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January 24th, 2006, 11:54 PM | #422 |
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Most of the people I've worked around. Especially when we get familiar with each other.
I remember a specific PA gig where we were outside a car dealership, and the DP leans over as a woman walks by and says "nice ass". that kinda stuff. It only gets worse from there. It's just amazing what flies across an intercom on a multicam shoot. |
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hello james, it's not about the mula, (it is) it's about principles. the first 1 1/2 years i was working for free, on the side. got expirience blah..blah..blah. since last year fall, i charge, have repeat customers, and an inventory with no way back anymore (anybody wants to listen to my better half?) so, i am setting some basics. have to, or give up. when you say there is no half day, i guess you're right. there is no half day, since there is nothing realy what could be done the rest of the day, and who knows how long it may take. my biggest downside is, i still don't edit. greetings |
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January 25th, 2006, 02:49 AM | #424 |
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I got into this purely by mistake, about 6 years ago. I was in school, getting a Graphics degree because I like to create. Part of the course was Premiere, which they glossed over like everything else they taught ( I had to help the teacher get her Frames excercise to work in the Web portion!). Anyways, when I got married in 2001, a friend shot the event and handed me the tape. I sat down and edited it, added music... and was hooked.
Not long after that, I started hanging out with the SurfGuru.com crowd. They were taping surf and skate events, interviewing people, and putting the stuff on the web. I started editing their stuff, and would get a whopping $10 a tape. Being the really loose group they were, few of them knew what they were doing, but had fun doing it anyways. I learned how to shoot, so I could teach them, making editing easier for me. A lot has happened between then and now. I still like doing what I do... I just don't do enough of it to make a living. But, I do everything that comes along, and hope to be able to do well someday. $200 a day, is a very good day right now.
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Keith, e-mail me man! I got an idea for you to drum up some funds. I just started doing it locally and it seems to be catching on.
I am forming a company just to handle these requests. It's about 2 days of work, and should pay more than 200/day. |
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You should have mail, man :)
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January 25th, 2006, 02:31 PM | #427 |
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Here's a good one
This one has to be a joke.....right?
Reply to: gigs-128386063@craigslist.org Date: 2006-01-25, 1:28PM EST I'm in the middle of filming a great Sundance bound film, the crew work is being done by Interns macin' on cold pizza. The dailys have looked like crap the the sound sucks and we've had numirous accidents, and so now they are bitching about insurance. Can you help me? I need a seasoned film maker to come in and train these people, they aren't stupid, they just don't know what they are doing. I'll cut you in for a back end part of the profit when the film gets picked up next year at Sundance. * no -- it's NOT ok to contact this poster with services or other commercial interests * Compensation: That warm fuzzy feeling you get when you help out a fellow film maker. Wow...you made your movie with all unpaid interns, and so far it's *gasp* SUCKED? And you're planning on getting into Sundance....how? |
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That's just. . .pathetic.
When he says "Sundance-bound" does he mean the rejection bin? And what's "macin'"? |
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I believe he meant to type "macking", which is some sort of slang for "chowing down". In other words, he's been paying them with cold pizza. SUNDANCE, HERE WE COME!
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Dolly, Jib, Camera, Cameraperson, $50 a day! Now raise your hands, How many of you bought all the above gear and have so little experience that you'll work on a music video for $50 a day.
And BTW he already has the shoot date and doesn't even have the above gear or camera person. At that price, mr. producer, you might find someone to get the coffee but you better be paying for the coffee. CAMERAPERSONS SOUGHT FOR MUSIC VIDEO - SOME PAY Reply to: gigs-128526452@craigslist.org Date: 2006-01-25, 9:11PM EST We're shooting a music video in a few days and want several angles from each take. Thus, seeking camerapersons for said music video. Shoot is this weekend. Pay is $50 per day. Email details about your camera package. Prefer a Tripod Dolly in package if possible or jib, etc. |
January 26th, 2006, 12:48 AM | #433 |
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Great site
I'm sure someone else posted this already....but here's a great site someone here might get a kick out of.
http://www.fu*kthatjob.com/ (not sure if i'd get booted for dropping an F-Bomb...so...yeah, fill in that blank) |
January 26th, 2006, 09:36 AM | #434 |
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Low Pay Low Budget DV Films
I thought this was an appropriate article for this forum. I think links should be posted to craigslist around the country (world). It busts the fantasy of "we'll make a hit and make money then." Working for low/no money will yield low/no money over the long term. Own the distribution and maybe . . .
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Or maybe those guys all own distribution systems, and you just don't know it. :-)
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