Hardy Warstories Assignment

I interviewed Johnathan Fletcher. He is a grip in Austin, Texas. His email address is fletcherjohnathan67@yahoo.com 1.) In your job, what are some challenges you have to deal with in relating to "production" people? Well a lot of the times, you know that doing some tasks are a lot easier and more efficient by doing it a certain way, but a lot of people who don't know this want it done they way they think is best. I tell them that this is my job and I have been doing this for 20 years so I know what I am talking about, but they still want things done their way. 2.) Can you tell me a war story, or a story of when something went badly wrong, or seemed like it was going to fall apart, but then ended up working out (or didn't work out). I would have to say that the most nerve wrecking incident was when I was working on this shoot out in El Paso and my team had been setting up lights all day in this big warehouse. There was an awful storm outside but they wanted to get this scene done. It was thundering and lighting really bad but the show went on anyways. Anyways, as soon as we finished setting up the lights, the power went out for at least 5 hours. I kind of laughed to myself because we were working hard all morning and afternoon and it was for nothing. The director was pissed though. 3.) Do you have any advice for a person starting out in the business, someone who is about to graduate? The biggest thing is to start out small. Don't try to do too much at once. Take baby steps and it will all fall into place for you sooner or later. This is my thank you note. Mr. Fletcher, Thanks so much for your insite on the questions I asked and I will definitely like to contact you again in the future for some more advice and queries regarding the production and entertainment industry. Thanks again for your help. Acie Hardy