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Old 11-21-2015, 12:00 PM   #110
Hawgwash
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Originally Posted by Marin
It's no coincidence that almost every laptop and desktop computer you see being used in TV shows and movies is an Apple. It's because for a whole bunch of reasons, Apple's "environment" is much more appealing and comfortable to people in a creative industry...
Part two...
Those Apples you see in a film are not there because cast and crew use nothing else. Production doesn't care what they use.

It's Hollywood not real life. Use and placement are negotiated months in advance and placed with way too much consultation and wasted meeting time. Continuity can reach anal, ridiculous proportions. Quite often vehicles occupy more preproduction time than scripting, especially if there are crashes. Corporate and entertainment lawyers make millions negotiating standard, blanket documents of use, liability and waiver.

Almost any "brand" that appears in film and TV is either pre approved, supplied gratis or is a paid for placement by the copyright holder. A huge amount of set dec is generic and isn't even real or necessarily current.

Otherwise there are warehouses full of and industries creating, props and set dec items and so much of it is just plane fake. It doesn't matter how many times a Grip tosses a brick at you, you always react like it's 5 pounds not 5 ounces.

Also, the really good crew members who build, shop for and dress sets, along with makeup and prosthetic artists, are more than just film school grads; they have tremendous natural talents.

Marin, you chose the wrong field, a sought after wig maker can often earn more than a camera op.

But then you already know this stuff...
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