Walter_Graff
Carbonite Member
"Truth be told, I feel kind of like an ass for posting that I got nominated. "
No yo should be proud. Proud cause you did nice job and finally feel llike someone recognized it. It's not that Emmys are bad, just that they are mostly pats on the back. Nothing worng with patting yourself on th back. I've won afew and am proud of it, but more proud that I did agood job rather than the fact that someone wanted my money first to see if I qualified then more of my money to give me an "award" for my work. If you didn't read teh article I linked to, thats how awards work. Anyone can enter most awards as long as yo have the $100-$400 entry fee. ANd when you win, you get a piece of paper saying you won. WHat no trophy? No, for that you have to pay. ANd if you want more for others to share the victory, they have to pay the $125-$350 for their award too. It's a gimmick started by folks who couldn't make it in the record business. (Inside joke saying that record company people are scum). I watched one company make a now well respected award program. The first year it was to get as many entries as possible. And every year after that the only concentration was to get as many entries as possible. THats how they make money. I remember meetings listening to them talk about strategy and never was anyone concerned with quality of any entries work, only that if they could reach their goal of 80,000 entries they could gross $10 million dollars. At that point they dare still charge you to pay for the "award" you won. Some award system. Tell you what tco, I haven't seen your work, but would like to. Can you post some? I'll bet its great like some of the great work others have posted here. Nicest award for me is to have someone see my work and say they thought it looked great. And that cost me nothing, but I gained true honest unsolicited admiration from my peers, not a phony system where "judges" are begged to judge (as they did with me for years with the Emmys) only to have me skip through tapes (not supposed to) because it was clear most entries sucked. And who bennifited? Lets see, you as an entrant paid to enter. Then you got some sort of award, maybe not first, but silver, or bronze or some other place that keeps everyone coming back next year to enter more. But to get that award you had to pay more. ANd if you wanted to get more statues you had to pay even more because while others deserve them in your group, awards are bought, not earned. ANd what did it cost you? Maybe $450 in the end, maybe more maybe less. And who benefits as your "award" sits on a shelf, the guy who runs the award show who spends four months out of the year living off the proceeds in his beach house trying to think of more ways to get the number of entries up so he can eventually sell the show to some outfit for eight times what its worth. Thats where many of these film festivals that seem to be in every corner of the planet come from too, from the Walla Walla film festival to the Cleveland Department of Sanitation Film festival. Same former record company guys making lots of money off folks who have the best intentions and work real hard to make a piece of work only to pay for it twice. Most folks don't really benefit, only the guys who collect the checks do. Your milage may vary. Here is something most folks don't know, anyone can be nominated for a noble prize. All you need to do is have a member of any national legislature or government or university professor send a letter nominating you. Do that and then you can officially tell folks you were nominated for a Noble. Each year about 450 people run for president. Bet you didn't know that. All you need to do is fill out the forms and you to can be an official presidential candidate. Thats one reason why so many do. Looks good on a resume or should I say its a conversation starter with a potential employer.
No yo should be proud. Proud cause you did nice job and finally feel llike someone recognized it. It's not that Emmys are bad, just that they are mostly pats on the back. Nothing worng with patting yourself on th back. I've won afew and am proud of it, but more proud that I did agood job rather than the fact that someone wanted my money first to see if I qualified then more of my money to give me an "award" for my work. If you didn't read teh article I linked to, thats how awards work. Anyone can enter most awards as long as yo have the $100-$400 entry fee. ANd when you win, you get a piece of paper saying you won. WHat no trophy? No, for that you have to pay. ANd if you want more for others to share the victory, they have to pay the $125-$350 for their award too. It's a gimmick started by folks who couldn't make it in the record business. (Inside joke saying that record company people are scum). I watched one company make a now well respected award program. The first year it was to get as many entries as possible. And every year after that the only concentration was to get as many entries as possible. THats how they make money. I remember meetings listening to them talk about strategy and never was anyone concerned with quality of any entries work, only that if they could reach their goal of 80,000 entries they could gross $10 million dollars. At that point they dare still charge you to pay for the "award" you won. Some award system. Tell you what tco, I haven't seen your work, but would like to. Can you post some? I'll bet its great like some of the great work others have posted here. Nicest award for me is to have someone see my work and say they thought it looked great. And that cost me nothing, but I gained true honest unsolicited admiration from my peers, not a phony system where "judges" are begged to judge (as they did with me for years with the Emmys) only to have me skip through tapes (not supposed to) because it was clear most entries sucked. And who bennifited? Lets see, you as an entrant paid to enter. Then you got some sort of award, maybe not first, but silver, or bronze or some other place that keeps everyone coming back next year to enter more. But to get that award you had to pay more. ANd if you wanted to get more statues you had to pay even more because while others deserve them in your group, awards are bought, not earned. ANd what did it cost you? Maybe $450 in the end, maybe more maybe less. And who benefits as your "award" sits on a shelf, the guy who runs the award show who spends four months out of the year living off the proceeds in his beach house trying to think of more ways to get the number of entries up so he can eventually sell the show to some outfit for eight times what its worth. Thats where many of these film festivals that seem to be in every corner of the planet come from too, from the Walla Walla film festival to the Cleveland Department of Sanitation Film festival. Same former record company guys making lots of money off folks who have the best intentions and work real hard to make a piece of work only to pay for it twice. Most folks don't really benefit, only the guys who collect the checks do. Your milage may vary. Here is something most folks don't know, anyone can be nominated for a noble prize. All you need to do is have a member of any national legislature or government or university professor send a letter nominating you. Do that and then you can officially tell folks you were nominated for a Noble. Each year about 450 people run for president. Bet you didn't know that. All you need to do is fill out the forms and you to can be an official presidential candidate. Thats one reason why so many do. Looks good on a resume or should I say its a conversation starter with a potential employer.
