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Topic: Projectionist's Little Secrets
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John Walsh
Film God
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Posts: 2490
From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way
Registered: Oct 1999
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posted 04-30-2004 06:12 PM
Simply put, there are people who will help you, and people who won't. Sometimes it's because they are jerks, sometimes it's because they were burned (example: they taught a person, and that person took their job) and sometimes they just don't have time. It's not that there is a wall; it's a small industry and you just haven't met the right people yet. Keep asking, and try to meet new people.
The same kind of thing occurs with people who sell equipment. Some of them only sell new; some sell used, but in really good shape and take pride in fixing up older stuff to be just as good as new and this cost money. If you call someone and tell them you want to buy something very cheap, there is obviously little money in it for them, so naturally they are uninterested. The motion picture equipment dealers have been hit hard in the last few years, so they can't afford any 'giveaways.' For really cheap equipment, you need to 'network'; meet people who have done the same thing, make friends with technicians who know when theaters are closing (and equipment will be available) and get used to different equipment to know if it could be fixed up, or if it's junk and more trouble than it's worth.
All of the above takes time, so please keep trying.
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