‘The Good Nurse’ Producer & Netflix EMEA Director Talk Crew Crunch & Writer Challenge — Zurich Summit
deadline.comThe Whale and The Good Nurse producer Scott Franklin put a positive spin on the ongoing above and below-the-line crew shortages impacting production on both sides of the Atlantic in a panel at the Zurich Summit on Saturday (September 24).The long-time Darren Aronofsky collaborator, who works under the banner of the director’s Protozoa Pictures, said fresh opportunities lay behind the crew crunch.“In the U.S.
there is a two-fold conversation. First and foremost, how many years have we all been complaining how hard it is to get our shows set up, and now we have a problem that there’s too much demand for stuff,” he said. “The demand for content is good news.
It’s a high-class problem.”“We’re growing our craftsmen within the industry below the line. It’s going to take some time to catch up, but this is also an opportunity we’re creating,” he said.Franklin suggested that issues around crew supply were nothing new.
He recalled shooting a film in Cleveland in the early days of the local Ohio Motion Picture Tax.“Ohio had just started the incentive and there wasn’t a local crew base.
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