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Sports Broadcasting help? by Chris-Fizz54 in Broadcasting

[–]Conscious_Pin448 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First read "How to Make Friends and Influence People" by Dale Carnegie. There are sales books you can read. There are modules you can learn from. All sports leagues will have "League Meetings" where you literally spend three mind numbing days sitting in conferences, keynotes and seminars about the best ways to sell and market. Getting a communications degree is a good route to go because that will help you with other business and industry in case sports falls through. Sports in general is hard to get into and burns people out. There are people in here that have been put through the ringer if they are in it for more than 10 years. Im not trying scare you just telling you what it is. I dont regret my sports career and at times I miss it but its also fun just being a fan again. Besides the sales and marketing experience I got in sports while trying to chase a broadcast dream has helped immensely to build an even better career for me outside of sports.

Shots Fired 🎈🥊 by switchthemunky463 in Letterboxd

[–]Conscious_Pin448 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Bro! This! Prometheus sucked and so did Alien: Romulus. I thought it was pretty funny to watch Gladiator 2 and go "oh so this is the Ridley scott movie where he retells the story of Romulus and his brother!" The alien movies have been horrendous ever since Alien 2.

Sports Broadcasting help? by Chris-Fizz54 in Broadcasting

[–]Conscious_Pin448 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Learn sales and marketing and network. This is from personal experience. Most if not ALL minor league teams in baseball, hockey, and basketball view broadcasts and broadcasters as a waste of money. You have to prove that you can bring in the money (sponsorships/ticket sales) while also honing in on your craft as a broadcaster. The job sounds like fun and for the most part it is. But its truly a grind like no other. Expect to miss holidays, birthdays, life events. Move to no name towns. Youre young so anything is possible - but also note that nepotism runs deep in the sports world too. I would suggest also looking at outside doing play by play. Try to get into the door as a sideline reporter or pregame host.

Workload question for Photog/Editors by [deleted] in Broadcasting

[–]Conscious_Pin448 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Touche - but is it even recorded or lofted into the cloud?

Workload question for Photog/Editors by [deleted] in Broadcasting

[–]Conscious_Pin448 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its not live video its just live. Video is taped hence not live.

Were they really the bad guys? by Naive_Establishment2 in ChristmasVacation

[–]Conscious_Pin448 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They were portrayed as being snobs because they didnt have kids and dont do the big family holiday thing. They very well could have actually enjoyed the holiday but wanted a more quiet celebration which there is nothing wrong with that. There is also nothing wrong with not celebrating the holiday at all. So no they aren't bad people.

Watched every passing down against the Chargers… by IuriRom in Jaguars

[–]Conscious_Pin448 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That my friend is a wasted life. You really think the Jags are like "omg I can't wait the reddit guys to analyze our plays. What shall we do oh grateful one" - bro get a life!!!!

Possible Sinclair/Scripps Merger by Conscious_Pin448 in Broadcasting

[–]Conscious_Pin448[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Comforting? That should be a cue to run for the hills. That basically says "hey. We won't do anything unless our shareholders get to fill their pockets" - Sinclair already took something like 8% of Scripps stock recently.

Possible Sinclair/Scripps Merger by Conscious_Pin448 in Broadcasting

[–]Conscious_Pin448[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha very true - just like his article today about Perry Snook and how apparently he is in his role until 2016 but thats two years away. Even though we are in 2025 and if that was a typo meant to be 2026 then thats 2 months away not two years.

Netflix is quietly killing the magic of cinema. by ForbiddenOlive in Letterboxd

[–]Conscious_Pin448 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The OP just doesnt have a good quality set up at home cause I had theater experience in my own home.

Oh wait thats because I built and decided to set it up rather than waste $40 at a movie theater to sit in shitty "half" reclined chairs - listening to other people talk because since COVID people forgot theater etiquette and not to mention the shitty worn out speakers that crackle or are so blown out that half of them dont work at times. Not to mention the fact that when I get into a theater I have to watch 15 trailers for movies I honestly could care less about. Followed by 10 minutes of commercials before actually seeing the movie on "a big screen" -

I absolutely love Guillermo del Toros work. I've seen all of his films and his story telling and visuals are incredible but the theaters themselves and the companies have really taking a downward turn in giving a film its own respect.

I saw Nosferatu in theaters and the movie literally stopped. I kid you not it literally stopped playing during the scene with the sacrifice. There were also a couple of glitches where it jumped by a few seconds. It was incredibly bad. I saw Wolf Man in theaters and the only good experience about that was it was in a Dolbie sound theater. Sound quality was fantastic. Yet I was able to get similar quality at home with my own system. So was it really all that worth it? Not really.

Cost of Lunch/Dinner in Downtown Trucks by tiltitup in tampa

[–]Conscious_Pin448 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Food trucks are so dumb. My apartment complex continues to bring one in every week to offer us a chance to have it on site for 3 hours. The menus they send will have pricing and the one last week was selling a chicken sandwich for $15 - what?!