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We filmy people and freelancers of all sorts don t really do weekends. To us, it doesn t really matter what day it says in the diary. We work when there is work and therefore our weeks blend into one endlessly linear timeline.
Have you ever seen someone carrying three bags, wearing sensible footwear and hanging onto a tumbler on a Saturday at 5am when you re just coming back from a night out? That s us. Remember that person next to you on the bus, dishevelled, tired and mucky in three layers of waterproofs, clutching a bottle of water with a name written across it while you are all dressed up and ready to party the night away? That s us, also probably after a 14-hour-shoot.
A Sunday-Monday can be any day of the week that is the first day off after a long and busy shoot. It s the first day you can lie in and your phone doesn t beep every 30 seconds, which it absolutely does if you are in production. It s the day when everything looks a bit brighter and every movement appears a little slower. The day you enjoy your shower a bit more and when you actually make your bed and have fruit on your cereal rather than just a PopTart! It s the day you meet up with friends and go on a coffee-cake-cheese spree, although possibly not at the same time! It s the day you get home at 9pm and wonder where all the time went. It s the day you have that Sunday-glow while everybody around you hurries to get to the next meeting or to make it to Pret before the lunchtime rush.
I don t mind working on weekends and, so far, I haven t met anyone who complained about it. To me, it really doesn t matter, especially when living in a big city like London where shops are open every day. Doing a Sunday-Monday is actually even better; we get the glow of a weekend whilst still having weekday opening hours and more regular public transport without the hordes of other people who go to the park/pub/café just because it s the thing to do on a Sunday. The only thing I really miss is Sunday Roasts. However, I just imagine how good that heavenly first bite will be after missing out on it for a few weeks!
We boco freelancers are in danger boco of forgetting that our minds and bodies boco need weekends (i.e. days where we don t work). We don t only work when we are on set, but also in between jobs, updating our profiles, looking for the next project, researching potential future collaborators and so on, and so forth. Sunday-Mondays are incredibly important for us because they not only give us the opportunity to relax and spoil ourselves, but to recharge batteries and find a gentle way back into real life.
Victoria Gegenbauer Victoria Gegenbauer is an Austrian-born film-maker who is currently based in London. She works as Script/Continuity Supervisor, Assistant Director and Production Manager. Over the last three years she has been part of over 40 projects, including many short films and features. boco She has worked in Indies such as Who Needs Enemies and Pleasure Island. boco Her work has taken her to France, Portugal and Kurdistan and given her the opportunity to be part of many fascinating boco stories. Her projects have also led to an impressive number of online views via social media channels such as Youtube. Whilst studying film, theatre and a spot of history at university the elements she most enjoyed were performing research, strategic thinking, generating ideas and writing. With The Student Scoop, she is now very glad to be back at the writing boco desk!
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