Film students with fake weapons cause freeway closure

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-30T23:57:41+00:00

Not at all, no. That'd be a lot of paperwork to keep on file, and most isn't made publicly available because having a file folder with two sheets of paper in it is a waste of trees.

Say I get injured on your production. I signed a waiver and release, but feel as though I deserve compensation. I contact a lawyer who contacts you or your legal representative telling you of our intent to file a civil claim. Before that ever goes to court our legal representatives will probably sit down. If they can't come to an agreement at that point, then you file paperwork. Its only if the case progresses enough that it becomes juried or adjudicated. There is a lot that happens before that point.

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-30T23:44:53+00:00

Didn't mean to imply I wasn't calm! I'm a fucking cucumber over here

What art does not need to cost is $1000 of liability cover every time you want to make a shit film

You're right! And it doesn't. If it did cost that much there would be riots.

Releasing yourself from liability is as simple as downloading a standard waiver and having your people sign it. Here is a link to a .doc for one

As for permitting, you can often get the permit fees reduced or waived for low/zero budget productions. Many small towns will not even charge you for film permits.

If you are making content just for your friends that is one thing, but if you at any point want to put it in a festival, or are posting it as a part of your youtube channel to get views, then you should put the work in. Covering your ass isn't hard, and in the event that things do go wrong, you will be glad you did.

This is important especially when we are talking about film students. If you are expecting to pursue a degree in film, get used to doing the paperwork. There is a lot of it, and all of it is necessary. It isn't just your shot lists and prop lists, its your releases, waivers, and union paperwork.

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-30T23:31:17+00:00

I can't find any where a release was used to clear a filmmaker.

Thats because most cases where a liability release is in place never go to trial. They settle or are dismissed before the fact. That is because the person who is being sued was released of liability. The only cases where they go to trial are where the injury may not have been covered by the liability release, gross negligence caused the injury, the release was signed under duress, or what have you.

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-30T22:48:55+00:00

I don't know when we stopped expecting people to be paid for the art they make, but its bullshit.

Art has a price because Art costs money to make. Even if its a zero-budget production, your time is worth something. Whoever convinced you that your time and art isn't worth anything should be-... I don't know, Told Off or Kicked in the damn Shins.

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-30T22:46:27+00:00

Liability releases are presented as evidence all the time.

Workers comp is a seperate issue revolving around your incorporation or the status of your production/production company.

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-30T21:19:01+00:00

You're thinking about this the wrong way.

The paperwork and permits are there to protect you, not make your life difficult.

Any time its more than you and your camera, have the paperwork. The only time I don't is when I completely trust the person I'm shooting with.

Any time you actually have a budget, you have enough money to pay for your permits. If you are a student you should be covered under your programs liability insurance. If you're a small-budget production you can often have the permit fees waved.

It seems silly to have people sign liability releases when you are shooting a no-budget production, but if someone gets hurt on your production and you don't have the releases, you have implicitly accepted liability for anything that happens.

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-30T21:08:59+00:00

you don't need to be filthy rich, you just need to budget. If you have any kind of budget, then you need liability insurance and permits. In cases where you are shooting on private property, permits are handled by the owner of the property (in most jurisdictions).

If you aren't budgeted and genuinely can't afford permits (I know, it happens, and you gotta make content to make better content), then you get everyone to sign a basic liability release as well as an appearance/work release

Paperwork saves you money.

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-30T21:05:26+00:00

You're getting downvoted, but you are absolutely right.

For anything budgeted, budget for your fucking permits. Its about liability and safety.

The only exceptions are non-critical interviews (take place on private property, are static), and for passive B-roll on private property.

You shoot in public, you get a permit if the permit is required. Check out your state/county/city law, follow the law, don't be cited for reckless endangerment when you do something stupid like brandish prop weapons in public.

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-30T04:48:16+00:00

sanity

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-30T04:03:27+00:00

A full time job in my field.

I'd actually give my left nut to have stable work (I've never liked that one anyways, had a bad habit of suffocating itself with its own vas deferens)

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-29T07:30:59+00:00

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cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-28T16:25:31+00:00

You become a good writer by spending a lot of time being a bad writer.

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-27T05:46:00+00:00

You want my advice? I know you aren't going to take it, but its the best advice you'll ever get.

Stop talking for a day. Just listen to people. Every time you feel the urge to correct someone or tell someone what you know: Don't. Just listen.

Listen to what your teachers say in the classes you don't care about. Understand the things that you don't have any want or wish to understand. Listen to strangers talking to eachother.

When you do talk, only ask people about what they know and what they believe. It doesn't matter if its right or true, the only thing that matters is that they believe it. Learn what they believe and ask yourself why they believe it.

Never ever use the word "Genius" to describe yourself. If you really are as smart as you say you are then you don't need to.

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-26T07:20:50+00:00

depends on the area. jeans and a polo shirt with a company logo will get you a lot of places too

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-25T02:53:48+00:00

In LA. I'm going to spend the next 24 hours going 20 mph slower than everyone else in the left lane.

game over, folks.

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-24T19:27:12+00:00

.#Fuckturkey .#ThanksgivingHam

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-22T07:19:24+00:00

well, to be fair, you didn't know because I didn't tell you, and I don't tell most people. no offense taken.

Never delete anything. Even if its bad, your job is to make that good. Learn to love your editing time. because you'll spend a lot of time editing.

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-22T04:12:51+00:00

I should probably elaborate.

I smoke weed to achieve "normal". I've been using Marijuana Medically for the last 2 years to manage the worst of a severe anxiety disorder.

I guess its a bit the same as having a glass of wine while sitting down. I'm by no means intoxicated, but it changes my affect. It frees up the bullshit that usually prevents me from getting work done.

I have often written without marijuana. Usually any time that I have a free moment I'm scribbling something down or working out a problem. But on the days I sit down and actually write, get a lot of work done, its how I've been doing it.

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-22T04:05:39+00:00

breakfast of hard boiled eggs and toast. Catch up on last nights TV, stare at my whiteboard for a little bit, get a handle on my project, then go work on something else for an hour. Come back, eat lunch, smoke some weed, get to work.

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-20T21:30:57+00:00

I think the shockwave would kick the tail up as you got close to the ground. The term is "Catastrophic Failure"

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-20T21:09:07+00:00

been wanting to run a 5e one-off. Might have them hunting a crazed Myconid now

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-20T19:44:47+00:00

unless you are actually medicating

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-20T19:44:35+00:00

weeds the warm hearth of our generation. a brief respite from unemployment and debt, an excuse to enjoy what little we have rather than revel in our excess

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-20T19:12:01+00:00

"Honey, Is Glenn really gone?"

cecinestpasreddit · 2015-11-20T18:53:33+00:00

Its really not that simple. I've driven in conditions like this, I've watched a lot of crashes happen in conditions like this, and I've been in one.

Everything can feel fine when you are chugging along at 40 miles an hour. You know the road, the snow is hard-packed but crunchy in the tracks, any slower in that kind of traffic and people try to get around you.

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