I know most actors and writers have no steady income, but I'm wondering if that's true for producers and directors. Anyone?
I've wanted to try the old studio system again for a while now. Hire crew members and actors full time and they clock in and work on whatever project is slated for that day. You see the same faces in every production, but that might be a really cool thing. Like if SNL did nothing but features week to week.
There's plenty of money to go around in film, you just have to squeeze your way in and make your way to the top.
I also wonder if it's different if you're lucky enough to wind up working for an outfit like the Coen Brothers. I thought that on one of the commentary tracks, maybe for No Country for Old Men, it's said that the brothers hold on to their same crew, to some extent or other, from film to film. If that's true, and the brothers are continually working...
But I suppose that would be exceptional. Even if it's true, pehaps it's still not steady enough to pay the bills year round.