where´s the future of this profession?

[Eduardo San Jose]

Where are we going?. What´s the near future for us all?. I work as smoke operator and things goes well, but… there´s something that´s not work and I don´t know to see it. What is it?

I know my question is so subjetive, but perhaps some of you knows the answer.

Cheers

[Anonymous]

Hi, since it’s sunday, I have some time for those darker thoughts…

I feel that one of the “dangers” of our profession is the advance and availability of technology and our own personal aging. Unlike in the US, we (Europeans, at least germans) have the tendency to not want to work with older people…. Anybody seen a 50 year old Flame-/Inferno-, Editbox- or whatever artist still working as an employee?

….curious what other peeolple say…
regards
Uwe Wiesemann

[Nadim Shartouny]

Seen quite a few operators in their early to mid 40’s. Perhaps they move on to bigger and better things… like supervising for film, directing, and if lucky, early retirement : )

[viking jonsson]

[quote=”myth”] Perhaps they move on to bigger and better things… like supervising for film, directing )[/quote]

True.That would be the logical move to make.

Also because the tools are getting cheaper,fater and better a lot of us will have to start thinking and practising the actual craft were trying to emulate digitally (cinematography,lighting,photography,art direction,sculpting etc).

REALTIME is not very far away, The power will be put back into the hands of the real artisans(above) because of technology and it’s ease of use…look at what Z-BRUSH is doing for modellerrs and matte painters.I believe lusture is being used as a previz tool on set for dp’s.How long is it going to be before i can get a rough/good triangulation(image modelling) of the set and do a real time previz(semi radiosity) of what it could look like even before setup time has been spent on set …just a thaught 😉

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[pixelmonk]

Yeah, but it’s like rock’n’roll, who’d have thought 20 years ago the Stones would still be going, now into their 60’s, so don’t despair, compositing, (in the digital sense) is still a relatively young profession.

Paul

[Anonymous]

Like any profession, we should never stop learning new skills. Most linear tape editors managed to get their heads around NLE technology and carried on earning a living. The technology is always changing, the trick is to keep up with it.
As for what “options” are available to digital artists when they grow up 😀
I’ve seen local artists who are smart enough to realise that clients follow a particular artist from facility to facility. It’s never a bad idea to think about going on your own once you’ve got a faithfull following. Going out and setting up your own mini facility is not as scary as it sounds, the equipment is certainly getting more affordable. A trend down here is for several “complimentary” people to pool their resources (eg, online editor, audio final fix, 3D graphics etc) and work as a group.

TW

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