Friday
Let's rewind to Friday night. I had an incredibly busy week last week working at Don Mischer Productions. Don was Producing his daughter's high school Gala fundraiser (much like a Ringling fundraiser). I had early mornings and long nights as I worked to create rundowns, organized film packages, edited photos for slide shows, edited music tracks, and the list goes on. Friday night I found myself editing the rundown times as the run time of a film package had been extended. 11pm in bed with my laptop with the thought of waking up to work a separate show the next morning.
Saturday
Saturday morning came quickly and swept me up like a tornado. I never jump on shows for just the weekend so I felt thrown amidst so many new people trying to keep track of names and titles and figure out what in the world I would be doing the next day. The show was filmed on the Sony lot which is always a fun lot to work on. Not to mention I only have a 2-5 minute drive to work dependent on how many red lights I hit.
It's always interesting when I jump on other shows to see how different production companies run their shows. Some team members didn't seem to really understand the politics of productions, which I find very important. Enough about that, moving on to what I actually did. Saturday afternoon I was finally emailed a copy of the look book. A look book, for my purposes, is essentially pages of faces of all the talent that would be walking the carpet. I immediately printed it out and began studying. Of course right after I printed it, I was emailed an updated version. I was up until 1:30am on Saturday night studying the look book. After frustratingly texting a co-worker, I gave up and went to bed.
Show Day
9:15am: My alarm goes off playing "Don't Worry, Be Happy." First thoughts of my day were names I'd memorized last night. The first name that came to mind was Utkarsh Ambudkar (Pitch Perfect). His was definitely the most unique name out of the group. I raced to get ready in my show blacks that I had laid out the night before, then drove off to the Sony Studios. I arrived early as per usual. Thanks to my white chocolate mocha, I was set for the day with caffeine to at least get me to lunch.
11:30am: My fellow red carpet team and I assembled in the production trailer to gear up with walkies, headsets, and the latest look books. Another spotter and I stop by Holland Roden's (Teen Wolf) trailer to escort her to the carpet for rehearsals. Rehearsals go smoothly and the next thought on everyone's mind is: "When's lunch?"
2:45pm: I'm in position with my look book in hand standing at the top of the carpet where the limos drop the celebrities off at. I have my look book in hand and made friends with talent transpo/press so if I miss any celebs they're quick to tell me who else I need to name drop.
3:30pm: The carpet officially opens. The call over the walkie tells me we're now live on the web and limos begin pulling up to the carpet. From 3:30-5:45 it's a constant flux of limos, watching publicists scramble, calling talent, and keeping track of who's wearing what. You'd be surprised how often your brain turns off when you try to figure out different ways to describe guys in suits and jeans. I lived for the moments when there were gaps in between limos to catch my breath. Pretty fun task minus the fact I'm freezing cold.
5:45pm: I bid my talent transpo friends goodbye and head over to my spot for during the show. My entire job is to call talent over the walkie when they enter the backstage area I'm standing near. This way the backstage live cameras can turn to catch the celebs for viewers online. For the next 3 hours, that's exactly what I did. Every winner, presenter, performer, and other talent walk past me at some point throughout the night. I also saw any talent who grabbed drinks from the bar area. (Aubrey Plaza anyone? No need to say more.) I tried not to scream as Emma Watson, Liam Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Eddie Redmayne, Zac Efron, Taylor Lautner, Chris Pine, Joss Whedon, Peter Dinklage, and many other celebs walked past me. After working so many shows, I've become more accustomed to seeing A list talent and not freaking out. There are still times where I see someone for the first time and I can hardly contain my excitement.
9:00pm: My job was over and I was finally able to seek warmth in the truck. Now to spend the last hour wrapping up things and doing paperwork. The most uninteresting part of my day I dare not write about. I left the lot, grabbed some food, and went home to lay on the couch and watch the show. Trying not to think about the next morning when I had to go to work again.
So that's a typical day in the life of me on location. It was my first time as an actual talent spotter, so that was a fun, new experience. I get so exhausted on long stretches of work, but my work is so worthwhile. Next up for me is my second time working the Billboard Music Awards. I'm excited to see Vegas friends and work one of my favorite shows our production team does. So til next time bloggers. Hope you've enjoyed my recap and below are a few of the sneak photos I was able to grab. Feel free to leave some comments!
♥ Mir
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