Filmmaker’s and screenwriter’s aren’t often worried about body weight. Making movies takes a great deal of energy which consumes many calories.
Should, however, you ever worry about your weight, here’s a quick guide to calorie-burning activities that do not require physical exercise, and the number of calories per hour they consume.
Beating around the bush – 75
Jumping to conclusions – 100
Passing the buck – 25
Procrastination – 100
Throwing your weight around – 50-300 (depending on your weight)
Dragging your heels – 100
Pushing your luck – 250
Making mountains out of molehills – 500
Hitting the nail on the head – 50
Bending over backwards – 75
Jumping on the bandwagon – 200
Running around in circles – 350
Climbing the ladder of success – 750
Pulling out the stops – 75
Wrapping it up at the day’s end – 12
To which you may want to add some additional activities, including:
Waiting for ‘the call’ – 1,000
Opening a can of worms – 50
Starting the ball rolling – 90
Putting your foot in your mouth – 300
And finally
Picking up the pieces after an argument with your producer, director, screenwriter, actor – 350
Have you any ideas of how filmmakers and screenwriters can lose weight? Add them to the comments box below! And keep slim!
Brett Welcher was a student at Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY, USA) where studied Public Relations at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. He is interned at the Raindance Film Festival the summer or 2007 and thoroughly enjoyed his time working with professionals and learning about different aspects of the film industry. In the fall of 2007 Brett returned to the States where he will be finishing his last year in school.
Since then we have lost touch and found this excellent article in the archives. Brett – if you see this, get in touch! We miss you!
