Cinematographer: Meet Us Stupid Producers

By Biagio on July 26, 2010 in Case Studies with 6 Comments

What makes this even funnier is how dead-on true it is.
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About Biagio: Biagio married way out of his league when he bamboozled Joke into saying "I do." Together he and his wife produce television, film, webisodes, and anything else that requires no sleep and a touch of crazy. Find Biagio on Twitter: @jokeandbiagio

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  • http://www.robynbuchanan.net Robyn

    YES! When is Cartoon Network airing this? haha.

  • roberto

    Hello Joke and Biagio , i will like to be an actor , i know one screenwriter in canada . He want to make a movie but no have the financial means , you could do ?

    Roberto

  • Nicofopolous

    Oh man. Someone had me sold on using the 7D to make our movie…
    In the words of Rorschach… HRM…

  • http://www.jokeandbiagio.com Biagio

    @roberto: Takes much more of a pitch than that to interest folks in a movie. Pitching on a blog is not the best way to go about it. Poke around here, and the web, and learn a bit more about putting projects together. I will say, though, that I thin the best way for an actor to break into the industry is to produce their own projects.

    @Nicofoplous:
    I should point out: you CAN do great work on the 7D. In a lot of ways, it’s the “Canon XL1″ of today…capable of great imagery, but also easily abused. I’ve seen some terrific shorts shot on the 7D…and some horrific shorts shot on the 7D. Like all things in life, it’s the user, not the tool. That said, there are MANY indie filmmakers out there who have the same naive POV as the animated producer above. You can’t skip lighting, grading, shoot on a 7D and make a great movie (though, I contest, you CAN edit on a laptop. We’ve done it before. Our first TV episode to ever air was cut on a laptop.)

  • http://www.pugifilms.com david rorie

    this was produced by an unemployed freelance dp who owns a 1970s era Arriflex.
    oh, and a rotary dial phone

    • http://www.jokeandbiagio.com Biagio

      David,
      LOL. Yes, on the surface the piece seems very anti-DSLR. But, like everything else in life, the truth is quality depends on the user, not the tool. We’ll likely be using several 5Ds on an upcoming shoot, because they can make beautiful images.

      However, the piece speaks to the same problem that comes up with all the newest technology…people assume that gizmos can replace talent. They can’t. I think the piece hits on the head the fact that many will rush out, buy a DSLR, and assume there’s no need to light, frame nicely, or for that matter, treat a project like a “real” production.

      The same thing happened when DV first hit the market. Some took advantage of what a Canon XL1 could do and made awesome imagery. Others used it as a substitute for talent, and gave DV a bad name.

      I think this clip is a cautionary tale to those who’d trade hard-work for the latest gadget.