By Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Sam Petrov has worked on sets as a digital technician for the last two and a half years.
In that time, he’s gotten fairly adept at keeping track of his hours, and making sure he maintains his benefits through the Motion Picture Industry health plan.
To qualify, workers must clock 400 hours of work in a six-month period. In early March, Petrov knew he was a few hours shy, with a deadline coming on March 21.
He took a job working overnights on a low-budget feature called “A Lot of Nothing.” Halfway into the shoot, production shut down across the industry.
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