Steve Wargo
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If this thing is going global, you’ll need to decide how it could affect your future.
There is a small group of filmmakers here (Phoenix) that I mentor and also support financially. They just did a little video called “I’m voting Republican” and they are #1 on Google, have been featured on MSNBC and were featured on a national TV program last night. I think their budget was $100.
You don’t know how far this thing of yours will fly but if you think it has legs (or wings) maybe you need to put more into it and see if it can’t come back to you. Watch out for those copyright infringments though.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
If this thing is going global, you’ll need to decide how it could affect your future.
There is a small group of filmmakers here (Phoenix) that I mentor and also support financially. They just did a little video called “I’m voting Republican” and they are #1 on Google, have been featured on MSNBC and were featured on a national TV program last night. I think their budget was $100.
You don’t know how far this thing of yours will fly but if you think it has legs (or wings) maybe you need to put more into it and see if it can’t come back to you. Watch out for those copyright infringments though.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
.[Todd Terry] “… might even be worth it to get a big “Crappy Quality” rubber stamp made…. haaaa”
Go ahead! Make a joke. I get it.
I will have mine ordered on Monday.
Here’s another one: A few weeks ago, a good friend of mine that I use for sound mixing was hired on a shoot with a RED camera. Even though they were recording second system sound which requires two people, the production hired 5.5 people to manage the camera and the CF card files, they only hired my bud for all of the sound chores. OK, enough of that dribble.. They were shooting in a restaurant where the owner wouldn’t shut off some of the noisy equipment so sound was YUK. He told the director nicely and the director said that they were moving forward. The next morning, he caught holy hell because the sound on the dailies was unusable. He called me and asked for a pad of our “NMF” forms.
The NMF stands for Not My Fault. It’s a form that says that we have a major problem and I don’t want blamed for this later. It’s a form with blank spaces where you fill in the problem of the moment and have the director or someone else sign off on the issue. 75% of the time, it’s for sound, 20% for lighting and 5% for other stuff. Either they sign off or I don’t proceed. It’s funny how they think when they have to put their initials on a piece of paper that says “You’ve been warned. You are now 100% responsible.”
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
Figure how much time you’ll have in it at the crummy level, a middle level and the really good level.
Have him pick one.
Get 50% down.
Do the job. Collect the balance. Buy a few gallons of gas with the money. Be thankful.
Move on to the next job.
Question: is it any of your business what he intends to do with it or whether it get Internet play? just asking.
When we are faced with his, we write “Crappy Quality” on the bid and then again on the invoice, just to keep things in perspective.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
We have a Peter Lisand unit for our bigger cameras but I see that they have a smaller unit for smaller cameras. Maybe you cam do a deal with them for part of a kit. And, maybe I’ll win the Lotto tonight.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/514113-REG/Peter_Lisand_BCS05_BCS_05_Shoulder_Brace_with.html
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
[ken hon] “We bought the DVTec DVrig Pro HD and I like it”
I saw a DVTec unit on a guy’s shoulder at NAB but didn’t get a chance to try it on.
Because I’m too lazy too look it up, could you please give us a web address.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
In all my years (25), I’ve only had one director that asked me to set the lens to a certain focal length. Most of the others thought that “focal length” had something to do with which reading glasses to wear.
It sounds like they were experienced guys who had their fun making a joke about you. this was entirely uncalled for, especially because you are a student.
However, because you are studying to become a director, do yourself a HUGE favor and get yourself over to FilmTools and buy a “director’s finder”. What directors do is 1. Stand in the camera position, 2. look through the finder and set the frame size, 3. Ask the operator to set the lens to your number.
They are on sale right now. https://www.filmtools.com/nekistdivi.html
By the way, directors are not expected to know the focal length of the lens. It’s a big plus because that would put you a notch above the others.
Shame on those guys. They’re jerks. If that happened on a set of mine, it would have consequences.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
Restoring the card seems to do nothing but make everything normal.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
Yeah. A Google of “Clip transfer 2.7” gets ya there.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
[Ron Shook] “What do you mean by “qualified?”
Manhandling cameras is what I’ve done for 25 years. The RedRock was the only one that felt stable, had a professionally machined base system and had the versatility to be configured in a few configurations. The handle mounts were flexible in how and where they mount. The locking levers were splined correctly and had a nice feel that won’t dig into your fingers (compared to the garbage locking devices that are sold by the RED camera people). The color is properly applied to the aluminum and everything is finished.
Before video, I was a journeyman machinist and steel fabricator. IMHO (Actually, not too humble)
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD .