Bit of fun for our amusement. 
Add to the thread by QUOTING what you consider is a lazy question from a lazy poster...
Lack of hardware or system details wont usually count...and be careful about second language situations.
Rule: NO discussions in the thread. Let the quote speak for itself and stand alone.
Be careful it doesnt back fire on you 
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oh, and that includes saying, " no I am not setting up the camera on that rallraod tressle .. you moron ! ... unless you get some railroad person here with flags and lights and signals and walkie talkies .. so I know I"m not gonna get squished like a bug and die out there ! "
union or not ( member or not ) jurusidiction is another thing.. ( my union was NYC .. if I went to Africa I aint crying to the union about rules..and to be honest I AM THE UNION .. ITS NOT ANYTHING MORE THAN YOU AND ME ... h
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hehe...good point.
I remember in my own case... after working as a grip in IATSE 52 ( NY ) for a bit over 30 years that I wouldn't get my pension until I'm 65. I am now 63.5... so have to wait another year and a half before I get that pension. I suffer for that due to having to live on an early retirement amount that is peanuts. There were a number of reasons for making the decision not to work in as a grip anymore. Mostly it was physically really hard to do anymore. I was becoming " unsafe " on the jobs. I really couldn't know for sure if holding up very heavy things in grids off the floor was possible for me anymore. You know, doing work above others in stages etc. On top of that the hours per day ( 14 plus hours is normal ) was getting harder to do. Also, the budgets and constraints are now harder than ever.. producers need to do things on tighter budgets .. so they are forced to try and do the same work as before with less crew members and for less cost ( less equipment rentals and so on ). The business in general is feeling a lot of pressure. Because of tax rebate programs internationally the producers sometimes demand concessions in NYC.
The alternative is that the producers will shoot someplace like " New Zealand " where people will do work for a day for half the amount of money per day.. and will even sacrifice " safety " of work conditions in order to do that work, in terms of having enough manpower to handle a camera crane and so on. The nice little " ant " girl ( recently killled by train in a right to work state in the USA ) is a case in point. Eveyone seems to have some opinion about what that was all about. People in NZ will do stuff like that at the drop of a hat.. just to get the shot and get it done. But people all over the world have great talent and are mature, so all that is a matter of personal integrity.
I laugh my butt off when I think of some tongue in cheek remarks made by those who's attitude toward things are not grown up enough to understand real jobs with big budgets and so on. Would you hire me to work on your movie ??
I also make a point to say that I worked as a " grip " on movies... and I don't pretend to have shot the movie, lit the movie, operated the camera or worked in some other capacity on the movie... or commercial. If I have a " reel " to show people, I would be very careful about whether I produced it, shot it, lit it , edited it or whatever. I don't blur the lines regarding what I actually DID when I worked on things... you know? Personal integrity is very important to me... being honest..
I DID EDIT these .... but these are samples of MY EDITING....NOT MY SHOOTING
by the way, the next time someone has to do something like take a chainsaw to a girl's neck.. and have the chain saw running... you know you can do that with a mirror , right ???? tell the DP after you research it.. .goes for lots of shots.. like cars running into people etc.. you just cut a frame before contact with the mirror.. will send samples if you want...usually it's candy glass... on bigger budgets...with eye protection etc you can probably do with think plain mirror depending on action... so nobody gets hurt..
ps. Steve.. sunset is sunrise running backward ! hehe...
Plus, sunsets are usually at a much more convenient time of day!
That is lazy.
Oh, without a doubt.
The problem with sunsets, I have found, is that there are always a lot more people around. Getting up early, and resisting laziness, got me a lot better shots on my vacation. The issue with that is that I feel a little silly getting up early on vacation. After all, I am on vacation, the point of which is to be as lazy as possible. I have watched too many photography classes, tutorials, discussions, etc, and now I feel like I am wasting my vacation if I am not up early. This new hobby is trying to ruin my life!
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This new hobby is trying to ruin my life!
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imagine what its like to make a living at it !
Steven
Consider that we are helping them to help them selves.
If they ask a question that is fathomable ..they will get an answer.
The Forum is loaded with a tedious and time consuming "stock response" asking for more information and supplying "How to Ask a Question" Posts.
Loaded with a "questionaire response" (that would take a week to read and understand) and then has nothing to do with the unfathomable question.
It used to be loaded with sarcastic analogies ..usually of an automotive nature ( go figure!).
RTFM was a regular response.
Which of the above is more acceptable?
They are not being insulted nor is it rudeness to gently mock. I dont think the lazy posts are fun.
I think they are simply an interesting observation of communications skills (ie.lack of).
BTW - ever been thanked, acknowledged or marked correct from a "lazy post thread" ?
Any one know what time does the Adobe Kids Forum opens today?
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