Chaos in Surround Sound
October 9, 2009
The following email exchange is real – The names have been changed …
(my responses are in blue italics)
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Subject: CHANGE HOUR MEETING
I only have 3pm to 4pm available. Another session starts at 4pm. If we can get your session done in 1 Hour, then no problem. But we cannot go past 4pm. Ok. We take. The talent meet at 3:15pm to 4pm. I hope is possible finish today, if not, we can found another early day. Do you mean TODAY? I thought you meant changing the time for your session TOMORROW! Yes, I thought TODAY at 3pm beguins.. I cannot do TODAY! We were booked for Wed, Jan 14th at 11:30CT and I moved to 3pm same day, not today. You think we can do today? in your afternoon? We cannot do today – Sorry. Sorry for the stress. Really is for TOMORROW. And then we confirm the meet for the talent; Tomorrow Wednesday 14th at 3pm to 4 pm. Ok? No worries – that schedule change has been made – Session is Wed 1/14/09 at 3pm CT. THANK YOU! |
We all know media production is a stressful activity. It’s the perfect storm: the clash of left brain/right brain; the stereotypical art versus commerce conflict; entertaining, creative ideas collide with motivated, monetary goals. Our blessing/curse is that no one day is the same as the previous…
But meanwhile back at the farm… the music’s playing so loud I can’t hear myself think, the phone’s ringing constantly and I can’t remember who I just spoke to 5 minutes ago! Oh, yeah – It was our banker who gave me a different story about how to receive payments from overseas clients than the bank’s customer service rep did yesterday. Now I’ve got to decide who’s right & who’s wrong. And no amount of email can get the client in Barcelona to try the PayPal account again after I made changes to our credit card profile…
Sound familiar? Just another day in paradise for those who coordinate production activities with little or no timeline. But somewhere there’s levity. Can we really be serious all the time without going completely bonkers? Comedy is all around you with the right perspective.
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Entry Filed under: Media, Productivity, TV production, audio production, commentary, film production. Tags: audio production, emial, production studio, scheduling, video production.
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