Matt Sanderson

Hi, I'm looking for an old arm that someone may have kicking around. It's intended use is reverse re-engineering so It wont be used to fly. Doesn't matter if its rusted solid. Doesn't matter if you have been using it as an ornament in your fish tank or if you found it at the bottom of the ocean next to a sunken ship. Even if it's damaged, dented, bent, snapped, cut in half I will gladly give it a home. I want to measure the spring constants, materials, construction, tolerances, assembly and even the finish. So if someone has something they don't think anyone will ever want, you may have found an outlet for that ancient arm. Yes I'm willing to pay for it. Shipping as well. I'm in Toronto, Canada. Within my budget of course. And since it's not being used for actual flight, condition is secondary to having the actual technology for study purposes. Contact: Matt krullcat@gmail.com Thank you.

I Agree we do need a Matt's Only Forum LOL :D

This is for real! :lol: Matt! a launch party invitation for you & a guest! ... Champagne & Air Kisses! at GEE Beauty, Toronto's new hippest grooming studio! CLICK here for invite: http://www.geebeauty.com/email/geebeauty.html It's an invitation darling. You simply must attend. We want to share the space & celebrate our leap into the great unknown. Courage needs company.

Hey Matt :D , I've noticed that there are many Matt's on this board. If enough of us show up here we will have enough Matts to cover an entire studio floor :) I think it would be great to hook up and have coffee with all the Toronto based rig workers here! Cheers.

Dear Ian: Thats true, to a larger extent in the World of Television Production. Although with movie pirating of motion pictures through downloads the problem is becoming pandemic at an alarming rate. The licensing deals are becoming more difficult to achieve because producers want more money for broadcast licenses. With the advent of DVD replication technology being so freely available on desktop computers the ease with which DVD's can be copied is also unkind to the industry. The next step in protection technology for distribution is just around the corner. With the reduction in size of storage media and it's increased capacity it's only a matter of time before movies and music CDs are stored on hard media with new thumbnail sized players replacing full sized DVD and VHS players. By linking directly to digital television ports this will rule out the immediate possibility of direct to tape duplication and direct to drive replication. There is also the issue of producers becoming greedier and inflating above the line premiums for themselves as well. It's all relative and it's begun a trend towards an out of control pricing spiral which could cause a recession in production revenues within a few years. Cheers Mate.

Dear Tomzke: Most operators have used spots at one time or another. It really depends on the weight of your rig relative to the shot and movements you are trying to achieve. If a complex number of movements, turns and objects are to be negotiated during a block or take then a spotter may be useful since your eyes are pointed downward monitoring your video feed. Spotters generally fall into the same category as PAs or sometimes come from the Grip department. Spotters do not necessarily have to be part of a Union, depends on the project. If the project is Union then it's usually better to have a Union based spotter assigned to you by the PM or DP. No, spotters are not 1st ACs. A 1st AC works in a darkroom loading film into the cameras magazines, controls film inventory and camera reports. Pulls focus and slates on set working with the 1st assistant. If your working a non-Union shoot spotters would most likely earn the minimum wage in your Country or State. Union spotters might be a slightly different rate but probably not much different or far off from the minimum wage.

Thanks Steve! Great to be here bud! :)

A Very recent Music Video I produced in Orillia Ontario.

Hello folks: Ok, I've been reading through the posts before joining and it seems as though there are a few crotchety types in the mix. Just so you know, don't you leap before you look, I have the teeth of a crock, the hair on my back can only be described as wild boar and when I decide to throw my weight around I can really cause some damage. I'm uglier and scarier looking than you can possibly imagine. I'm a 220 pounder with lots of vertical leverage so bite your tongues you meanies. :angry: Have I operated a rig before, damn right I have. I'm buying a new rig this year from http://www.kingswaycanada.com, this is our official dealer in Toronto. With the Official guidance of Frank Rush of Tiffen in New York. He's a pretty nice guy. Am I full of BS? NO! But I can lie with the best of them when I want to! What do I do? I am a creative Indie Producer. Where did I get my training? Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. (S.A.I.T.) and Ryerson University. If your not familiar with either of them Google em. What camera's have I shot with? Sony Betacam SP, Sony V5000, Canon Xl1, Canon XL2, IMAX. YES IMAX, but not on a rig. What rig have I primarily used? The original Cinema Products EFP. Since moving to the lighter DVs I am now moving to a lighter, newer rig as mentioned above. I was inspired by Garrett Brown in the early 80s when I saw him operating a rig on TV. The image has been in my mind ever since. I belong to a host of forums, www.mbcanada.com a Mercedes enthusiast forum from Canada. I co-own and operate www.lightages.ca, a forum dedicated to Canadian Photographers. Warren Miller's ski films have inspired me to give skiing and rig work a serious go once I have my lighter rig. Why did I post all this info about myself? Because some of you old coots would probably lambaste me with ingenious semantics designed to inflame my sensibilities. I might be an ugly mother, but that doesn't mean I don't have some serious gray matter in my peanut. :blink: I find inspiration in music and like to use my PDA IPAQ to listen to MP3s while flying a cam around. I pirate music off the web relentlessly. I post with Discreet Combustion, After Effects and Photoshop. I'm heavily invested in Canon Glass and gear. I use the Panasonic AJ-D250 DVCPro deck with the firewire option to capture to my editing machine. I am a PC user no Macs for me thank you. I don't buy computers off the shelf, I build my own using Asus motherboards and Antec cases. Yes I still have my old 3/4" linear editing decks, the Old Sony U-Matics. Your forum does not have a section for introductions, so here it is. This is me like it or not. I'm actually a pretty nice guy and easy to get along with. I don't like power struggles, confrontations, or nasty people! The web is full of resources so I do my own research and don't necessarily accept a response as the final authority on antyhing until I have done the research for myself.