Professionals....

Date: 2008-11-15, 8:29PM PST


I'm so tired of seeing ads for "Professionals" for either Gaffers, DPs or Camera Operators and they expect them to have all the equipment needed.

Guess what?! You apparently don't know that unless they've been in the business for a good while, they RENT equipment, and if they've got equipment, they usually go for PAID jobs.

And apparently people don't understand the jobs themselves. A DP doesn't usually have lights, some do, many don't. A DP designs the aesthetic. A camera operator, Operates the camera according to the instructions from the DP.... and the Gaffer is the one who sets up the lights to light the scene to how the DP wants it.

And for Gods Sake, Pay the goddamn crew!!!! You expect so much for nothing. The expertise of the DP, the camera, the lenses, the filters, the matte box, the monitor,the lights, the stands, stingers, flags, bounce boards. Hell might as well ask for a whole studio for free.

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