One of our clients just requested "news footage" of events from a movie.
Um, what? *makes dog-like quizzical head turn*
Buffy: He ran away, right? Giles: Sort of, more. turned and swept out majestically, I suppose. Said I didn't concern him. Buffy: So a mythic triumph over a completely indifferent foe? Giles: Well, I'm not dead or unconscious, so I say bravo for me.
'Same Time, Same Place'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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Frankenbuddha - May 25, 2010 7:19:30 am PDT #20261 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
amych - May 25, 2010 7:19:58 am PDT #20262 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Silly silly clients.
tommyrot - May 25, 2010 7:20:03 am PDT #20263 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
One of our clients just requested "news footage" of events from a movie. As in, the equivalent of asking for footage of the native uprising on Pandora. I think I was as diplomatic as I could be in my email response, as I did *not* say "Unfortunately we can only provide footage of events from the real world."
Heh. I've heard of people requesting footage of Jesus's crucifixion (or resurrection) and of the first landing on the moon - taken from the moon's surface.
sj - May 25, 2010 7:21:01 am PDT #20264 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I did *not* say "Unfortunately we can only provide footage of events from the real world."
Jessica, I admire your restraint.
Shir - May 25, 2010 7:22:10 am PDT #20265 of 30000
"And that's why God Almighty gave us fire insurance and the public defender".
Oh Sean. {{{}}} I do hope you'd get better, fast.
Gudanov - May 25, 2010 7:24:18 am PDT #20266 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
and of the first landing on the moon - taken from the moon's surface.
As if they had a second camera in the studio where the "landing" was made.
Gudanov - May 25, 2010 7:24:35 am PDT #20267 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
((Sean))
Jessica - May 25, 2010 7:25:07 am PDT #20268 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
We get a request for footage of the Titanic pulling into New York harbour about once every couple of months. At this point we just automatically send them the clip of the sister ship.
(My favorite, though, has got to be the request we got for footage of Columbus discovering America, with the helpful addendum "It's okay if it's black & white.")
Jessica - May 25, 2010 7:27:20 am PDT #20269 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
and of the first landing on the moon - taken from the moon's surface.
This we actually do have, but it's a simulation and clearly labeled as such onscreen. (Rather than just show Cronkite's face the whole time, they were cutting back and forth from the studio to the simulation to some NASA diagrams etc etc.)
Kathy A - May 25, 2010 7:28:04 am PDT #20270 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
We get a request for footage of the Titanic pulling into New York harbour about once every couple of months.
They do know it sank on the way to New York, don't they? There was a little movie made about 14 years ago they might have heard of...
Wasn't there footage of the Lusitania leaving New York on its way to its sinking, or was that just a photo that I know I've seen in history books?