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On 06/07/2013 8:47 PM, Shirley Gutierrez wrote:
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> Thanks David! That was very badly needed!
>
> Shirley
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Dawkins <dawk2@shaw.ca <mailto:dawk2%40shaw.ca>>
> To: Avid-L2 <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com>>
> Sent: Sat, Jul 6, 2013 7:07 pm
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Off of FB's Edit Suite Stories
>
> Olly Lambert
> <https://www.facebook.com/ollylambert?hc_location=stream>
>
> The Official Christmas 2010 Top 13 Stories
>
> In no particular order, my completely subjective pick of this
> year's crop of edit suite stories...
>
> Exec: And so these numbers at the bottom of the screen, we
> won't see those in the final programme will we?
> Editor: Nope, that's the timecode.
> Exec: What's timecode?
> (Robin Gray)
>
> Anonymous male director writes: "my (male) editor had sat
> working in silence for over an hour, and suddenly announced
> the following: "Americans give really good head. They really
> want to please their men. They do that thing that hookers do,
> you know, cup your balls?". Silence.
>
> Com Ed, Director and Editor sit down to watch first rough cut
> of a film about heart transplants.
> Com Ed: "Before we start, how many people die?"
> Editor: "None".
> Com Ed: "That could be a problem."
> (Anonymous)
>
> 2 x 60 docs quality checked by a certain well known facility
> in W1. The shows are presented and narrated by Stephen Hawking.
> The films were rejected due to "constant distorted voice over
> on tracks 1&2...."
> (Anonymous)
>
> Me to director after having viewed a sequence: "What do you
> think?"
> Director: Hmmmm....
> Me: You don't like it do you?
> Director: Not really.
> Me: How do you want it then?
> Director: Not like that.
> (David Spragg)
>
> I just walked past a bunch of execs/producers and overheard a
> snippet of their conversation...
> Lady 1: "And they all died".
> Couple of seconds of silence.
> Lady 2: "Did they sign release forms?"
> Lady 1: "No"
> Lady 2 "That's terrible"
> (Merlin Hogarth)
>
> Com Ed: "Drop that fat lady."
> Ed: "What, the pregnant teacher?"
> Com Ed: "Yeah, she's too fat. We don't want that kind of image."
> (Andrew Shimer Wong)
>
> Exec: yeah, that bloke is coming across as a bit of a bastard.
> Director: That's because he's a complete bastard.
> Exec: Sure, but can we make him come across as less of a bastard?
> Anonymous
>
> Comm Ed: "The presenters need to be more happy and cheerful,
> to show that they're having fun. They also need to be more
> downbeat and thoughtful, to show that they're serious
> professionals. These two statements may appear to contradict
> each other, but I'm sure you know what I mean."
> (Darren Jonusas)
>
> While freelancing at a well-know Manchester based TV company,
> I stopped a technician failing a tape which he said was "soft
> and grainy, with excessive gate weave, poor focus, dirt and
> sparkle". I pointed out that since it was the only copy from
> the World War One trenches it might be best to pass it.
> (David Cunningham)
>
> Director: You know that thing they do in R+B tracks where they
> push a button (mimes turning a knob) and it turns the music
> inside out? That's the effect I want here."
> Editor: "Um, can you give me the name of a track where that
> happens so I can hear what you mean?"
> Director: "No. Don't you just have a button you can push
> (mimes turning a knob again) that will do it?"
> (Tim O'Donoghue)
>
> Note of the day: "Change the V.O. line, 'That's like kicking a
> retarded puppy" to "that's like clubbing a baby seal"? It's a
> bit more sensitive"
> (Jeremy LaLonde)
>
> Technician: You know the thing about video?
> Me: What?
> Technician: It's shit.
> (Mark Talbot-Butler)
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