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Posted in Camera & Eye, Editing, Humor, Life on Aug 1st, 2008
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Save on food
Budget properly for catering. The more so if your crew is underpaid. The more so, the longer the shoot is.
Doesn’t cost much more, but does [...]
Posted in Camera & Eye, Cool Sites, Editing, Technology on Feb 22nd, 2007
Over at the Apple discussion board, I stumbled upon this gem:
I’m a film editor who’s had the privilege to work on $100 movies to $100 million movies.
Story is king. If your story is working, and crafted well, and paced properly, you can get away with almost whatever you want. For instance, when I cut scenes, [...]
Posted in Camera & Eye, Humor on Feb 7th, 2007
This is an actual message, posted on alt.movies.independent in Nov. 1998 (geesh; imagine, in 1998 I actually had time to read the alt. lists…)
Subject: IN SEARCH OF PEOPLE
We are trying to assemble a low budget independent film, and need the following:
1) Sound Editors/F/Xs
2) UPM (Unit Production Managers)
3) Camera Operators (may be covered)
4) Actors/Actresses
5) Grips [...]