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Ah-Ha, you got the look similar's from the props dept! the white BG is a touch glaring...

as I'm going thru the posts, the "theme" keeps changing: new, old, new, new, old, new...

hmmmm!! are all those copyright protected logo's licensed??

" I thought they could fly " Les Nesmith, News Director, WKRP

and I keep hearing that Mac's don't ever crash...?? !!

there was some talk of a possible patent lawsuit, so Lectro may have to pull them from the market soon...

"You can fool some of the people all the time, and those are the ones you want to concentrate on." --George W. Bush

did you change your digital cable's compatibility mode to match??

They had one at the NAB show; truly a breakthrough product. also, it is 100% HD compatible, and works with digital.

The Lectrosonics 700 series is a totally (or "pure") digital system!!

"OK, perhaps misleading is too strong of a word. " OK, perhaps misleading, and false, are completely inappropriate words... "The article DOES NOT mention the fact (and we all know this) that there are professional complainers. Professional complainers are people that know they can make money off complaining to production companies. I've even heard stories of people trying to disrupt shoots in order to make money from this. Also, the article ends up saying that this lady was paid off in an undisclosed amount.. what a whore." OK, the article was not meant to be a thesis on the topic, just a report in an industry publication on an industry issue; I found it valid, complete, and relevant. Sure there are "opportunists", you call them Professional Complainers, who milk a location situation, but professional productions are used to dealing with them, and deal with them they must. Actually there are some laws in SoCal that somewhat protect productions from flagrant "blackmail" by such opportunists. The folks in the article came nowhere close to being such opportunists, and you note the article pointed out that "The Lady" had been offered compensation, and that she finally accepted compensation (this fact goes to your charge of poor, or misleading reportage, the lady was even quoted regarding her acceptance of a payment of an undisclosed amount). Besides, there were others from the neighborhood, unhappy about the situation, who were also mentioned in the article. I think the point of the neighbors, and the article, was that the particular neighborhood had been over used by the industry which is what led to the discontent; also perhaps LAFilm, the permitting agency's lack of sensitivity to the residents concerns in granting so many permits for the same place. LA Film's financial incentive for granting permits was mentioned, too... BTW, this is how it all goes back to Crew's OP in this thread: certain areas get over used to the point of being abused by the Biz... The good thing here, is the stories now being added about "getting more flies with honey..." (another quote of the day, perhaps??)

ok: "Good Judgment comes from Experience... Experience comes from Bad Judgment."

OK, what was false and or misleading in this article from Biz friendly "The Hollywood Reporter"?? even before you answer, I'm going to restate that these articles do not rise to nearly the level of a major political expose by the NY Times that the President of the United States was having sexual relations with that woman in the oval office... or that Millions of $$ have been wasted, or... Thus probably the editors do not give them the multi-sourced, triple cross checked scrutiny you seem to; was Amy Aquino's IMDB in error?? I know her, personally, I have worked with her, she is an experienced, respected and active major actress, who has run for, and won office in SAG. I know the neighborhood, too... this area is not widely separated, individual estates... how would you feel if something noisy was going on 14 hours a day, and you were told you couldn't even park at your house, but had to drive away, and wait for a ride from the nuisance folks?? not just for a day, but for a couple weeks. oh, and the crew is continuously tramping on your lawn, ir maybe "crafty" has just set up in front of your house?? oops, "you can't leave for work, we're getting ready to roll... oh, and turn your TV down... your yard persons can't work this week...we have the parking permitted for tomorrow, so you can't park here today!!" how about if the production folks lied to you when they were collecting the needed approval signatures and told you that it was a "small independent film" and was being made for entry into film festivals -I was told that by New Line's (Time-Warner!) "American History X" years back. How about the time I stopped someone parking, in violation of the permit restrictions, and found out it was the Location Manager, who had secured the permits?? Then there was the time the Drivers kept the A/C's in the motorhomes running all night, right outside my windows, so the actors would be comfy in the morning... My point is that film companies in your neighborhood can be a Royal Pain... OK, what's the "large" false and misleading problem this time??

especially considering HBO is a part of mega-conglomerate Time Warner, which also includes Warner Bros. !!!

I'm going to bring this thread back to life and suggest reading this article, which I will not cut and paste as my own... http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/features/columns/on_location/e3id07a0f842fb0accb1073776e4e083025 the problems of burning out a location are not just downtown, and when someone like Amy Aquino, a fine actress and SAG activist, joins the fray, then there must be something to it! I have had a few poor experiences with productions coming into the neighborhood where I live, too. Just a reminder that we are guests when we are "on location", and we need to all do our best to be good ones!

I was just at a large, established, multi-coast equipment rental-sales-repair business that is closing its doors today and says it is largely due to the recent writers strike.

most of my 2nd unit work is not there, and that's what I do mostly!!

it is mostly about the capacity, in MAh, of the battery. As noted, with their modern circuitry and DC-DC converters, the devices all function fine down to about 6 volts. if the chosen battery can deliver 700MAh of voltage before falling below 6 VDC, then you can draw 700MAh for almost one hour, or 350MAh for about 2 hours; note these are approximate figures, as exact capacity may vary (many factors!), and the entire capacity can not be actually used without damaging the battery. safety margins (and appropriate wiring) are advised!

I also read that article, and while I wondered about Philip Gordon losing his gig on ST-11 being related to the strike (did they have to shut down for rewrites, or something?? anything??) I didn't go so far as to research the veracity of the other industry workers he interviewed. While it is possible Karen Hartjen may have had a name change (marriage?), or some other reason for that (maybe uncredited work on 2nd units?) I suspect that the article was more as JW described, and that perhaps the only inaccuracies may be attributed to the writer simply believing the folks he interviewed, something I feel probably was appropriate for that particular story, it wasn't a government sex scandle, after all. and don't get me started on the IATSE and Mr. Short, and... never mind!

while I don't mean to hijack this thread away from the topic of all the various incentives being offered, -and there were plenty being pitched at the Locations Expo in Santa Monica the weekend before NAB-, the training element of some programs brings me to a problem I feel strongly about: the fact that most "film schools" do not properly prepare their students to work on professional movie sets. They spend a lot of time watching and discussing films, discussing shots, discussing storyies, discussing directing actors, but when it comes to making movies, the students get pretty much left to re-invent the actual production process, and the experience they gain working on each others movies (where they all would rather be directing) is usually bad experience of wrong ways to run a movie production. maybe some "movie employment" oriented courses are a welcome addition...?? a while back (before Katrina) I was talking with folks from Louisianna, and particularly the New Orleans area about movie employment preparation training as part of a comprehensive plan to increase movie production in the state and parish. They weren't so much interested in creating "Keys" as they were in making it possible for a lot of their locals to be knowledgable and experienced enough to be positive additions to visiting crews. ok, rant mode = off!

adding a bit of weight on the bottom of the boom pole will move its center of gravity; when booming, the pole is a lever ant is supported by the fulcrum; thus adding a bit of extra weight at the back end of the pole actually makes it feel lighter at the fulcrum -it is called Hodges effect.

the manufactures keep pushing all the limits they can to get a bit more energy stuffed into the container...

I came to production sound from radio production, where we used remote controlled tape machines (Ampex ATR 100, Otari 5050, etc.). Operating the Nagra (4 series) was not intuitive and had to be learned.

this just in: We recently received notice that some of the W-2 forms filed by Axium International, Inc., (“Axium”) or its related companies may have contained inaccurate information. This may have resulted in erroneous statements of the taxes actually paid during 2007. One major reason W-2 forms may have been inaccurate is that tax payments were made in full for federal taxes as well as California and New York income taxes, regardless of whether the associated paychecks were actually paid or cashed. Tax payments for other states may or may not have been paid, depending on the dates payment were due. For further details, a letter from the Bankruptcy Trustee can be viewed at http://www.xroadscms.net/documents/0810277/0810277080408000000000001.pdf. The Bankruptcy Trustee recommends that anyone who received an Axium-related W-2 compare the figures on that W-2 to their final paystub issued by Axium for 2007, regardless of whether the check issued with that statement was cashed. If there is a difference between the “year-to-date” figures on that paystub and the W-2, the performer should consider filing IRS form 4852 to account for those differences. IRS Form 4852 can be found at http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4852.pdf.