RunAndGun
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I received an email late last year(?) from the "new owner" introducing himself. Then received an email a week or two ago from a former employee that has started their own business since TAI has closed. Makes me want to reach out to my former sales rep there that retired last year and see what they know. Seems kind of sudden and out of the blue to me. The last thing we need is less competition. This same topic just came up on reddit today, too.
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Timecode slate: (A) Useful, or (B) Just for show?
RunAndGun replied to Bob K's topic in General Discussion
You must work with a lot of bad cams or bad ops or both, because most of those things don’t happen in the real world with professionals. My .02, 8-9/10, the shoots I’m on where a slate is used, it’s all for show. And everyone knows it. But they are willing to pay the $50-$75, so the audio guys are more than happy to use their slates. -
Amira and AES question
RunAndGun replied to Phillip C Dent's topic in Cameras... love them, hate them
Could it be a routing thing in the mixer that maybe got changed inadvertently? An audio guy that I work with regularly, uses Lectro digital camera hops and sends into my Amira via AES. Just worked with him for five days last week and I had two channels coming in. I'll try to grab my camera tomorrow and see how everything was set, but I think it's pretty straight forward- just flipping the side switch over to AES. -
Equipment labels, Asset tags and your preferred vendor
RunAndGun replied to Phil Palmer's topic in Equipment
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What negotiations? These are gigantic corporations and those are their policies and set way above anyone that you are dealing with/that is calling you. You either take it or leave it. I’m not justifying what they do, because I think it’s pretty reprehensible that they hold the money and make even more for themselves with it, but that’s the way it is(has become)(one of those companies used to pay in roughly 2-3 weeks, but I have seen them take take over 5-6 months to pay individuals, now). Ironically enough, it’s the smaller companies that I find pay the quickest. I have a regular client that runs a two week pay cycle and I’ve done work for some others that will pay within a few days.
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I can't answer that specifically, but I know that with the 822, you can operate one channel digital hybrid and the other full digital, if you need to. But of course, there is a time delay difference between the two systems(digital hybrid vs. full digital). I believe it's listed in the manual or spec sheets on-line.
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Pay, Compensation & Rental Rates
RunAndGun replied to Larry Kaltenbach's topic in General Discussion
In my neck of the woods, you aren't going to find many audio guys(and gals) for less (or much less) than $1,000/day(10hrs) with a basic package(mixer, boom and 2x wires), with labor starting at $750. When work started to pick back up in the second half of 2020, that's when I noticed the audio rates going up and everyone sticking to their guns on it, more. I admire audio. Y'all seem to stick together on rates way more than what happens on the camera side, where too many guys will cut their own mothers throats to get the shoot. Honestly, that should be elementary to almost anyone on the camera or audio side. But maybe I just take for granted that I actually know about audio, possibly because of my ENG background. -
Round table discussion with 11 participants
RunAndGun replied to chrisP's topic in General Discussion
We did a similar shoot for a network piece(not live): 11 subjects(2 being the hosts), 5 cameras. Everyone was lav’d(ISO’s recorded in mixer, 2 ch mix sent to cams, everything TC’d). This is the way. Not enough time to mic everyone is not your problem. It’s the productions and they need to make time, if they care about audio and what is being said. Also, you should have an A2 to help mic everyone, etc. -
I've seen a handful of 633's with issues, lately, including the unit freezing up with the screen going screwy(requiring a hard reset) and sections/ends of recordings disappearing. A little on the disconcerting side, especially as how this is still such a widespread, workhorse unit.
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Lectro IFB on the camera...the RF spray battle
RunAndGun replied to thenannymoh's topic in Equipment
This "philosophy" has become more and more prevalent over the last several years, as many audio guys now can't see past the noses on their faces, especially the ones that only seem to live in the narrative or commercial world. There are situations and market segments where the audio being sent to camera is the "hero" audio and has to be 100% usable, not just a low quality mono scratch track, because there is no time to sync the iso files. There's a reason that Lectro makes an entire stereo system designated 'Digital Camera Hop'. They understand that some productions have to have quality, air-able audio sent to and recorded in the camera. Is this how every production is done? No, of course not. But then again, neither is how narrative and commercials are done, either. I guess this is just a long winded way of saying, that we all need to realize that there is more than one way to skin a cat and sometimes it has to be done one way and sometimes it has to be done another. -
And subtitles are not the answer. The whole point of a movie or show is to watch it. To see the environment, the actors, everything. If you are busy reading the subtitles, you've just missed everything you were supposed to see. Especially with the break-neck pace that everything is edited at, today. As they said in the article, you might as well read the book, if you're going to have to rely on subtitles.
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I don’t do narrative, but down here in the south, it’s rare to “mask up”, anymore. Even when it’s on call sheets, it’s just on there mostly for dog ‘n pony. The last time I tested and had to mask was about a month ago for a real estate show, but they are based in CA and have been crazy about Covid protocols since the get-go(testing is actually stricter, now). Their editors actually screen the footage for the sole purpose of catching crew that may not be masked. The vast majority of people that I work with and are friends with are vax’d and boosted, but I still see people losing work, because they refuse to get vax’d or sign waivers. I even know a guy that not only refuses to get vax’d, but has on numerous occasions refused to even get tested so that he could work.