CAMERAMEN'S SCREW-UPS

Cameramen do not always get it right. But we should learn from our mistakes and tell other people about them. And at the same time have a laugh about it .
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A Cameraman's tale "A wild life cameraman and his producer are well concealed in a hide filming a single, large male lion"

A Producers Tale "A cameraman, soundman and producer are filming on the beach ....."

Screw-up 47 Press conference on peace. "When we looked up our director had disappeared into one of the double doors so ..."

Screw-up 46 The King that stood
"As it came close and I was panning to keep up I then noticed, to my horror and disbelieve that..."

Screw-ups #45 "As I'm walking to the Emergency entrance, I see their fake TV camera guy being hustled away by security...."boy," I think, "they're playing this up right.""

Screw-ups #44 "One of my compatriots recently had one of those days he would rather forget."

Screw-ups #43 " I naturally expressed my disappointment that they had hired me some rather tired and ineffective equipment to say the least!"

Screw-ups #42 "The heavily air-conditioned cameras have spent a night in the truck, then brought out into a 75 degree 100% humidity...."

Screw-ups #41 "The next thing I remember is looking up to see a bunch of people staring down at me as I lay flat on my back. "

Screw-ups #40 " the film had "jumped the loop" and had been dragged through the gate....."

Screw-ups #39 The Director suffered from deafness in one ear and, consequently, spoke Italian with some difficulty and English with even more difficulty.

Reply to Screw-ups #38 One common problem with camera operations and rolling platforms (the boat) is the Earth bound version of space-sickness - vertigo

Screw-ups #38 Screw ups don't necessarily have to be mistakes you make whilst filming some times the biggest screw up is accepting the actual assignment!

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