Neal Bloom argues that traditional film crew roles like camera operators and grips are becoming obsolete and will need to disappear for the industry to adapt. He uses the Japanese battleship Yamato as a metaphor for outdated practices, warning independent creators not to become anachronistic.
But, you know, I don't know how to do it unless people die. Like, they just got to die off. I know that sounds horrible, and it's. But it's. There's. There's got to be this kind of layer that dies off because, you know, I talk to people that I've worked with for years who were in the local 600 camera union and the local 80 grips and local 44 and all of that kind of stuff, and, look, I know these people really well, but the bottom line is.
That, you know, that world doesn't exist anymore. And you and I had the discussion about the Yamato, the. The Japanese battleship that they built in World War II that they set sail that was literally obsolete by the time it hit the water. And I always tell people who want to do this job, don't be the deck gun coordinator on the Yamato. You're fighting. You're on a ship and you're doing. You're fighting a war that doesn't exist anymore. And, of course, that's why I'm chased around the parking lot with, you know, torches and pitch works, because I'm trying to be as, you know, kind of realistic as I can about this. And ultimately, I'm trying to. You know, it's a bitter pill to swallow. I don't like it any better than anybody else, but we have to metabolize that. I mean, it sounds kind of exciting for independent creators.
