From: "Chris Zwar" Received: from atl4mhob10.myregisteredsite.com ([209.17.115.48] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 5515844 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Tue, 01 Jul 2014 11:48:53 +0200 Received: from mailpod.hostingplatform.com ([10.30.71.209]) by atl4mhob10.myregisteredsite.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s619mplK027437 for ; Tue, 1 Jul 2014 05:48:51 -0400 Received: (qmail 7448 invoked by uid 0); 1 Jul 2014 09:48:51 -0000 X-TCPREMOTEIP: 60.225.102.245 X-Authenticated-UID: chris@chriszwar.com Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.0.4?) (chris@chriszwar.com@60.225.102.245) by 0 with ESMTPA; 1 Jul 2014 09:48:51 -0000 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_9093537E-9ECD-4FEE-85FD-B58E7D2F5536" Subject: [OT] a WTF ad for an animator, with reply Message-Id: Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2014 19:48:49 +1000 To: After Effects email list Mail List Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) --Apple-Mail=_9093537E-9ECD-4FEE-85FD-B58E7D2F5536 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Sorry for the OT but this job ad from Craigslist has been generating = equal amounts of laughter and despair on a local jobs forum: http://miami.craigslist.org/mdc/cpg/4529563953.html While depressing ads like this are unfortunately not uncommon, at least = one local guy here has gone to commendable efforts with his application, = including a demo video! On 1 Jul 2014, at 1:15 pm, stib wrote: I want to apply for the job. Now first off - you do realise that Rise of = the Guardians cost $62,285 per frame, don't you? But don't worry, I can = get you the same quality per frame at a budget you can afford. It's = simple: I make something of the same quality, but just a lot smaller. If you do the maths, a budget of $4000 divided by 4320 frames (for you I = give a discount, I'll call it 4000 frames) comes out to a dollar per = frame. Now I'm assuming that the master to RotG was 4096 pixels =D7 2160 = digital cinema print which means 8847360 pixels per frame. So $1 gets = you 8847360 / 62285 =3D 142 pixels, and again I'll give you a discount = and round it up to a 12 x12 pixel square. You can't get fairer than that. Real Dreamworks quality at a price you = can afford! Here's a sample of what you could expect for your budget (and just to = sweeten the deal for you I'll throw in sound recording, music and mixing = for nothing, just because I really want to work with a visionary like = you). http://bit.ly/1k8uxmO Note that the web player does stretch it out to fit in their frame, and = compress it. The version you get will have full 12x12px resolution = uncompressed 10-bit video and will be crystal clear and sharp. Since you won't be storyboarding it we can get moving straight away. You = won't want to see any character design, art direction or animation tests = etc, that's all just a waste of time. I can see you're a busy man, so = I'll just do the whole thing, render it, and have it ready to go, = without all that to-and fro that gets in the way and drives up costs. = Once you pay I'll send you a link to where you can download the whole = completed thing, ready to go. It saves you the worry and makes life = simpler for me. I can get moving on this at any time, and can have it = done in a week, tops. Just paypal me the money and I'll send you a link. = Of course you can trust me, I trust you don't I? -stib When our producers start getting unreasonable, we've starting saying 'we = can do it, but it will be 12 pixels square=85' -Chris =20= --Apple-Mail=_9093537E-9ECD-4FEE-85FD-B58E7D2F5536 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Sorry = for the OT but this job ad from Craigslist has been generating equal = amounts of laughter and despair on a local jobs = forum:

http://miami.= craigslist.org/mdc/cpg/4529563953.html

While = depressing ads like this are unfortunately not uncommon, at least one = local guy here has gone to commendable efforts with his application, = including a demo video!

On 1 Jul 2014, at 1:15 = pm, stib <> wrote:

I want to apply for = the job. Now first off - you do realise that Rise of the Guardians cost = $62,285 per frame, don't you? But don't worry, I can get you the same = quality per frame at a budget you can afford. It's simple: I make = something of the same quality, but just a lot smaller.
If you do the = maths, a budget of $4000 divided by 4320 frames (for you I give a = discount, I'll call it 4000 frames) comes out to a dollar per frame. Now = I'm assuming that the master to RotG was 4096 pixels =D7 2160 digital = cinema print which means 8847360 pixels per frame. So $1 gets you = 8847360 / 62285 =3D 142 pixels, and again I'll give you a discount and = round it up to a 12 x12 pixel square.
You can't get fairer than that. = Real Dreamworks quality at a price you can = afford!

Here's a sample of what you could expect = for your budget (and just to sweeten the deal for you I'll throw in = sound recording, music and mixing for nothing, just because I really = want to work with a visionary like you).

http://bit.ly/1k8uxmO

Since you won't be storyboarding it we can get = moving straight away. You won't want to see any character design, art = direction or animation tests etc, that's all just a waste of time. I can = see you're a busy man, so I'll just do the whole thing, render it, and = have it ready to go, without all that to-and fro that gets in the way = and drives up costs. Once you pay I'll send you a link to where you can = download the whole completed thing, ready to go. It saves you the worry = and makes life simpler for me. I can get moving on this at any time, and = can have it done in a week, tops. Just paypal me the money and I'll send = you a link. Of course you can trust me, I trust you don't = I?

-stib

When our producers start getting unreasonable, we've starting = saying 'we can do it, but it will be 12 pixels square=85'

-Chris