Seems to be a term used in the movie business, can anyone explain it please?
A childs playground apparatus?
An ambiguous ■■■■■■ orientation?
So nobody recognises it as an HGV term?
Has anyone ever done any driving for film makers?
As in “working a swing shift”. I think it might just mean replacing somebody?
A “Swing Shift” is when you work different hours one day to the next.
06-00 to 17-00 today, 14-00 to 23-00 tomorrow, you`ve worked a swing shift.
In lorry driving terms----- nothing at all. Not worthy of comment.
Film crew terms, from my couple of weeks with film makers:
They would do almost anything asked of them to get the job done, and work hours as needed. Contracts are often for one shoot only, and you need a good reputation, but financial rewards are high.
I had a cracking time with a “specialist contractor” moving kit from the UK to Cine Citta in Rome, and a bit of cabotage around Italy up and to Venice area. Job started out tractor solo UK to Italy, then I was around for the set up, and returned 6(?) weeks alter when the shoot was over and spent a week or so moving stuff around including a few personal little jobs for the crew. All OK with my boss, as it was well paid for him.
Even got invited to the “wrap party”! Private coach to a restaurant boat on the Tiber and trawling around Rome`s discos afterwards. Good bunch of Italian/UK/Swiss/Rhodesian people. Definitelt different.
The actual stars of the shoot never came out with us. They needed their beauty sleep.
I`ll have a look later for a clip of the shoot.
Here we are:
youtube.com/watch?v=boGJd-koCSI
Admittedly not the classic:
youtube.com/watch?v=boGJd-koCSI
Thanks for confirming! Sounds great, when was that?
Franglais:
Here we are:
youtube.com/watch?v=boGJd-koCSIAdmittedly not the classic:
youtube.com/watch?v=boGJd-koCSI
You’re not serious [emoji1787]
stu675:
Franglais:
Here we are:
youtube.com/watch?v=boGJd-koCSIAdmittedly not the classic:
youtube.com/watch?v=boGJd-koCSIYou’re not serious [emoji1787]
Yeah…Why not?
I think it took 6 weeks to film the 1990s adverts in Rome. The crew were there all the time but I was off doing other stuff.
The earlier ones were filmed UK, but changing animal welfare laws made for a move abroad, and the last chimp ads were cartoons, as all EU rules caught up.
The money in advertising etc was then, I don`t know about now, huge. All professional crews who also worked on full films.
The ads were fully sstory-boarded and the chimps trained over a period of months pre shoot to move their mouths: to “talk” when asked. Not easy and not done on command very well at all.
The animals were all youngsters, adult chimps are very strong and not always docile apparently. They also worked with “Holiday On Ice”.
I moved a converted trailer used to house the chimps about, and moved sections of safety cage around. Never moved the animals in the trailer, the trainers/owners had their own vans. The animals were allowed full run inside the film area, but cages were erected for double entry around the doors, and to protect the crew. The cameraman would be in a small cage, easier than a huge one to enclose the animals on set with all it`s lighting etc.
A very different job, and an eye opener in many ways.
Franglais:
Here we are:
youtube.com/watch?v=boGJd-koCSIAdmittedly not the classic:
youtube.com/watch?v=boGJd-koCSI
That’s the same clip twice ?
Dav1d:
Franglais:
Here we are:
youtube.com/watch?v=boGJd-koCSIAdmittedly not the classic:
youtube.com/watch?v=boGJd-koCSIThat’s the same clip twice ?
Sorry!
Mr Mover follows…
youtube.com/watch?v=m3F0nnPHyWo
An american term thats used in the film industry when vehicles get moved from one location to another
nedflanders:
An american term thats used in the film industry when vehicles get moved from one location to another
Thank you! I can turn up now and pretend I know what I’m doing [emoji2]
stu675:
nedflanders:
An american term thats used in the film industry when vehicles get moved from one location to anotherThank you! I can turn up now and pretend I know what I’m doing [emoji2]
That`s me every day for 40 years
Regarding Truck Driving,
Swing is taking a turn wide, IE swing Left / Right.
Its also a term used when playing Golf, you swing at the ball.
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One might even describe it as “Jazz Rapping”…
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