Issue link: https://digital.copcomm.com/i/1434375
"Downtime is just as important as work time." –Steve Loiacano, freelance A1 mixer and more complicated after the wedding. That's what it does. And now we have these great memories of Hawaii together. Since then, I've made sure to step away now and then—at least for short periods. A couple months after we move into our house, we're gonna go to Oregon and decompress in the woods!" –Steve Loiacano, freelance A1 mixer Hearing another department's perspective is important, so I asked a friend outside of sound for his take on the issue and Adrian Pruett, director of photography & PGA producer, had this to say: "I remember sitting around a table a long time ago with some old- timers listening as they one-up'd each other about how many kids they had sent to rehab and how many divorces they each had. It was a tragic badge of honor they wore and I thought I had to wear it, too. I know a lot of us love our jobs. We dreamt as teenagers of telling stories and still show up to work early and excited. The work feeds us, but it's time we took a hard look at what the work takes from us. The average DGA Adrian Pruett member dies at 57. I want to talk about mental health more, not just addiction. I want to spend more quality time with family, not just spend it recovering from brutal work hours. We can stand up to Steve Loiacano