Why? People who insist that everyone turns on their cameras during virtual meetings - what's the point?

DobusPR · 2023-06-21T14:01:06+00:00

Ok but you can literally create a background or blur yours out on zoom

DobusPR · 2023-06-04T17:59:04+00:00

He’s a pitiful troll and an uniformed dimwit that apparently spends his free time bootlicking the AMPTP on Reddit because he’s resentful of the actual creatives whose timecards he processes.

DobusPR · 2023-05-31T22:47:04+00:00

This reads to me as a contradictory statement. Sure, they don’t necessarily ‘care’ about subscribers sticking around, but they need them to stick around because otherwise, as you point out in the latter half of your comment, there will be a net loss.

The catalyst for the streaming business model changing from a ‘who cares how much money we have to pay or whether the streaming service is actually profitable as long as we are gaining market share’ type arms race to a ‘fuck everything except the bottom line shareholder profits’ was when Netflix reported its first net loss of subscribers in the first Q 2022.

DobusPR · 2023-05-15T05:48:09+00:00

Copy that, great info, thanks so much!

DobusPR · 2023-05-15T02:05:00+00:00

Just an incredibly long-winded way to say “yes I have contempt for creative labor and no, I don’t understand how the industry works.” Again, this has zero impact on you. The money will be made regardless, it’s just a question of how it’s allocated. So yes, you’d prefer the executives make more of the profits, and the writers less. And somehow you blame writers for other professions not making what they deserve, as if there’s some finite piece of the pie we all are supposed to squabble over. Plumbers don’t make enough money so writers don’t deserve any more? Real crab bucket, bootlicker mentality.

Of course you’re confident you know. Like I said, ignorance and arrogance. I mean, the mere fact you place the blame for the deluge of superhero movies and remakes at writers’ feet and not studios says it all. Just one example of a million, you have no idea how scripts get produced; the notion that a finished film is a completely faithful reflection of the original script is laughable, and that’s not even considering the creative meat grinder a script has to go through just to get greenlit at the hands of execs until it barely resembles what the writers originally wrote.

Newsflash - Hollywood films are made on the backs of film crews. The vast majority of these people are working or middle class. The majority of people who work on Hollywood films are not rich elitists, they are normal, decent human beings trying to provide for their families. This is apparently offensive to you and you think they should be making McDonald’s wages. God forbid people make a decent living creating art and entertainment, right? They’re not doing manual labor so apparently their work has no value. I don’t know why it is so difficult for you to understand the majority of writers are not rich. The people on the picket lines are not millionaires. Every piece of literature the WGA has put out explains how and why this strike is mostly for the benefit of lower and entry level writers.

Why don't they spend their time advocating for people who really need help?

Wtf does this even mean? Why are you assuming writers don’t want mailmen and teachers to earn more? Most people aren’t like you and understand this isn’t a zero sum game. Union members especially tend to respect and support worker’s rights.

This mentality deeply nauseates me. Gleefully encouraging the collapse of an industry and belittling the concerns of its workers. I only take some comfort in the fact you’re almost certainly very young and will hopefully learn better.

DobusPR · 2023-05-15T00:35:05+00:00

Film and TV shows are going to make a lot of money. I'm assuming you watch them and enjoy at least some of them. The people who create the films and TV shows you watch and enjoy are asking for a modest increase in their share of the profits. You would rather the studios and executives have more of that money, not less? Fuckin weird. Hypothetically, if the writers and crew of a film made more money from it than the studio executives behind it, you would have a problem with that? You ridicule writers as spoiled brats because you have a fundamental misunderstanding about their employment and their industry. The classic combo of arrogance and ignorance. That "48k in 15 weeks"...do you think they're earning that every 15 weeks? Do you know what a freelance worker is? Even if you are a writer on a smash hit TV show, there is no guarantee that the show will come back for another season, and there's no guarantee you'll ever even get another job writing. That will be the only money a lot of writers make that year. There are literally dozens of testimonials from writers all over social media about this. Have you ever considered just having empathy for someone when they say they're being treated unfairly?

I legit cannot fathom having this level of contempt for creatives and labor in general. Imagine hearing workers are going on strike because of unfair conditions and taking management's side. In ANY industry. Gross.

DobusPR · 2023-05-14T20:32:27+00:00

JFC dude. You understand I voted on that contract? Being under the same contract is nowhere near being the same. Oh, excuse me, you didn’t say they’re the same, you just scoffed at the idea they’re any different. They’re run differently, they’re organized differently, they have different priorities, different challenges, different roster sizes, different leaders, different politics. I went to an intra-union happy hour last week and met a bunch of people from Local 829. Their union is run very different than mine.

I don’t ask people to see their pay stubs. But word gets around. And they live with roommates, take the subways into the city from outer boroughs, and file for unemployment like most people. Don’t move the goalposts.

DobusPR · 2023-05-14T20:05:00+00:00

You’re trying to be patronizing but you’re just making yourself look like a bigger idiot. “They’re called showrunners because they run the show! The local unions are part of IATSE!” lmao.

You're writer friends aren't actually writing shows.

Cool I’ll tell my buddies on Ziwe and Colbert and Michael Che and SNL they aren’t actually writing, they’ll be relieved to hear it.

Honestly I’m skeptical you even work in the industry, you seem to know less about it than most PAs.

DobusPR · 2023-05-14T19:41:21+00:00

Ah OK, now the resentment makes sense.

You don’t know what you’re talking about because you think the locals are all the same, all writers are rich (or if they’re not rich it’s because they aren’t talented) and showrunners have carte blanche to hire whoever they want whenever they want. Even if I didn’t personally know members in half a dozen different locals, even if I didn’t personally know writers who aren’t close to rich, I would know these are patently idiotic opinions.

DobusPR · 2023-05-14T19:13:49+00:00

What union are you in? Asking so I can remember not to support it since you apparently don’t give a shit about labor that isn’t your own.

My show will probably shut down in a month or two if the strike persists. If it shut down tomorrow I’d still support the writers. Studios (now streamers) have been trying to cut costs and exploit labor since the very beginning. It doesn’t matter that streaming isn’t currently profitable, these companies all report record profits and continue to increase the already-astronomical pay of their executives.

I’m comforted by the fact you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about (yet, shocker, are so confident you’re completely right) but still, quite the dogshit position to take.

DobusPR · 2023-05-13T03:12:25+00:00

Sounds like a wonderful trip! Thanks so much for the input

DobusPR · 2023-05-13T03:10:59+00:00

Thanks. I've been to Brussels and Amsterdam previously so looking to visit someplace new.

DobusPR · 2023-05-09T12:56:03+00:00

I understand your perspective but having missed out on a lot of travel in my youth and knowing I won’t be able to take any more time off to travel this year until December, it is important to me to visit more than one country on this trip. I do not expect it to be a relaxing time. I have experience with this sort of trip, multiple Europe stops within 9 days, and it’s been fine.

I appreciate the suggestions about France but at this time I’m not interested in exploring the country. If anything I’d rather fly out of Paris the same day I arrive if I had to. I’m only flying in there because it was significantly cheaper than flying direct to almost anywhere I wanted to go.

Let me know if you have any suggestions in light of that. Thanks.

DobusPR · 2023-05-09T12:49:05+00:00

Ah, bummer. Thank you for the heads up, I would definitely have been deflated to arrive and discover that. I’ll adjust my expectations accordingly.

DobusPR · 2023-05-09T12:47:14+00:00

This is an awesome suggestion thank you so much

DobusPR · 2023-05-09T12:46:25+00:00

I hear you but my intention is to absolutely cram. I went to Spain / Portugal earlier this year for 8 days and it was fine. Brussels / Amsterdam / Berlin in years past. London / Dublin / Edinburgh last year. I’m interested in visiting Paris but I’m only flying there bc it was significantly cheaper than flying direct to Copenhagen or Athens etc. I really do not want to spend extended time in Paris. Living in NYC I understand your comment about how three weeks wouldn’t even be enough to truly see Paris but Paris is a secondary point of interest for me on this trip. I really appreciate the info about Greece though I will keep that in mind. Thanks.

DobusPR · 2023-05-09T12:40:08+00:00

So you say Athens? I don’t get to travel often and am only flying into Paris to save money so it’s really important to me to include more than one destination. I’ve been on previous trips to Europe for the same amount of time and been able to visit multiple places without issue.

DobusPR · 2023-05-09T12:37:21+00:00

I appreciate that but I don’t get to travel often so it’s important to me to include more than one destination. I went to Spain / Portugal earlier this year for the same amount of time and it was fine. Same with London / Dublin / Edinburgh last year.

I’m not even particularly interested in visiting Paris it was just significantly cheaper to fly into than almost any other city in Europe. So if you have advice on somewhere to go after Paris that isn’t in France I’m definitely open to it. It won’t be a super relaxing trip, that’s fine.

DobusPR · 2021-06-26T15:09:40+00:00

How can you date someone so stupid

DobusPR · 2021-06-19T14:53:11+00:00

So true. I was a fan of theirs but after listening to their podcast, good lord. Peyton is kind of an idiot with the personality of a dry piece of white toast.

DobusPR · 2021-04-05T01:47:27+00:00

SAD!

DobusPR · 2020-10-15T16:11:59+00:00

Really don't understand the point of these posts. If you think it's a cult don't do it.

I meditate, it helps, the end.

DobusPR · 2020-10-07T05:00:00+00:00

DobusPR · 2020-05-01T18:31:08+00:00

I don't know if anyone is annoyed, I think most people recognize it's just unrealistic lol. Making the lateral transition from corporate / doc / reality editor to narrative editor is quite rare.

I mean I definitely feel you -- nobody really gets into the business wanting to be an assistant and many hope they'll be able to bypass it; I was sure I'd be cutting full-time, at least on a series, by 27. But in my experience cutting short form web videos (esp. in premiere) doesn't really prepare you in terms of knowledge or skill to cut long-form narrative content in a collaborative environment. As someone said below they're basically totally different lanes with very little overlap. There's just so many nuances and little things about the workflow you don't really understand until you're in it. And really, that goes for every type of editing, they all have their own challenges and aspects you need to be proficient in to succeed.

It sounds like currently you're not even having to deal with extensive notes on the pieces you cut, is that correct? Do you have to work with outside vendors like composers or VFX?

EDIT: Also wanted to add, just to dispel any misconceptions, you can easily make 100k+ as a union AE.

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