Digital Pictures
Not so long ago we all went down to Digital Picture in South Melbourne for a field trip.
It was once again an eye opening experience. Equipment i couldnt imagine getting my hands on in a million years. Things that seem so out of my reach; that sometimes they appear as illusionary, came to life at the (seemingly) simple twist a knob, or the slap of a button. Here I am in the Masters suite trying my best to best to belt out a passable colour grade, and there at Digital Pictures is a guy who can make the most amazing colour grade in the blink of an eye.
There were some promising things that were said. One was that HDV is apparently the next big thing, comforting to hear knowing that Rups and I just shot our feature on that respective medium.
There were a few things that kinda got under my skin though.
The operator of this huge colour grading machine made jokes about how bad his job is, how he has put in long hours, and sometimes its not rewarding enough. I felt like walking up to him andd saying “Oh you poor man, you work in an industry that i will more likely than not waste my life trying to crack, how about we trade? Ill do your job and you can make coffee for Toorak socialites and take their remarks and cynysisms with good nature, since you are in such a bad position, I will take your burden”
If he hates it, all he has to do is get up and get out and let someone else walk into his position, there is only 1 million people who would love to do what he is doing, regardless of how arbatory (and I admit, after 30 years, it easily could become that)
The second strange, and a little heart wrenching aspect of DP workers, is they spend all their creative juices and all their time, taking directions from apparently horrible advertising executives. None of those guys could ever convince me they are living the dream. Surely they must want to create? Maybe not, maybe they are different to me….
It takes all sorts i s’pose.
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