Just curious how many other film and television professional’s we have on here!
propmaker here.
Hell yeah that’s awesome
I am in film/television (non-streaming), but I’m in the adult/XXX realm. And to be 100% clear, I have nothing to do with the performers. I could not be further from the “action”. I’m a “grunt” way, way after the fact.
I’m willing to answer questions, but keep them quasi-civil, ya know?
Post production?
Editing? In a larger or smaller company?
A small VOD company. We licence our titles complete form other studios; however, occasional editing may be needed to meet broadcast standards. That happens long before I get involved.
oh then you must be in distribution/diffusion ?
Cool ! so all of the bells, none of the smells ?
You are correct.
Interesting, could you elaborate?
Just a simple VOD company.
I was in the background of some films if that counts. really just one because the other the stunt messed up and they did not use the footage.
Hey man background is still on set working. Tons of people start doing background!
I’d like trying my hand as an extra sometime, just for fun. How is it ?
hey 3D animator here. I did some documentaries and short films. Actually a bit starved for work so if you need something rigged, animated… hit me up 😁
Are you French (going from the instance)?
Not gonna lie it’s rare I need 3D work and for the small things I need here and there I have some basic skills to get it done in blender, but if you send me your info I’ll add you to my network list and might call you up sometime!
Ah man wish I was working on stuff like that. I’m in stunts so we don’t really work with animators unfortunately!
yea, different worlds… stunt work sounds extremely cool, though. At least from the outside. Probably more dangerous too, although I suppose modern stunt work must be vastly safer than it used to be
I’ve not been hurt on set but I’ve been hurt a fuck ton training.
I’ve had my foot dislocated, toes dislocated, broken my nose a few times, fucked up my elbow really bad recently and was down for a few months… It’s rough. But a lot of that is having to deal with people who’re not treating my safety as important as their safety.
Do you mean other stuntpeople ?
And how does one dislocate toes ? barefoot reception/landing ? don’t you have special gear like stuntsocks, or is that just my fantasy
Yeah training with other stunt people. A guy on my stunt team did a takedown where he trapped my foot, and in doing so the only way it could move caused me to get really messed up. He should never have done such a thing and I think he did it on purpose. That does unfortunately happen with some people as they’re sociopaths.
Most of the training I do is barefoot as we’re on martial arts mats. I have a pair of shoes I wear for ‘public’ gym stunt training which prevents this, but when you’re in a private team environment you don’t expect that kind of stuff.
Do you guys also love watching movies? I ask this question because I’ve played football with players who enjoy playing the sport but have zero interest in watching it. I wonder if it could be the same for some people working in the film industry, where they love the process of creation but don’t have as much interest in watching as an audience member.
I know some guys who don’t really watch films on the G&E side or the gaffer side of things. Most people in the creative depts like wardrobe, hair and makeup, and the camera/sound guys all love movies. I can only speak for myself though, and I love going to the movies and watching stuff.
Not anymore, but I’ve spent my fair share of Fraturdays wondering when the hell things would wrap.
Ahh what did you do back in the day?
Last thing I worked on was Mindhunter. Without getting too specific I was on the more logistical side of things.
This may not be the place to ask, but how did you even break into the industry?
I wouldn’t even consider myself ‘broken’ into the industry after 15 years doing it. But I started acting, got a degree in film production, then have worked in various roles on set in front and behind the camera. I also have done some work doing project development and stuff.
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I did a decade in local TV, then worked a few years at a company that made production equipment that I’d guess anyone who works around camera, DIT, director, producer, etc. would know. Relatively small company so I don’t want to risk identifying myself by naming it. I’m out entirely now, though. Not even running cameras for pledge drives at the local PBS station because they stopped producing them that way.
Nice man!
Trying to! Right now I’m still just busy with working corporate stuff/real estate to earn my living and working on short films and a little bit of studio work on the side (DoP). This year is the year I update all my stuff and give it a good push though, starting to have enough experience, the tricky thing is I live in a country with a small-ish industry and I also don’t speak the language at native level to work in the local TV, but I can drive/fly to other nearby countries where I do and we might move there eventually as well.
Hell yeah dude that’s awesome. Europe? They have a lot of productions shooting over there right now.
Yeah, Europe, I’m based in the Netherlands but I’m French and most of my short film stuff happens there and my paid stuff here. Probably gonna try hitting UK productions as well since I know they shoot in the continent a lot and like to have EU citizens for that.
What about you?
Hell yeah dude that’s awesome.
I’m in the stunts/action world, so everything from action acting (actors who can do their own stunts) to action design, some action camera operating (not union for this but learning), limited stunt rigging, etc.
It’s pretty fun! I also do some writing/development work on the side still as I moved out to LA for that and still have people hit me up to do rewrites or build decks and stuff.
Ah fun! My latest and greatest short the director is also coming from the stunt world and debuting as director, y’all are a fun crowd ;) I definitely wouldn’t mind doing more action stuff. I love working with the French but it’s all slow drama 🤣
Hah depends on the French. =P
Stunts is fun we’re the cool kids on set, we know it, and we just like to be kind of left to our own devices, which can get people into trouble unfortunately.
