Independent Feature Film (Atlanta, GA) Needs Crew

[Jorge Díaz-Amador]

Boy it sure would suck if my reel wasn't up to snuff.
I'd miss out on working a month for free!
Not to mention all that great networking with the rest of the unpaid crew that could lead to other great unpaid jobs.

LOL!!

I've had experience with this sort of thing going back to 1991. David, you pretty much summed it up.

I shot a feature in 2002-2003 that was released on DVD and played on Showtime. I got paid modest fee up front (and I provided the 16SR2 S16 camera package). The director/produce has never seen one cent from the distribution of that move. In fact, they claimed he owed them money...

It seems they are not afraid to play the bigger fish in the same manner:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117986618.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&query=thinkfilm

If you guys wonder why I make my living servicing lenses (camera service I have pretty much phased out), this is the major reason why.

The industry is in a really sorry state...

 

[Jeff Kilgroe]

I feel violated just from reading this thread.