On Saturday 20 April 2013 15:55:39 Pete Wright did opine: > Thanks, Gene, for a truly illuminating rant -- the very best kind. And TBT, rant IS the right word. I thought I was coming on strong, but there really are times when that balloon needs a pin-prick too. > One could replace the specific jargon nouns with words like "task" and > "equipment" and have a great statement to review before starting any > project. Chuckle, would be recommended by Grandpa Gene. ;) > Deciding whether the "it" in question is worth doing properly. Precisely the point. > On the other hand, I used to tell my film guys that not having enough > budget can force you to make great films because when you can't afford > some fancy thing you are forced to come up with something else. Hopefully better because you can do it in one take. > But that something has to yield a quality result or you have to keep > thinking. Absolutely! The average viewer doesn't care if you had to drown 4 litters of puppies as long as its entertaining him. Well, we've played with the format, but not drastically because when the ratings books come out, our news dept was consistently 2 to 5 points better than the 'other guys'. Part of that back when I was the CE, was because of a higher level of availability of the gear to 'get the story'. There were times when I busted ass making sure there were cameras enough to go shoot at every basketball game that night. Long hours, but then I didn't care if I was late the next morning either. You do that when you are salaried. ;-) > We didn't ever use tea-kettle steam like Roger Corman, but we always had > him as our ideal. Now thats one I never heard about, tell me more, please. > We won some nice awards along the way. We have a wall or 3 covered with those plaques. In 55 years, they do tend to accumulate. Impresses the frogs too. :) Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> Timing must be perfect now. Two-timing must be better than perfect. A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than a gun in the hands of 200 million law-abiding citizens. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
