Dave Plowman
No need for a meja studies degree now.
2016
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Mike Jordan
Looks a bit professional though. A clapperboard and a mic boom with cans on to hear what is actually going on!
Bernie Newnham
We did a day at Kingston Uni for kids like this which culminated in a couple of hours in the studio with three cameras, autocue etc. It’s sort of magic watching an eight year old operating camera one with her chaperone having to lift her up to see what she was doing. After they left, the handlers asked them the best part of the day – apparently usually lunch – but in this case it was unanimous – "the studio".
Pat Heigham
Any chance we could get places for today’s Directors?
In my experience as Membership Sec of AMPS (Association of Motion Picture Sound) the applications we received from students on film courses were usually dressed up by the belief that as soon as they entered the Industry, they were going to automatically be Directors of Photography or Supervising Sound Editor or top-notch Sound Mixers!
Starting at the bottom obviously didn’t appeal!
Peter Cook
I was asked to rig a PA system at a Teddy Bears’ picnic for a group of 3 to 6 year olds. I said, "Why"? The reply:"It’s out doors and the kiddies might not hear". I pointed out that the children’s hearing is excellent, they would be giving 100% attention and the only three ladies to use the mic would be a school teacher, an opera singer and a vicar. The soft spoken people performing a play could not use mics. I loaded the kit back into a car and got on with rehearsal!
I find it comical that because I was a cameraman it is widely believed that I must be an expert on sound.
David Denness
The people suggesting you rig the PA must have been BBC accountants. They seem to think a single cameraman can do Sound and anything else that comes along.
Mike Jordan
Isn’t that how it is done nowadays? Seems like it from the results sometimes!
