For the first time since I've seen M.R.'s name used here, I went to the url that contains his blog, and video clips and took a peak at what all the fuss is about. While I won't sit here and slam his business, I can tell you the work on his site is NOT the work I am referring to when I say some snot nosed kid out of college is likely to be doing the work some of you do in the future for a third of the money. I have never seen a "VJ," to my knowledge and I would be surprised if anything of that nature really makes it on television but on the other hand, how in the world could that type of work stir up such controversy and fear from any of you here ? If he is making money doing what he is, more power to him. But to think anyone in this business for more than 6 months feels threatened by that kind of work says a whole lot more about you, than him.
I don't mean to diss the work, but we are talking apples and oranges here. How could any of you feel threatened by that stuff OR him enough to yap about him for months and even YEARS probably!
You just don't get it, do you? You get into arguments without even knowing what's all about it, you just love to be controversial no matter what the argument is.
It's not about money, and definitely is not about fear, the fear factor was a slogan created by MR to make himself and his project look important, little guys love to feel that others are afraid of them, makes them feel big. If you didn't notice he is the one on the run, he is finished. And definitely is not about Rosenblum, is about maintaining a high standard of quality in our industry, is about telling losers like you that good enough is not good enough and the only thing standing in the way of making a decent living is what's in your brain. All this VJ controversy are effecting a minute percentage of video professionals, most people in this business make a good living and they have no clue of what a VJ is or does or who Rosenblum is. VJs in the real world where people are getting good wages are non existing.
The Rosenblums in this industry have existed since television started, the only reason that we hear so much about him today is because of the web. Take the web away and you wouldn't know who he was. Like his predecessors he will fade away too.
Times are surely changing and they have been changing since television started. Some people see it at destructive and others as new opportunities, to make more money not less. Lowering the standard of quality means lowering the standard of living.
There's more money being thrown into television productions today than ever before. At our end the increased and often exclusive use of HD technology has created an overnight one third jump in our revenue, we work the same but make one third more, what a concept. Also this year history is being made, this is the first time ever where advertising dollars spent on television surpassed those spent on print advertising and even with the bad economy television advertising dollars is up, of course this is due to the Olympic and election year but couldn't come at a better time as the economy is down and regular advertisers are temporarily cutting back. Of course you never hear Rosenblum pointing out these facts, good news in the industry means bad news for him. If you compare the television and cable industry to any other industry you'll see that it has been less negatively affected by the downturn of the economy than any other industry. When the public can not afford to go on vacation or out to diner they stay home and watch TV.
I tell you, is a different ball game outside the minor, too bad you never got what it takes to get there, but keep on writing and promoting poor quality, that will get you far, there have been dozen like you on these boards with the same ideas and they all have disappeared.
We can continue this conversation when you come up with something intelligent instead of things like "pop corn farts", but just like your minor league career I doubt you are capable.
