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WFH, cloud editing, thoughts for the future
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[greg janza] “And while I certainly hope we can get past this pandemic quickly, it seems essential to keep in mind that the fastest a vaccine has ever been created is four years for the Mumps. “
There are also plenty of diseases for which we never created a vaccine. They simply went away or morphed into something less virulent. Flu vaccines are also an educated guess each year they are formulated. Some years are more successful than others. That’s all part of the unknown right now.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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[Oliver Peters] “That’s all part of the unknown right now.”
What is known is that this is certainly NOT the flu. It is more contagious, it effects the body differently. So while there is a bunch of unknowns, there are some known facts.
Here’s a writeup of how the virus transmits and infects, using known data:
https://www.erinbromage.com/post/the-risks-know-them-avoid-them
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[Jeremy Garchow] “What is known is that this is certainly NOT the flu”
I wasn’t saying nor implying that it was. Merely that dealing with viruses is anything but predictable. The flu is a very known disease to us, yet each year it is different. Producing vaccines for each year’s version is as much a guess as anything. If the virus develops the way you think it does, then the vaccine will have a higher success rate than if it develops differently.
OTOH, diseases like Ebola, SARS, MERS, etc do not yet have vaccines. Although there are trials.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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[Jeremy Garchow] “So what do you do in the meantime? Wait?”
And what’s your plan? If staying home is the solution, what do you say to your assistant editors or IT personnel when they are the ones who do have to go into the office?
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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[Oliver Peters] “And what’s your plan? If staying home is the solution, what do you say to your assistant editors or IT personnel when they are the ones who do have to go into the office?”
I do go to the office, but I don’t stay at the office. I coordinate with others to work around schedules. It sucks, it is inefficient, but it is necessary. Very often, I go late at night.
Staying home is not THE solution, it is part of a broader solution.
If someone needs to work at the office, there are guidelines. I posted some from AICP, Chicago has posted some as well. There is a lot of overlap. Most of it is, wear a mask, install barriers, keep your distance, wash your hands, keep face to face communication at a minimum (which might mean Zoom calls from inside the office), no common areas (conference rooms and otherwise), and stagger the amount of people in the office at once.
As fas as production, Chicago is still in Phase 2 (for the next few weeks) while the rest of Illinois starts Phase 3 today so we aren’t supposed to be back at work yet. Production will have to include PPE costs, costs for hair and makeup getting equipment for each talent. Having ‘zones’ on set where most of the crew does not mix air with talent (who will be maskless when the camera is rolling). We need to figure out how to stream what the camera sees to clients who aren’t going to fly in. we need to figure out how to travel (if needed) and make sure that everything stays sanitized. We need to work as lean as possible with as few crew as possible. Tons and tons of details. It’s a lot to consider, it will be a lot of work if we get a call, and we need as few hands as possible to get it done. It’s not going to fun, but it will be necessary for the foreseeable future.
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wow – this is sure becoming political ! Is this allowed on Cow ?
Well, since I love to cause trouble – this is what will happen (and I could be wrong – and I am often wrong).
You see all the reports and news about people ignoring social distancing, and young people going to the beaches, and parties, and NOT social distancing – you know – all those “Covidiots”. Many people will not tolerate the lock down, and many people feel that literally going out of business (and having the majority of the country go out of business) is worse that people dying.SO – what will happen (because all those evil business people want to keep making money) – is that they will find other states to shoot, and do production in – that do NOT have lock down. Can’t shoot in LA – let’s shoot in Atlanta. “OH – they are SO Irresponsible” – well, that is what is going to happen. No matter how you feel about “we must be safe” and “we must save our grandparents” (I am of that age) – the world will go on – death be damned – and everything will continue. Can’t make Telsa cars in California – move it to Texas (which is happening). Can’t make movies in Hollywood – they will shoot in Atlanta or Austin, or another city.
That is exactly what is going to happen. It will apply to all industries. And just like Malaria, Measles, Chicken Pox, Polio, Influenza, etc. – Covid-19 is here to stay – it will ALWAYS be on our planet. And once day soon, when YOU get a bad case of Covid-19 (I hope not !) – you will take Remdesivir by Gilead Science (which will be approved by 2021), and the odds are you will get better. Covid 19 will never go away. And neither will the other diseases. And production (and every other industry) will continue.
Bob
Bob Zelin
Rescue 1, Inc.
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[Bob Zelin] “the world will go on – death be damned – and everything will continue. “
We are saying the same thing but differently. At no point did I say to not work. I am saying, work, but safely for everyone, to be clear.
Oliver is asking on “thoughts for the future” and my thoughts, others thoughts, including the people that will be paying the bills, and telling people to go work for them and earn, is that this needs to be done with consideration.
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[Jeremy Garchow] “is that this needs to be done with consideration.”
I don’t disagree at all.
But consider this. Covid aside. If we truly believe that the majority of post work from now on will be remote, then in the past few years, facility owners have flushed a helluva a lot of money down the drain. That fleet of new Mac Pros? No need for those. That big honking NAS? Nope, should have saved money there. Simply make sure the freelancers you have working from home have adequate set-ups.
Maybe that’s an exaggeration, but if remote work will truly be the norm and not the exception, you are going to design and build post facilities in a completely different way.
– Oliver
Oliver Peters – oliverpeters.com
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[Oliver Peters] “if remote work will truly be the norm and not the exception, you are going to design and build post facilities in a completely different way”
Exactly this. This forced situation is causing a complete re-think of what the post workflow can and should be. I don’t think it’s money down the drain but it may require re-purposing of hardware resources.
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[Bob Zellin] “Well – this is your interpretation, and it’s kind of silly. The business model always changes.”
Not silly at all. It explains why it took 50 years, not 20 years, after Toffler’s prediction to finally start happening. Of course business changes and new billionaires make it to the top and push things along but for decades there was incredible resistance. Rupert Murdoch is a classic example of old media fighting to slow the change while he learnt how to catch up to the new tech billionaires. Electric cars should have happened in the 90s. That was set back 20 years by old money and old industrial thinking.
I see nothing silly about bemoaning history. The delays in getting a viable internet and changing work place practices has cost the planet. And it was deliberate so obscenely rich people could make a bit more money.
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