We hope that the work we love is aligned with the work that pays, but it is naive to think this will always be the case, says documentary storyteller Ong Kah Jing (OKJ).
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Now they are on their own. There is no corporate ladder to climb but also no obvious job progression. Weekdays and weekends are blurred as the fact that money is not earned during down time becomes apparent. This fundamentally challenges how we perceive the activities we love. You may love to make documentaries like me, but would you be willing to forgo personal time and devote yourself to the schedule of your documentary subjects?
Still that is nothing compared to the iconic BBC Planet Earth series, which camera crew toiled over seven-day weeks to put together. Some braved -60 degrees Celsius weather to film emperor penguins, while others waited for weeks in a jungle to record the cry of a lemur tree frog.
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