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Finding those brilliant ideas
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By now, you’ve heard from a lot of people on a lot of things. I’d be surprised if you haven’t already met your “team.” I’m a little biased, but hire an art director or production designer with a writing background (or who can effectively brainstorm). Make up a title if you have to. You say you don’t need to stimulate ideas, but you wouldn’t be asking if that were the case – sounds like you want to offload it on to someone else. In other words, it sounds like everyone wants to focus on their respective areas and leave the rest to the new guy – or create a job that the new guy can fit into. Sounds perfectly normal, too.
What have you already tried?
Save early. Save often.
Jonathan Ziegler
http://www.electrictiger.com
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[Todd Terry] “we’re tapped out”
Bullshit.
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I think I see the problem: I’ve been getting a lot of out of town phone calls asking for delivery of jumbo thin crust with pepperoni and mushrooms. Conversely, some pizza joint is getting prank calls asking about script consulting.
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Thank you for that helpful comment.
T2
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
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[Mark Suszko] “some pizza joint is getting prank calls asking about script consulting.”
But the important question is, are they any good at it?
(and does that come with free breadsticks?)
T2
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
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Your first mistake was inviting a Chicago native to talk about pizza… Now you’re in for the long haul.
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Surely there must be some way you can crowd source basic creative ideas that you can then polish into a workable script.
I was very fortunate several years back to consult for a few large ad agencies and that introduced me to dozens of writers and art directors hungry for moonlighting work.
Contact me offline if you need a name or two. (Besides Mark Suszko.)
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Hey Todd; The premise here is that there are only three of you to kick around ideas but there are actually five staff on your site. So is it just the three or five, because two more heads to toss ideas around with is a big deal.
And one more question…you say it is always a three person crew, so no grips or makeup artists or production design or PAs and things like that? Just the three staff and the client or agency staff?
Just curious…since the premise is only three staff to do the entire production, from the pre-pro thru production and post.
Clarity?
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media Inc.
Video Production, Post, Studio Sound Stage
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Always glad to provide clarity…
[Rich Rubasch] “there are actually five staff on your site. So is it just the three or five”
Well one of those five on our site is our art director… who is also my better half. She only works for us as-needed, and the rest of the time works full time for her own graphic design company. She’s already an over-tapped source for concepts as she is cranking them out for her own company 24/7 as well.
The other staff member listed on our site is Larry Tate. Ummm… Larry is not a real person. You must be a young’un.
[Rich Rubasch] “you say it is always a three person crew, so no grips or makeup artists or production design or PAs and things like that? Just the three staff and the client or agency staff?”
Right, usually it is just three of us. We run lean and mean. This is how we churn out stuff that looks (we hope) at least moderate-budget, for what are in actuality very very low budgets.
The occasional extra staff (PAs, grips, hair/makeup) are people hired for individual shoots… if they are needed. I’d never see them (or possibly even meet them) before call time of the shoot. In reality, the only extra crew is usually hair/makeup. I might need to hire a grip or two maybe once or twice a year. It’s been years since I hired a PA. Sometimes agency staff is around, but in those instances when we work for agencies there is typically no concepting required of us… they bring the ideas. It’s the non-agency work that does tax our brains, so there are no agency personnel on set for those, because there is no agency.
So yes, it’s usually just the three of us, start to finish. Sometimes two. I always direct, DP, and camera op. Heck I even do props/wardrobe. During pre-prod I do production design, coordination, casting, scouting, whatever it takes. My partner produces, talent wrangles, location coordinates, and a zillion little things that PAs would usually also do. Unless we are double booked and he’s back in an edit suite, my editor is usually on location as swing… anything from sound to grip to camera assistant… whatever is needed.
We stay tired.
T2
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
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