Any TV guys here?

We had down time when I worked those long Shuttle missions where we could take a break for a few minutes... Lucky for me the restroom was just around the corner from our POCC (Payload Operations Control Center) TV control room & just one door from the outside to get a little air. It would get pretty rough at times just sitting in the chair during those 8-12 hour shifts & just standing up and stretching was a real treat at times..
 
I work for FOX Sports on the promotions side. Not production unfortunately, but I'd definitely like to get into that! (I worked production for some WAC college football games and it's a blast). But it's still fairly fast-paced as we have to prepare promo spots weekly and ship them out for regional and national consumption.
 
Eighteen years tv/feature work.

I detest tv work. Commercials are better, music videos are better, features are infinitely better, for $$$, resources, creative latitude, catering, crafty, and everything else that counts. The only positive thing I can say for tv, is that the schedules are pretty much universally easier, which doesn't count for much, with me.

Only take it when there's nothing else available, or when taking a specific tv gig offers me some specific advantage.
 
CharlieG said:
We had down time when I worked those long Shuttle missions where we could take a break for a few minutes... Lucky for me the restroom was just around the corner from our POCC (Payload Operations Control Center) TV control room & just one door from the outside to get a little air. It would get pretty rough at times just sitting in the chair during those 8-12 hour shifts & just standing up and stretching was a real treat at times..
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You worked at KSC?!

COOL!

When "From the Earth to the Moon" was shooting, NASA invited anyone who wanted to come, to see shuttle launches; we were in the stands by the clock for Columbia's second MSL mission launch.

Never seen (or heard, or felt) anything like it, before or since.
 
I work for the FOX TV Show America's Most Wanted, and it's a good gig. We're kind of a weird hybird between NEWS-True Crime Stories-and re-enactments. So while there is some exposure to the craziness of the news world, I also get to produce and direct re-enactments for the show, which are basically little mini-movies. So there is a lot of room for creativity because we're constantly having to find new ways to weave investigative reporting with interviews, recreations, etc. etc. And, every once in awhile we catch a bad guy (close to 1000 captures from the show). So I'm pretty happy in TV...at least for now.
 
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