tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522305918133904836.post7423610652920627011..comments2023-03-12T06:07:40.218-04:00Comments on Living in My Oblivion - A Life in Low Budget Films: Why We Will Remember SarahJB Brunohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04258303283672775536noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522305918133904836.post-63450351608621230112014-03-13T22:00:10.470-04:002014-03-13T22:00:10.470-04:00JB Bruno,
Really fantastic article.
Sadly it was ...JB Bruno,<br />Really fantastic article.<br /><br />Sadly it was announced today that Abby Singer passed away, only 10 days after your article.<br /><br />Interestingly, reading about Abby I discoverd this:<br /><br />"Partly thanks to his training under notorious tightwad Fier, Singer spent his long career honing his skills at saving productions dough, and his idea was to begin moving crew and gear to the next location one shot before the last shot of the day, with the idea that the next location would be set up ahead of time — thereby saving money and precious shooting time."<br /><br />So maybe what we always heard about Abby Singer was not so much about him, but a stretch of the story to others. Sounds like a wonderful man and it turns out a good friend of Sarah's was his friend and said so as well. I grew up loving a lot of the work he helped produce and many were kind great stories.<br /><br />As far as the first shot being called the Jonesy, I can agree with what you are saying in a lot of ways. But the idea was for it not just to be about safety, but about what Sarah was all about, making a day of shooting spending time with friends, finding time for fun and for bacon and making everyone feel better about who they are and that every last person on a film set is part of the family.<br /><br />If you do that, truly do that, how can you not look around you and care about the safety of every one of our friends you work with. Whether you are friends on set for the first day, or go way back.<br /><br />That was the idea behind "The Jonesy" and why I think it will live on in the same spirit of the slates.<br /><br />Always see the beauty that is right in front of you, don't ignore, don't miss it and make people laugh and smile all the time.<br /><br />That is the Sarah we all came to know and love, and it seems has resonated around the world.<br /><br />Thanks again,<br /><br />ThomAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02166275991105459163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-522305918133904836.post-44678814616930351262014-03-13T21:59:09.327-04:002014-03-13T21:59:09.327-04:00JB Bruno,
Really fantastic article.
Sadly it was ...JB Bruno,<br />Really fantastic article.<br /><br />Sadly it was announced today that Abby Singer passed away, only 10 days after your article.<br /><br />Interestingly, reading about Abby I discoverd this:<br /><br />"Partly thanks to his training under notorious tightwad Fier, Singer spent his long career honing his skills at saving productions dough, and his idea was to begin moving crew and gear to the next location one shot before the last shot of the day, with the idea that the next location would be set up ahead of time — thereby saving money and precious shooting time."<br /><br />So maybe what we always heard about Abby Singer was not so much about him, but a stretch of the story to others. Sounds like a wonderful man and it turns out a good friend of Sarah's was his friend and said so as well. I grew up loving a lot of the work he helped produce and many were kind great stories.<br /><br />As far as the first shot being called the Jonesy, I can agree with what you are saying in a lot of ways. But the idea was for it not just to be about safety, but about what Sarah was all about, making a day of shooting spending time with friends, finding time for fun and for bacon and making everyone feel better about who they are and that every last person on a film set is part of the family.<br /><br />If you do that, truly do that, how can you not look around you and care about the safety of every one of our friends you work with. Whether you are friends on set for the first day, or go way back.<br /><br />That was the idea behind "The Jonesy" and why I think it will live on in the same spirit of the slates.<br /><br />Always see the beauty that is right in front of you, don't ignore, don't miss it and make people laugh and smile all the time.<br /><br />That is the Sarah we all came to know and love, and it seems has resonated around the world.<br /><br />Thanks again,<br /><br />ThomAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02166275991105459163noreply@blogger.com