Second Team is a situational comedy with a modicum of satire and a lot of malice. This comedy pilot portrays the madness behind the camera and chronicles the misadventures of a group of stand-ins. After the big names walk of set, they call Second Team! This is a Hollywood story, only it's not about actors, sex fame and fortune. Its about the lowest of the low. The people who stand at the bottom of the totem pole and don't matter on the movie set. They are known as the stand-ins.
For this blog post I decided to interview the head writer and director of the show David Gabos. David came up with the idea for this show while interning on the set of an MTV production, when a group of stand-ins came forward and said, "Hey, you should make a show about us". Ever since then, it's been a marathon to get this show on the web. During the last week, David has worked hard and patiently with his team to get the first episode up and running and when funding is low, it's hard to keep your soldiers in line. Even though he is in-charge of getting the show done, he still takes the time to make sure that the needs of his team are met such as food and money.
David and his executive producer Kyle have negotiated with the crew on payments. They have had the crew sign contracts, which entails that each person will be paid on the number of hours they have worked. Even though it's not much, they promise that once they have the show up and running and have a stable profit coming in they will provide an advance to all members of the team. This type of negotiation, in mind would be mutual benefit. This is a win-win situation for both David and his crew and in my eyes I feel that this show will be successful. So far, there does not seem to be any problems between anyone on the crew, which shows David's appreciation for the people he works with.
