Re: [LAU] Video micing question

Three walls of trophies! Whew!

I only got a small broom-closet worth -- where most of them ended up, too.

Was especially proud to get Gold (best in show) with a little educational
film in Atlanta when that fest was still a big deal. “Harry and Tonto” was
the feature that year, and Art Carney bought me breakfast the morning after
the ceremony.

As to Roger Corman, the tea-kettle gimmick was a story he told about an
early sci-fi he did when they ran out of money for special effects. So the
very small model rocket jerked along on a wire through a cloud of
tea-kettle steam. It was B&W of course, and no worse, as I recall, than
some stuff I saw in early Dr. Who episodes.

On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> On Saturday 20 April 2013 15:55:39 Pete Wright did opine:
>
> > Thanks, Gene, for a truly illuminating rant -- the very best kind.
>
> And TBT, rant IS the right word. I thought I was coming on strong, but
> there really are times when that balloon needs a pin-prick too.
>
> > One could replace the specific jargon nouns with words like "task" and
> > "equipment" and have a great statement to review before starting any
> > project.
>
> Chuckle, would be recommended by Grandpa Gene. ;)
>
> > Deciding whether the "it" in question is worth doing properly.
>
> Precisely the point.
>
> > On the other hand, I used to tell my film guys that not having enough
> > budget can force you to make great films because when you can't afford
> > some fancy thing you are forced to come up with something else.
>
> Hopefully better because you can do it in one take.
>
> > But that something has to yield a quality result or you have to keep
> > thinking.
>
> Absolutely! The average viewer doesn't care if you had to drown 4 litters
> of puppies as long as its entertaining him.
>
> Well, we've played with the format, but not drastically because when the
> ratings books come out, our news dept was consistently 2 to 5 points better
> than the 'other guys'. Part of that back when I was the CE, was because of
> a higher level of availability of the gear to 'get the story'. There were
> times when I busted ass making sure there were cameras enough to go shoot
> at every basketball game that night. Long hours, but then I didn't care if
> I was late the next morning either. You do that when you are salaried. ;-)
>
> > We didn't ever use tea-kettle steam like Roger Corman, but we always had
> > him as our ideal.
>
> Now thats one I never heard about, tell me more, please.
>
> > We won some nice awards along the way.
>
> We have a wall or 3 covered with those plaques. In 55 years, they do tend
> to accumulate. Impresses the frogs too. :)
>
> Cheers, Gene
> --
> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
> soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
> -Ed Howdershelt (Author)
> My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up!
> My views
> <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml>
> Timing must be perfect now. Two-timing must be better than perfect.
> A pen in the hand of this president is far more
> dangerous than a gun in the hands of 200 million
> law-abiding citizens.
>

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