call at 7:30am in Longmont. We endeavored, and succeeded, in shooting 5 that day, with some rather lengthy recipes to boot. So ambitious! In the end we wrapped and unloaded the set by 1:30am, Thursday, and it was a chilly 7 degrees outside. I know people thrive on production work, and my hat is off to all of you who go at it time and time again, but that was crazy! Perhaps I am just soft from my cushy, desk accounting job…
http://www.foodnetwork.com/melissas-st-patricks-day-dishes
Heidi Brueggeman