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  1. Well well well, life keeps rolling along and now I find myself writing a spec drama series pilot...!

    wild, right? whats shocking is that i kinda feel like i know what im doing?? like, if you said to me, years ago, “Just make a story bible to go with your pilot thats really visual with pictures and stuff,” i wouldve had NO idea what you were talking about

    so, i wouldve looked up the term ‘story bible’ (/‘show bible’, etc), and i wouldve said to myself

    WOW

    THIS IS A LOT OF WORK. (😂)

    a story bible, for the uninitiated, is simply a document that contains all the ‘big picture‘ ideas for your series (a stand alone feature film would be self contained, not needing elaboration), as well as character and location breakdowns, notes on tone, sfx, cinematography, etc. a cool contemporary example would be the stranger things story bible, originally called montuak—easy to search out that pdf...! check it out maybe if this is all new to you (see good article link at bottom of post)

    all this stuff IS a lot of work (lol/smh), but ironically ive discovered that for me as a writer the whole mythology actually comes easier than a tight pilot, the big view of the world and the characters in it, i need that to makes sense of what im writing, and i LOVE how a story bible can be visual and all, as opposed to a teleplay in a strict typewriter like format

    anybody here ever attempt anything like this?? any tips???? anything.... any comments are relevant lol. feel free to reply out of pure ignorance, i do that all the time lol

    if ~I~ have any tips (i dont), its that youre writing for buyers who need a killer logline. like, if it doesnt sound somehow DIFFERENT, like a SHOW YOU WOULD WATCH, and producible in reality, forget it. as an unproduced outsider non guild member writer, its hard to get anything ‘read’ by the powers that be to begin with. theres a reason that ppl use the phrase ‘break in’ to the business — the front door is not open 😂 they are not taking applications 😂 so, imagine that youre that executive who always has 30 sec to hear a great idea — and if its hot it doesnt matter where it came from. i try to think about projects from there, and then elaborate...

    *THIS* is why i need a proper tea regimen 😂 any comments appreciated guize

    https://screencraft.org/2017/10/26/how-to-sell-your-tv-series-the-stranger-things-way/

  2. 😂😂😂

    fwiw ive always loved the idea of one lens to rule them all

    wheres my stabilized ff 17-105mm 1.4 ?? 😂 until i learned a lil bit abt how lenses work i was like Why dont they make one of those 🤔😂

    anyway, I’m looking forward to the edit and future vloggings from you guys...

    as in andrews recent article, maybe “Cup of Tea” could be a gimmick...? like, you guys have tea and complain abt stuff. the longer the better @Andrew Reid @BTM_Pix

    what kind of tea do you real english people drink anyway...? dont spare the details; i like earl grey with cream and lots of sugar lol, but im from california what do i know

  3. ohhh, very cool!

    yeah, I'd say get the owners story, do some pan and scan on some old photos of him doing his thing, see if u can shoot him actually cutting hair with some customers, and film them as well...! get some regular customers saying how much they like Don the barber, etc...

  4. 5 hours ago, Cinegain said:

    Haha, I bet you'll enjoy this one too @kaylee

     

    omg 😆 

    its sooo funny cuz its true, ive p much done all that stuff at one time or another 😂

    update: got one message only from sloogan floogan, confirming his existence. the plot thickens...

    @Andrew Reid + @BTM_Pix any chance you all can meetup for the vlog with sloog...? id like a long form thing: spend like 20 min having curry, 20 min doing some nonsense and 3 min shooting. im getting into vloggers now i just discovered adam the woo

  5. im into trade shows, and id rlly like to see photokina stick around...! its special

    when things calm down, i think it will return. never underestimate the willingness of marks like me to pay big $$$ for the location and the culture ~!

    > that being said, how is the coronavirus affecting you guys?? who can report from home bout whats going on where u live...?

    FINALLY my antisocial southern california mountain home is coming in handy...! just when i was abt to move back to LA too 🤔 [pandemic protip: avoid LAX, fly into any orher airport]

    note: my posts often contain a lot of misinterpreted deadpan humor, but now is not the time ok 😂 i know that this is a serious subject guys; i rlly hope that you all are doing ok ❤️💯👍🏻

     

  6. hey at the risk of bein a nerd id like to remind everyone to CLEAN THOSE SMARTPHONE LENSES cuz even a smudge that u cant see can affect the image, and im SUPER guilty of not doing that all the time

    my note 10 *reminds me sometimes* 😂, but this IS a thing

    my actual camera lenses stay super clean, i have filters over them, i notice, etc. but—man ill pull that smartphone out and shoot careful pics on occasion without even looking at the lens array, and thats hella dumb since its in my pocket all the time getting fingerprints and assorted filth on it!!!

    it may sound silly but its for real!! how many of out smartphone pictures could be better if we had wiped off the lens[es] before shooting...? 🤔

  7. when it comes to the R5, I'm expecting 8k to be useless somehow, but who knows...??

    *ID* be thrilled by a full frame canon mirrorless with DPAF all the time, in all modes, no crop on the video in slomo, 4k, or anywhere else, NO CROPPING FOR VIDEO, with IBIS that can work with vintage lenses to some degree, and 4k up to 60fps or more, with clog/robust codec options

    that's my wish list!

    8k sounds super cool but it's not a selling point for me on an expensive body that I want to use for years to come. that being said..... I'm a total camera nerd lol ofc I wanna see it 😂

     

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