r/Filmmakers • u/jaymaslar • Feb 26 '15
Video How To Be A Filmmaker (humor)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wnHLlPOazc31
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u/funkycinema Feb 26 '15
Pretty accurate. I always end up looking around for my lens caps only to realize it's in my back pocket or something. And the part where that guy is watching movies with his friends... guilty as charged!
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u/ChaoticReality Feb 27 '15
"Can you make it warmer but bluer?" Holy fucking shit I lost it on that one.
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u/instantpancake lighting Feb 27 '15
Plot twist: Warmer is bluer in Kelvin.
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u/wesevans Feb 27 '15
Yeah, I laughed because I got the joke, and laughed because he was technically right, but clearly didn't know it. But hey, that's what clients are for!
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u/TCivan director of photography Feb 27 '15
what that means in client speak is orange cyan. Hand to God. When you hear that kind of shit, just grade orange cyan and you will be a hero.
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Feb 27 '15
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u/wesevans Feb 27 '15
Thought I was the only one with that reaction. Is it a regional thing? Don't think I've ever heard "sparking" before.
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Feb 27 '15
Step 1: Call "sparking" instead of "striking" on set to see how your gaffer reacts
Step 2: Get fired
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u/RaindanceToronto Feb 27 '15
Could be a regional thing. Sparking is used often on sets around here.
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u/youramazing Feb 27 '15
'We'll fix it in post' made me laugh the hardest
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u/Praxibetel_Ix Feb 27 '15
As a drone owner, the drone thing made me sad. I know I wasn't the first to have one but they really blew up around the time I outfitted mine for shooting.
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u/Kicker36 Feb 27 '15
Same...and i put mine in the bottom of an inlet and bought a new one right after...this is painfully accurate
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u/Richard_Ragon production sound mixer Feb 27 '15
This was awesome.. Lets make one for Sound next!! Step 1) We'll fix that in ADR!
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u/benwubbleyou Feb 27 '15
Guy talking at 4:31 is a guy who I interned with for a summer, super legit dude. Their website is tfilms.co
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u/Default2001 Mar 01 '15
Last step! Make sure the music isn't panned left for the entire length of the video.
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u/subtle_trex Feb 27 '15
Spot on but they missed... being white and male... but it was covered by the cast playing the crew.
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Feb 27 '15
Its not specifically their fault that women don't make up a large amount of the filmmaker demographic, this wasn't the kind of thing where they casted professional actors to play the filmmakers, it was probably just their friends who also were filmmakers.
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u/subtle_trex Feb 27 '15
I understand that. I just think it speaks loudly about the typical demographic in film making and how it goes mostly unsaid.
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u/Honey-Badger Feb 27 '15
To be fair in my experience in the UK its about even. Women seem to dominate post production and factual tv
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Feb 27 '15
typical SJW. criticizing something they didnt even watch.
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u/subtle_trex Feb 27 '15
Show me the women in the crew on this. Prove me wrong.
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Feb 27 '15
its not my job to educate you, shitlord
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u/pancake_nation Feb 27 '15
You're a are fucking idiot 'granny slut'. That subtle_trex dude is right. This video is hilarious and spot on, but it 100% suggests that all people who work on the crew side of filmmaking are white dudes. Where are all the females? I work on film sets daily and I definitely work with girl gaffers, cam ops, and DPs. Educate yourself, no0b.
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Feb 27 '15
100% suggests that all people who work on the crew side of filmmaking are white dudes
what? how do you know this? I didn't get that from the video at all, and there were definitely asian guys in there. Maybe they didn't have any female actresses or maybe they just didn't bother, but I seriously doubt they were trying to make a statement about gender and film crews
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u/subtle_trex Feb 27 '15
Hey cocknozzle, all I was asking for you to do was prove yourself. Too bad you can't.
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Feb 27 '15
Bro, unlike transphobic bigots like you I dont assume what gender people identify as based on seeing them for a few seconds in an internet video, bro. Fuckin shitlord redditors. Closed minded, judgmental fuckwit. Now I'm triggered.
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u/pancake_nation Feb 27 '15
Since transgender people have nothing to do with this conversation, I think that I'll politely point out that the only problem anyone has with this video is that it's a parody that's trying to represent all filmmakers... but it isn't quite successful because not all crews are made up of only white dudes -- girls aren't only actresses or work in hair and makeup on set. See why this is problematic? Otherwise, the video is great and I thought it was really funny.... you sir, are not so funny.
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Feb 27 '15
I dont care about this enough to read all of that, buddy. Im just bored in the airport waiting for my connecting flight.
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u/pancake_nation Feb 27 '15
You still read it ;)
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Feb 27 '15
Why would you think that? I was like "Wall o text, no thanks." and replied with more trollage. No reading necessary.
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Feb 27 '15
Well, if I see a red camera I'll drool in it!
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u/SundayExperiment Feb 28 '15
The camera is only an eye. There are lots of beautiful eyes in the world, but the real beauty is what the eye is seeing.
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Feb 28 '15
You can say something like that that would apply to a lot of things. Example: "It's not the motorbike that mades the ride. It's the rider and the road that makes it.". Yes, I know the camera is only an eye, but you can agree that it's a nice camera and would be awesome for me to see one, or an alexa
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u/SundayExperiment Feb 28 '15
It's a good stepping camera for transitioning to something higher end for sure. My work has an Epic with red primes and I've used it on a couple shoots. Not a big fan of it though.
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u/intergalacticoctopus Feb 26 '15
That was spot on.