"The lighting crew, he noticed, was essentially an all-star team — everybody in town he could have dreamed of working with. The same was true of the grips, who specialize in rigging and setting up cameras, and of the camera crew itself. Even the day workers were superstars in their own right, McCleery said. And of course it was all a function of what was going on in Hollywood, because a lot of people who should have been busy were very much available."
"for most of the past 16 years he has lived on the road, never short of work but unable to land a major job within striking distance of his home and family in southern California. It's an increasingly common experience for many successful professionals in Hollywood who are hired by studios and production houses still largely based in Los Angeles, but do the actual work in Atlanta, or Toronto, or London, or Budapest."
Bruce McCleery spent most of the past 16 years living on the road, consistently employed but unable to secure major jobs near his home in Southern California. Many Hollywood professionals are hired by studios based in Los Angeles but work on shoots in Atlanta, Toronto, London or Budapest. McCleery finally worked on Fallout season two when production moved to LA, offering a chance to be home. On set he encountered top-tier lighting, grip and camera crews, and highly skilled day workers, a result of local availability after the pandemic and the 2023 writers' and actors' strikes disrupted the industry.
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