cameragod
Well-known member
I'm getting an increase in this lately. People calling up wanting someone to fix stuff they have already paid to have shot. The latest one they asked if I could fix it without a re-shoot but I couldn't. All the lights for the interviews were at chest height. After having a chat with the makeup lady on the shoot she told me the woman behind the camera had been googling tutorials on how to "videographer" during the shoot. Her assistant, who the makeup lady thought was the woman's partner, didn't realize that the light stands could go up. All the sound was on the camera mic as they didn't turn on the radio lapel. It was just an unholy shambles... but the client had paid a agency top rate for it. The client is unhappy. The agency is spending a fortune in post. All because they tried to shave some cost off on hiring a real field crew. Its just insane.