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Night Shift Diary
Rhian Miller, producer
March 15, 2000-Allentown, Pennsylvania
Booking a hotel for a night shift shoot was just the first clue
to how out of sync we were with the general trends of day shift.
Consider that check-out time at most hotels is 12 noon. Well, after
shooting all night, or working all night, as the case may be, that's
just about the time that we were getting to sleep. So we ended up
paying for two nights just to get one "night's" sleep in.
January 30, 2000-Westwood, Massachusetts
Because night shifts straddle two days, just talking about
the shoot schedule was very confusing. "Okay, we're going to
travel Tuesday and shoot Wednesday." "You mean, we shoot
Tuesday night, which is Wednesday morning, or are we resting
on Tuesday and then shooting Wednesday night and Thursday
morning?" "And then, are we going to go to the hotel and sleep
after the shoot or should we just drag ourselves to the airport
and sleep on the way back?" Say what?
But we did save money on meals, because goodness
knows, there certainly isn't enough time to eat and sleep
on this schedule.
January 31, 2000-Burlington, Massachusetts
Thought for the night:
The true meaning of sleep deprivation is when neither you,
nor the person you are interviewing, can remember who spoke
last.
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