Premium Member Rich Steel Posted March 1, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted March 1, 2009 Nah, if you want to redeem yourself in front of your peers for not being an artist (pronounced ar-TEEST), at the very least, cut off an ear! at the very least.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dzyak Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Brian, I respect you and your accomplishments. I really do. You contribute a great deal of relevant and informative information on this forum. I know when I read a post by you it will be worthwhile. I am just trying to offer a wider perspective... like from a 250mm to an 18mm.. Even if we disagree, I hope we can remain friends. :) Sure! :) Though I can't figure out what I've said yet that can be disagreed with. I just call 'em like I see 'em. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 1, 2009 Share Posted March 1, 2009 Sure! :) Though I can't figure out what I've said yet that can be disagreed with. I just call 'em like I see 'em. ;) Apparently Brian you are some sort of pot smoking free love socialist commy hippy, and David is some sort of Dick Chenney loving capitalist that drives over homeless people in his luxury SUV. It's ok, it's clear to us all on the forum now :lol: R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Borowski Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Apparently Brian you are some sort of pot smoking free love socialist commy hippy, and David is some sort of Dick Chenney loving capitalist that drives over homeless people in his luxury SUV. It's ok, it's clear to us all on the forum now :lol: R, Lol. But capitalists/conservatives smoke weed too! Surely GWB's tendencies aren't entirely genetic ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Rodgar Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 There is little to zero chance of Canadians filling any of the higher up roles on a Hollywood feature shooting here. Sounds like NM. Not that too many people here are ready for that "high stakes Hollywood" drama, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Rodgar Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Nah, if you want to redeem yourself in front of your peers for not being an artist (pronounced ar-TEEST), at the very least, cut off an ear! I think the right spelling for "ar-TEEST" is artiste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hyslop Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I was told that there was pressure to hire a Canadian DP when possible. Quite possibly. It may have to do with tax credits - Canadian productions can get a larger tax credit than non-Canadian productions, and to qualify as a "Canadian production" most of the "Creative Services" positions (Director, Writer, the highest and second-highest paid lead actors, DP, Art Director, Music composer and editor) must be filled by Canadians. The Gov't of Canada web site outlining the rules is here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Quite possibly. It may have to do with tax credits - Canadian productions can get a larger tax credit than non-Canadian productions, and to qualify as a "Canadian production" most of the "Creative Services" positions (Director, Writer, the highest and second-highest paid lead actors, DP, Art Director, Music composer and editor) must be filled by Canadians. The Gov't of Canada web site outlining the rules is here Few if any Hollywood productions shooting in Canada come in as "full Canadian" they are all service deals. In order to be full Canadian the producers would have to be Canadian and there is no way a Hollywood studio would cede that kind of control. FYI, you can have a US lead actor in a full Canadian production the rule is that you can't have more than 25% of your budget paid to non-Canadians. So if you are making a 1 million dollar movie the US lead actor could not be paid more than $250, 000.00. "Not less than 75 per cent of the total of all costs for services provided in respect of producing the production (other than excluded costs) was payable to, and in respect of services provided to or by individuals who are, Canadians" R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Rich Steel Posted March 2, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted March 2, 2009 I guess under (your) definition I am not a Real/true Artist... That's ok.. I know what I am. I am a guy raising a family who likes to direct, shoot and edit Film...oh ya.. and keep gas in his boat so he can keep offshore fishing! At least I haven't given in to the onslaught of 1s and 0s and have stuck with Film... I am comfortable with that B) btw.. David, I am very familiar with LA.. I lived there 22 years and left 7 years ago.... my brother still has a Club on Ventura Blvd. I wish you well and hope you get those two Shows.. or even better Shows!... and a commercial next week! Oh Dear, It looks like my British humour/satire has lost it's translation mid atlantic and that you guys are all getting upset and huffy...oops! and I'm astounded at the lack of understanding of sarcasm, those crazy Canadians and Americans. Maybe that's why Obama is such a crap leader of Canada....;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Brad Grimmett Posted March 2, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted March 2, 2009 Oh Dear, It looks like my British humour/satire has lost it's translation mid atlantic and that you guys are all getting upset and huffy We're not all dense. Most of us got it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dzyak Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Here is a link to a SAG member who is explaining the contract dispute. Pay very close attention because what he talks about in regard to why SAG is fighting this is what everyone here will have to deal with as well. The key moment for me is when he explains that as technology pushes our television sets to become one with the computer, virtually EVERYTHING made short of a few features (which are shot internationally anyway), can be classified as "New Media." http://www.o-meon.com/podcasts/2009/03-03_..._Cygan_SAG.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member David Mullen ASC Posted March 4, 2009 Author Premium Member Share Posted March 4, 2009 Maybe I posted prematurely, because this week I got put in the awkward (but nice) position of having simultaneous offers from two different TV pilots shooting at the same time, same budget, and I know the producer of one and the director of the other. And while I was dealing with the back-n-forth over the dueling deals, I get a call from another network asking for my resume and reel. I guess pilots can go into production pretty fast. The thing is that they are all trying to be AFTRA productions (an AFTRA pilot can switch to a SAG contract later for the series but apparently not the other way) which means they all have to be shot digitally. This whole SAG-AFTRA conflict is really hurting the folks at Kodak I bet, all those millions of feet of stock that would normally be consumed over the course of a series, not happening. It's generally unlikely when the pilot is shot digitally for the series to go back to film. One producer in fact told me that this SAG contract dispute is being used by cost-cutting network folks to finally force producers and directors to switch to digital for all series work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Rakoczy Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 Maybe I posted prematurely,......... Not really.. you posted at that moment, as we all do... then things changed! :D Glad you have a project!.. or two!.. no doubt there are more in the works you just don't know about yet.... My bet, go with the Producer.. Directors can come and go.. Producers, for the most part... stay. But I am not telling you anything you don't already know... B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Satsuki Murashige Posted March 5, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted March 5, 2009 Nice David, it always seems like work comes all at once or not at all. Can you say if the pilots are for HBO or not? If you're forced into shooting digitally, it'd be nice to try a new camera - maybe a D21 or F35? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Figueroa Baez Posted March 5, 2009 Share Posted March 5, 2009 I might be a little out of place here but, most of us trying to get our careers going are having a lot fo trouble finding work. I have sent out ovr 50 resumes over the course of the last few weeks, ranging from rental houses to film/pilot sets to post production work and I have yet to recieve a single call. Granted that I could have the worst resume/cover letter/demo reel combo out there, but I can sincerely say that we are hurting here at the bottom. It is a hard industry to break into but add to that the current situation and it only gets closer to impossible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I might be a little out of place here but, most of us trying to get our careers going are having a lot fo trouble finding work. I have sent out ovr 50 resumes over the course of the last few weeks, ranging from rental houses to film/pilot sets to post production work and I have yet to recieve a single call. Granted that I could have the worst resume/cover letter/demo reel combo out there, but I can sincerely say that we are hurting here at the bottom. It is a hard industry to break into but add to that the current situation and it only gets closer to impossible. I feel your pain we've all been there. Fact is this industry is near impossible to make a living in even during the best of economic conditions. There are simply too many people that want in, and too few positions to be had. What can ya do? R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted March 6, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted March 6, 2009 What can ya do? R, "Prayer Mr. Saavik, the [industry] don't take prisoners!" The only benefit to just starting out in this industry is that you can sometimes "afford," to get super low paying jobs (I don't recommend working free, unless it's a student production/friends, and even on a student production try to get some money) which normally have less competition/awareness from better established peoples (this is not always true, especially in today's economy, but it's a pseudo-rosy outlook to keep yourself going). If anything, I would think that things will begin to turn around towards the middle/end of this year. I have no proof thereof, but hell, sometimes optimism pays off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Borowski Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 "Prayer Mr. Saavik, the [industry] don't take prisoners!" What about Star Trek III? :-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Adrian Sierkowski Posted March 6, 2009 Premium Member Share Posted March 6, 2009 II actually love ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Borowski Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 II actually love ;) Lol. I just hit one right over your head into the bleachers. Not going to elaborate further, because a few poor souls on here probably haven't seen ST:III, but sometimes the Klingons Make exceptions B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Wengenroth Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 We kinda just had this conversation on the phone Karl, but I'll chime in anyway! I lucked out and got some hours in at NYFA helping teach the Panavision class for 6 weeks, but other than that I only got like 3-4 calls for work last month. So yes, it is slow, but it's like 3 different types of slow all rolled into one: 1. New York City Winter slow. 2. Unions that can't get their poop together and threaten to strike/cause conflict/scare away the work slow. 3. Extra Super Crappy Economy slow. Oh well. Life isn't fair and you gotta roll with it anyway. I'm used to slow winters now, so it doesn't bother me as much as it used to...I'm over it. After 3 years of beating myself up about the slow times and assuming it must just be me (it's never that simple), I finally learned to let it roll off my back. There is no logic to this business. When people say things will pick up, you should add at least 2 months to that time period just in case. It is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Dzyak Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Here is a link to a SAG member who is explaining the contract dispute. Pay very close attention because what he talks about in regard to why SAG is fighting this is what everyone here will have to deal with as well. The key moment for me is when he explains that as technology pushes our television sets to become one with the computer, virtually EVERYTHING made short of a few features (which are shot internationally anyway), can be classified as "New Media." http://www.o-meon.com/podcasts/2009/03-03_..._Cygan_SAG.html http://nab365.bdmetrics.com/NST-2-50202557...w/vO8E=&r=t Verizon Getting Closer To Blending TV With Web Verizon's move represents a major shift in how cable TV companies think about the TV experience. Typically, cable companies considered the cable TV box near-sacred space. Customers could change channels, but as for how the box worked, that was only up to the cable company. Click on the link to read the whole article. "New Media" is on the way and with it, loopholes for Producers to bypass traditional contracts. Save your pennies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Wengenroth Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 YAAAY!!! WE'RE DOOOOMED! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Apparently New York state just canceled their tax credit system, yikes, that was bad timing. R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K Borowski Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Apparently New York state just canceled their tax credit system, yikes, that was bad timing. R, Great maybe I should've moved to Canada instead. . . :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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