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Originally Posted by _Matt
Very well said!
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Company: "Hey we want you to make a video for 6X Guadalupe, a new building downtown."
Videographer/Producer/Director: "Great, happy to help. What is your budget?"
Company: "$2000 for graphics and video, need it in a week."
Videographer: "Ok, I could use the work, I'll do it."
Videographer: Turning to her friends in the room, "hey wanna be in a video I need to make for a new building downtown?"
Roomies/Besties: "Sure, how much you paying us?"
Videographer: ".....Uhhhh........I can pay you in beer".....
Roomies/Besties: "hell yeah!"
Point is, I've seen these things go this way many times. It was probably much more innocent (though maybe not thoughtful, or correct) than one would think. Small productions like this are typically moonlight gigs for someone who works at a larger firm (I've hired videographers from KUT, KXAN, etc for small gigs like this)....they grab the first people they see (or their hottest friends-lets be honest, no matter the race) and go shoot in an afternoon...then spend the rest of the time in post production. Very little time put is into the socio-political ramifications of their decisions, if at all.
Its either that, or the videographer is racist.....
I'm not saying we don't have a massive problem in our country, we clearly do, but not everything is racist. Most mistakes are just fuck ups.
Lets give each other the benefit of a doubt.