Pretty damn QUIET in here.......
- Thread starter TyFord
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The are a lot more "gear heads" than users/artists in video and still form. Also, many folks once the obtain a tool become an evangelist for that tool. The art in many things from music to imaging is neglected in many forms - take a look at DPR, yea he/she who bad talks a favorite brand. When it comes to video people who use cell phones are used to the "quick, dirty and AI", and fail to see the art end. Produce something and put it up in a day. The world is changing and just like people who still image with film, pockets of folks devoted to an art will still exist. Basically, now with AI, all folks working must adapted or become less important in the work world. A long time ago I did about 50 commercials that ran in the top 25 smsa regions. I did a lot of still work for photographic magazine ads. Do I miss that way of working (some film, some early video), yes but it was a different time. I come here every now and then because many folks here do video for a living, and the advice is generally extremely good. Thanks. Hope you all make a strong transition as the industry changes.
rob norton
Veteran
That's partly it. At some point years ago, behind the scenes became more important than the actual results. Rather than coming to dvxuser, building relationships and somewhat getting trusted before people shared information, instagram has people just demanding the lenses used, lighting plans etc. People were sharing lighting plans was initially helpful. But overall there's less expertise needed to send a Gaffer a reference with BTS lighting diagrams and say let's do that. It's a shame because there's less creativity, less taking the theory and running with it, it's mostly people saying I want this look but for my own portfolio, but I don't need to pay attention to how we get there. We've all wanted to pull off similar results to references, but the difference is the ability to pull off higher end looks is nowhere near the unlocked secret it used to be.
At the moment, the overwhelming majority of a DP's value comes through their management skills, or implementing clever workflows, which might obviously include camera movement and lighting, but the look itself is a fraction of the value it once was.
morgan_moore
Major Contributor
Mike Krumlauf
Award Winning Filmmaker
I remember when this was the place to be 20 or so years ago. now, this is the first time ive logged on in close to a year and who knows when I will be back on here... I miss the good ol days
NorBro
Major Contributor
I just saw - like 5 minutes ago - an ad on YouTube from Fiverr (tried to find it but couldn't) that was promoting using an AI video editor from their service and the video ended with something like..."And what you don't need is this:" (and it had a design graphic of a video production team disappearing)...
...pretty much sums it up, lol.
...pretty much sums it up, lol.
On my Tidal music streaming service, I noticed a marked increase in animated album covers, decrease in general photography. Seems like all facets of production are undergoing change. TV commecials too, Biberty Biberty Mutual.. On memory lane a movie was promoted if "shot on location" and regular CGI was replacing action scenes, car chases etc. I miss the realism from the real stunts, (Tom Cruise excepted) Hal Needham, Bullitt, French Connection etc. No interest in Fast and Furious franchise.
rob norton
Veteran
@David Jimerson any insight on plans for the site? Will it stay up as long as people are active, or will the owner keep for a certain amount of time, regardless of activity?
