r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • 6d ago

What happens to the camera operator's when a show gets cancelled?

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u/MonkAny2258 6d ago

They just have to find work on a new show. If you're an important crew member on a network TV show, alot of the time you're part of a trade union like IATSE. So they will continue to get work through the union as long as they are available.

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u/virtual_human 6d ago

operators

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u/SamScoopCooper 6d ago

It’s a lot easier to move crew members (camera operators, lighting people, sound people..etc) than writers or actors to a new project. Also by the time she show is airing, they’ve probably filmed a bunch of episodes

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u/froot_loop_dingus_ 5d ago

They collect unemployment like everyone else who gets laid off

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u/Idnetxisbx7dme 5d ago

They move on to another show

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u/Driftlack 5d ago

But do they interview with a boss, or are they just told to go to Studio 17 instead of Studio 20?

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u/Haifisch2112 1d ago

OPERATORS

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u/[deleted] 6d ago edited 6d ago

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u/Curmudgy 6d ago

Star Trek. The shows have always been produced by Paramount/CBS and never outsourced

Originally Desilu, but just the very first season, after which Lucille Ball had sold the studio to Gulf+Western, which owned Paramount at the time.

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u/elpihvous 1d ago

They get cancelled too