Max Gutfeld Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I'm wondering if this ever happens on a film set? I'm new to the industry. I am interested in working as a grip, I want to be in IATSE 476, but I don't have many contacts in the industry right now. Sometimes I see grip trucks and I kind of just want to go up and ask if they need any help. I put myself on the 476 permit list every week I'm not working (mostly as a PA). Will I get laughed away if I try this? Thanks for the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Christopher Sheneman Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 There's no quick way to the "top", if you want to make it onto a union set- being invited is your best bet. Since you're new to the industry you need to learn all those invaluable skills and lessons that can only come from non-union film work. Where you can take chances and kill actors with incompetence. Indie non-union actors die all the time from falling lights, stunts gone horribly wrong, fights with wild animals- you name it. We just dump them out in the woods and pour lye on them- put another ad on Craigslist and they come running! You can't kill actors on union sets- SAG has rules about it. Non-union films are like parties. Congratulations- you're new to the industry. Now..it's time to pay your (non-union) dues. Do not show up on a set without permission, professionals are working as they do not have time to hear your frantic pot-induced latte slurping eager beaver leg hump. Remember, before James Cameron was exploring the Mauritius trench in his private submersible- he was glueing wings on plastic Pirahhas and getting locked out of the editing room by an Italian producer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Gutfeld Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 Yeah I figured it was stupid. I'm deffinitely not trying to find a shortcut to the top. I already have a fair amount of non-union experience through school and pro-bono work I've done. Although of course I'm open to more. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Millar Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Christopher, Nice post ;) Although I get the feeling someone with the right words could edge themselves at least a contact through such an approach. In another world I did. But what exactly those words are in that context I can't offer any suggestions. ... somewhere between swagger and humble, and yet both at the same time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 If you had shown up on my set in Parry Sound Ontario you would of been hired in two seconds! There is a labour shortage of film crew workers in Ontario right now. I don't know how someone can't get hired. R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Nhat Nguyen Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 If you had shown up on my set in Parry Sound Ontario you would of been hired in two seconds! There is a labour shortage of film crew workers in Ontario right now. I don't know how someone can't get hired. R, I would have thought that Canada would have lots of filmmakers considering the vancouver film school and all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Christopher Sheneman Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Yes. Canada is a great place to walk onto a film set unannounced seeking film production work . Btw, what the f#$k are you guys talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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