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1. It can’t fall off the
floor.
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This means to always place the camera on
the floor where it can not fall over, get stepped on or
tripped over. Do not place your camera on a chair, table
or counter. One day it WILL be knocked to the ground.
Many an unattended camera has gotten knocked off the
tripod with disastrous results. Can you say $10,000 in
lens and recorder repairs? |
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2. Never set equipment behind a
vehicle. |
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If you leave equipment behind your vehicle or van, there
is an even chance that one day, when you are tired and
in a hurry, that you will run over your gear. Always
load and unload to the SIDE of your vehicle. So when
that DAY finally arrives, you will be looking in your
rearview mirror and notice your gear looking nice and
safe on the side of the road as you drive away. |
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3. If you monitor your audio, you will always have it. |
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Obviously, if audio is important to you, you should
always monitor your feed from headsets. The one time
that you assume that your audio is good and don't
monitor your audio is the time that the ground wire in
your audio cable goes bad and you return to the studio
with a great big buzz on your audio tracks or nothing at
all. |
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4. If you don't bring it, you will need it. |
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Make it a habit to always bring the minimum equipment
needed to complete ANY assignment. A good example of
good intentions gone awry- Scott decides NOT to bring a
backup light kit to shoot an exterior interview. He
thinks that his flex-fill will cover any assignment.
Then the rain begins to pour and the producer decides to
shoot his "most important" interview inside in his
office. OOPS!!! |
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5. Use the cost factor when pack and unpacking. |
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Always take out the most expensive gear last (usually
the camcorder) and put it back in vehicle first. That
way you minimize exposure to your expensive gear. |
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6. Use extra long cables. |
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If you use an extra long BNC video cable from your
camera to your color monitor, you have a better chance
that someone will not trip over the video cable and jerk
your camera and tripod to the ground. OUCH!! Use the
same mentality when plugging in your lights. If you have
to stretch your A/C cable from your light head to the
receptacle, then it is time to break out your stingers
and extra drop cords. It will always cost less in time
and money to use an extension cord then to replace a
light bulb or light head. Think safety! (If you don't,
nobody else will.) |
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7. If it were easy, then everyone would be doing it. |
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When you are in the middle of an ambitious undertaking
that has great potential ---and you are having a
difficult time of it, just remember "if it were easy,
then everyone would be doing it." Basically this means
that there are not great results without great amounts
of work. |
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Bruce Wittman
LAW-GIVER
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WITTMAN’S Favorite
Work Quote:
"There are
two kinds of failures: those who thought and
never did, and those who did and never thought."
Peter J.
Laurence (1919-1990)
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