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The Green Room / Re: On-camera interview
« on: Sep 10, 2013, 09:02 pm »
I think (emphasis on "think") you may be misreading it.
There are people in the world who think being on television (or on the web, etc.) is a sort of treat, and--to me--it sounds like your director was intending it that way. A little reward, a pick-me-up, a nice-job pat-on-the-back kind of thing.
The tricky thing is that, while directors (and actors! especially actors!) tend to be the outgoing gregarious centre-of-attention kind of people who thrive on that kind of reward (especially if it comes as an unexpected surprise!), stage managers tend to be the sorts of people who don't even like being photographed. ("You want me on camera? Oh my. I'll do it--if I have to--but let me get ready first." as opposed to "OOOH! ME NEXT! ME NEXT! Hi, my name is Stephanie and I love ~THEEEEEEE-AT-HRE~!!!!!!!:D!!!!!!")
So. That makes it awkward. Especially because, if I'm onto something here, you've just turned down what your director thought was both a kind gesture and a sort of reward.
There are people in the world who think being on television (or on the web, etc.) is a sort of treat, and--to me--it sounds like your director was intending it that way. A little reward, a pick-me-up, a nice-job pat-on-the-back kind of thing.
The tricky thing is that, while directors (and actors! especially actors!) tend to be the outgoing gregarious centre-of-attention kind of people who thrive on that kind of reward (especially if it comes as an unexpected surprise!), stage managers tend to be the sorts of people who don't even like being photographed. ("You want me on camera? Oh my. I'll do it--if I have to--but let me get ready first." as opposed to "OOOH! ME NEXT! ME NEXT! Hi, my name is Stephanie and I love ~THEEEEEEE-AT-HRE~!!!!!!!:D!!!!!!")
So. That makes it awkward. Especially because, if I'm onto something here, you've just turned down what your director thought was both a kind gesture and a sort of reward.