So I'm doing my first film and they're cheap. I'm being paid a midrange P.A. (American) rate to Sound Mix and Boom. They don't want to do ADR which means they want usable sound from LAVs and boom, which isn't a problem till they want to film downtown or in a neighborhood, or their location doesn't shut down for filming. On top of that it seems as though I'm being treated as just an ancillary department. Sometimes first A.D. will call "roll sound" when I'm not even at my station because I'm off doing another part of my job between camera moves. They're making me mic before wardrobe is complete and I end up having to change it which brings a ton of annoyed stares, and they're having me mic before camera finalizes their frame which also causes me to have change. Is it normal to have to be at the mercy of other departments? I'll be in the middle of trying to treat for sound and they'll call action because camera is ready.