Premium Member Miguel Angel Posted August 4, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted August 4, 2017 Hi guys!I wanted to open a new thread because I am in quite a conundrum and I need some advise so I thought that this would be a great place to find it. I have been asked to shoot a Tv Drama and a commercial at the same time. Both directors are friends and the payment is almost the same. Tv Drama is 4 weeks, commercial is 2 weeks in Spain and Malaysia. The director who asked me to shoot the commercial has given me a lot of work through the year and we have been preparing the commercial for 3 months now.. and I'm looking forward to shooting it.. but we have pushed the dates twice already.. and I just found out that the dates are going to be the same as with the Tv Series. On the other hand, the director who has asked me to shoot the Tv Drama gave me the chance to shoot my first movie this year and has invited me to shoot the tv series for him. Hence, here is the dilemma! I want to shoot both but I can't and I have to choose one. Any advise would be greatly appreciated :) Thank you!!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Whoever booked you first would seem to be the fairest way to go and shouldn't upset the other director. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giray Izcan Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 Plus, you should be making more on the commercial too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Mark Kenfield Posted August 5, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted August 5, 2017 That's the nicest kind of problem to have. But I think if I were in your shoes I'd have to go with whoever booked those dates in first. It sounds like the drama show did (and delays with the commercial have pushed it into the same timeframe). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Young Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 Where do you want your career to go? Do you want to do more narrative or more commercials? I believe the project you choose, given you situation, will push your career more into the direction. Congrats on such a happy problem! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin R Probyn Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 I would agree with Mark and Brian .. I think their are times when you have to paddle your own canoe.. if one job is a massive break for your career.. compared to another.. but if thats not the case.. I think ethically it has to be the drama.. if thats the original dates agreed to.. and they haven't been changing it too.. it seems the commercial dates will most likely change again anyway.. any shoot thats changed its dates twice already, I wouldn't be betting the farm on ever happening.. then you lose both.. the worst scenario .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted August 6, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted August 6, 2017 The one which pushed into the other has to go, says me, but it is a tough call and I am in really no position to comment on how to further a career if anything you should be giving us advice on how to get stuck in your situation lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freya Black Posted August 6, 2017 Share Posted August 6, 2017 pushed the dates twice to help you or just in general? Once you have made your decision about which to go with I would still urge you to try and reschedule dates on the other, or at least to try and see if something can be sorted. Maybe there is still a way to have your cake and eat it somehow because it sounds like both of them are really important but do be careful not to upset BOTH parties somehow. In short: Work out which is the one to go with and keep talking with the other. Maybe there will be a way to make it happen somehow. Freya 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Miguel Angel Posted August 6, 2017 Author Premium Member Share Posted August 6, 2017 Thanks for all the answers. The TV Drama booked me first and the commercial pushed its dates twice because of different things (none related to me Freya) so as Freya suggested I'm going to try and see if the dates on the commercial can be pushed again (third time lucky right?) and I can shoot both :) or else, it is the Tv Drama! At the end of the day.. narrative always wins! :D Thank you! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin R Probyn Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Your next problem will probably be .. should you actually go to the Oscar,s for which you have been nominated .. or shoot your next feature on location.. and miss it.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted August 7, 2017 Premium Member Share Posted August 7, 2017 If i ever get nominated for an oscar I don't think i'd have the capacity to actually go-- in truth I am terrified of being around people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin R Probyn Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I,d be terrified of not looking happy for the winner.. ! .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Miguel Angel Posted August 7, 2017 Author Premium Member Share Posted August 7, 2017 Haha don't think that will happen ever but I would choose to go to the Oscars! I used to think that I was really bad at being in parties and that stuff, all the small talking, etc.. but a super good friend of mine pointed out that it was just that everybody else was drunk and I was sober (because I don't drink) and that people usually didn't remember anything at all after partying that hard.. so I started to be super talkative (talking about the weather and etc) and it improved my social skills a lot :lol: :lol: I also started to see a pattern, when I'm talking to a person who is drunk.. that person usually keeps repeating everything and asking the same questions because he / she doesn't remember!! so I have a lot of fun giving different answers for the same question :D Parties are really entertaining! ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Miguel Angel Posted November 21, 2017 Author Premium Member Share Posted November 21, 2017 I said I would give ye a heads up. I choose the tv series over the commercial, however both productions agreed to work on the dates so I could shoot both. Hence, I shot the commercial.. and other 4 more and I’m starting the TV Series next year! Couldn’t be happier! Have a lovely day guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 They moved for you, then. That's a result. I think the term is "in demand". Good for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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