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After this goes through the court system, I guess we’ll find out who owns the rights to the footage. I just saw a huge court case in Arizona this past year that determined that the shooter MAY own the footage but the shooter does not have a right to do a damn thing with it. The client, on the other hand, has the right to use the footage for any purpose that they choose. And this came from the highest court in the state.
I wonder how much cash Flagler has in his war chest. He should have taken the half mill and got into another business. His only hope is that WalMart decides to throw cash at it so it goes away.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
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[Ron Lindeboom] “. I once had a girlfriend who called me “…a 19th century moralist living in the 20th century.” In response I said, “thanks.” Today I have moved on to being a 19th century moralist living in the 21st century. Now that’s progress, baby! “
Ron, I am steaming over this one. The actions of this vindictive pair could hurt all of us. I have stuff in my library that could cause many firings, lawsuites, public humiliation, divorce and every thing else under the sun. Someone earlier said that we needed to look at this professionally and drop the name calling. However, I think someone needs to take this low life Flagler cry baby, piece of crap out and beat some sense into him. Speaking about him on a professional level is an injustice to the word itself. The backlash to the rest of us could be incredible.
When our clients hire us, they expect a certain level of professionalism on our part which includes keeping company business where it belongs, with the company, just like Vegas. Vegas’ entire campaign is “We won’t rat you out”. I agree that if we were to see some flagrant violation of human rights or major crime, we should deal with it in a professional manner. That would entail telling the client that we no longer wish to have a business arrangement with them and then contact the proper authorities to get the wheels of justice rolling. I was on a $3000 a day “exercise video shoot” once when the main girl’s top came off and we told producer that we didn’t work in the porn industry. He said that he would “Tell the world” that we walked out on him and we did just that. Any “word” from him and the consequences would have been drastic. No court house and no lawyers. He knows that I have no problem doing 30 days to protect my reputation.
As for Flagler, getting fired and then putting his client’s secrets out there for sale is nothing but pure GREED, GREED, GREED, mixed with the ethics of a teenager. There isn’t one ounce of professionalism involved here, just sheer greed.
If he hates WalMart so much, he should begin by returning the money he took from them. Oh, he won’t do that? So, it’s ok to keep the money they gave him and if he had a problem with their corporate policies, he should have quit. But no, his greed kept him taking the checks to the bank. What a pathetic little weasle.
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
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They have a multi million dollar video facility in their main building in Bentonville, Arkansas. I’ve stood in there. Their shoot studio is a 40 x 40 room with a set in each corner and a set on each wall for a total of eight. We were there in ’95 to bid on a job that included putting a video program on the in-store monitors. They told us that the stores could not afford $15 each to see this happen. This was a lie and they stole our ideas and use them today in many of their stores. It was stupid on our part to give our ideas away but it was a huge, 10 year contract that we were talking about. At the time, WalMart was still a supporter of US companies.
After seeing their studio, I asked “If you have this huge facility, why are you talking to us?”. Their answer was that the project we were talking about was way too small for their facility.
Even though they stole our ideas and we were left out in the cold, it never crossed my mind to act like a 10 year old and seek revenge. I chalked it up to experience and moved forward.
Flagler was ignorant for depending on one source for their income.
This move will end up costing them anything they have left. Stupid. Immature. Traitors. Backstabbers. And if anyone agrees with them, you need to rethink a few things. Yeah, they might be the scourge of the retail industry, but you don’t sink to the level of dog poo when you get jilted.
No sympathy for Flagler. They’re finished.
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
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[Ron Lindeboom] “Shame on them. What unprofessional hack”
I agree with Ron a thousand percent. This is a direct violation of trust. Walmart would be insane to give these incredible maggots a dime. They need to bury them in the legal system. ANYONE who agrees with Flagler is incredibly unethical. I guess it would be OK if someone that used to work for you put all of your private business the web, right.
I cannot put into words how incensed I am that these dirt bags turned on their former client. I have been released by several companies for different reasons. It never made me want to drop my honor and become a filthy rat.
Unbelievable!
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
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[roland.blaser] “Maybe some of you would like to kill me”
We may get sarcastic about really stupid questions but no one has ever actually been killed here.
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 . -
Tyler – Where are you anyway? There is a DSR2000 in the COW classifieds and the guy is in Burbank. By the way, the DSR 2000 is the only deck in the world with this error correction circuitry.
I could not link to your sample shots so I don’t know what it looked like.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
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Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
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Thanks Don, Something so simple has been driving me nuts.
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 . -
See if you can locate a SONY DSR-2000 DVCAM deck. It has a function that allows it to play damaged tapes. I saw a demo at NAB about 5 or 6 years ago where they took a wrinkled tape that would not play in anything else because of numerous problems but it played perfectly in the 2000. The engineer that turned me on to this was Sony’s Richard Miller. He has since retired but there was a guy named Patel Something that also was up to speed on this little marvel.
You might call BandPro and ask Jeff Cree. 818-841-9655. Tell him that I sent you.
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 . -
Around 1987, a production buddy and I wanted to get into a Phoenix Suns basketball game. I grabbed a long 26 min CCZX(?) cable and we started running for the big roll up door next to security in the parking garage. As I got close, I yelled out “Where is the TV remote truck?”. The guard pointed down a hallway and pushed some people out of the way so we could get through. One of my fondest memories.
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 . -
Well, it’s called “The Hoax”. But, it’s the one with the reddish cover, not the Richard Gere version. https://www.netflix.com/Search?ff2_submit.x=0&ff2_submit.y=0&v1=the+hoax (the second one)
This movie is NOT color graded and the sound was not finished. Except for one day-for-night scene and a few effects, it is all camera raw footage. The budget was less than $90k.
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 .