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Camera Operator Required

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  • 18-04-2011 12:32pm
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    marionette
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭


    Hi,

    I am in the midst of creating a showreel to put forward for TV presenting.

    I am looking for a camera operator with their own equipment to shoot it.

    I have a couple of ideas and interviews lined up with bands and media personalities.

    As I am starting out, I do not have the funds, so you would be doing this for your own experience and something to put on your own showreel. I have worked in tv production in the past so may be able to help with contacts and if you help me out I will most definitely return the favour.

    I will be looking forward to hearing from all you talented, aspiring camera operators out there!

    Thanks,

    Marionette
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    Forest Master
    Registered Users Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭Forest Master


    marionette wrote: »
    I have worked in tv production in the past so may be able to help with contacts

    :confused:
    You have contacts in the TV industry, but don't know anyone with a camera?


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    Splinters
    Registered Users Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Splinters


    Must admit this type of thing annoys me too, Id be a lot more inclined to reply to a genuine request where they admit they simply dont have the funds or resources to get it done otherwise rather then dangle the age old bull**** carrot of "great for your showreel" or "promise of futher paid work".

    Im not singling out the original poster as theres a ton of almost identical posts on here and other similar forums. It just gets a little tiresome reading the same horse **** over and over again.


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    Forest Master
    Registered Users Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭Forest Master


    Splinters wrote: »
    Must admit this type of thing annoys me too, Id be a lot more inclined to reply to a genuine request where they admit they simply dont have the funds or resources to get it done otherwise rather then dangle the age old bull**** carrot of "great for your showreel" or "promise of futher paid work".

    Im not singling out the original poster as theres a ton of almost identical posts on here and other similar forums. It just gets a little tiresome reading the same horse **** over and over again.
    Exactly - how can the OP even say that her showreel would be good for my showreel? What if I turn up to film her with my equipment and she's crap at presenting? Then I can't use it - and what if it's edited badly by someone else, and not even graded/colour corrected? Then the ONLY thing in return that she's offering (i.e. "put it on your own showreel") can't even be done, and there's a strong likelihood of that happening, due to the sound/editing/presenting needing to be top notch too for me to find it usable!
    If I turn up & shoot it, then its out of my hands - and if anyone else along the way makes a balls of the sound/grade/edit, then I can't even use it & I've gotten nothing back!


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