Spring 2017
BY BECCA NADLER
For associate director Allison Reames, each day
brings a new, fast-paced challenge. "We're like a little TV factory," she says, discussing her team's work on daytime soap opera General Hospital. "[We'll] shoot seven, sometimes nine shows in five days."
Unlike a network or cable drama, which may spend
an entire day filming a few pages of the screenplay, soaps like General Hospital can film anywhere from 90 to 140 pages on a given day, per Reames.
Initially, Reames was a production associate, alternating between prep and the control room, but as an AD, she now switches between the control room and the editing bay.
"One day [I'm] with the cast, director and stage manager," she explains, "[and] the next editing an entire show."
Reames enjoys the camaraderie that comes from
working on a daily show that is almost never on hiatus, noting that "the little challenges are a fun way of mixing things up."