John Palaganas

Cinematographer

[Joseph Kahn @JosephKahn]

"Art director making $300 a day is a livable wage."

One thing people don't understand about the film business is it's feast or famine. You may not work for weeks or months so that money has to be saved and amortized.

Then the Obsession crew lives in LA, so they're paying the highest rents, highest gas, highest utilities, highest insurance (to be fair they keep voting for it, but that's another story).

A 14 hour day doesn't account for 1 hour of traffic each way. Indies can routinely go 12-18 hours.

Art department is an especially brutal crew. They are the first to get on set, the last to leave. No set, no shoot.

Then crew heads don't really get paid for their time. Reading the script? Free. Thinking about it? Free. Talking with the director? Free. Creative discussion, creative obsessing, detail planning on weekends. Free free free. The time on the clock is not the time on the job.

$300 a day on an 18 hour day, before gas or any other expenses, is $16 an hour. The off the clock work is double that. So $8 an hour. Now save that to survive the next actor/writer strike.

Is it a livable wage? Sure. In Iowa if you're a mid level stripper. Not a film crew in LA.

[Todd Vaziri @tvaziri]

Posting an image of a 35mm print from a film as “ground truth” for color and tone is almost always useless. Even brand new release prints can vary wildly, and prints deteriorate over time in different ways for various reasons. Plus the variables that exist when scanning a print.

[John Palaganas @johnpalaganas]

@milenialmentor Can we make SSD's affordable again?

[Florent Perillat @byfloperillat]

@Adobe Can Claude help me cancel my subscription?

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

Ryan Coogler, Emma Thomas, Brad Bird, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jason Reitman and Celine Song are forming the Filmmaker Leadership Council.

The council will serve to provide “meaningful support” for theatrical exhibition.

(Source: https://t.co/mmC4r8vrhg)

[FilmFrame @filmfr4me]

City of God (2002)
director: Fernando Meirelles

[Zach Fuller @zachtothefuller]

I think @maximilian_ nailed generative AI right on the head

[le.hl @0xleegenz]

Millennials are the most nostalgic generation

They are homesick for a place that doesn't exist because it wasn't a place it was a time

A time with the perfect amount of social media, flip phones, burned CD's, local show and real human connection

[Deep Thoughts 💭 @quotetoponder]

The selfie of the year❤️🥹

[VFX Soldier @VFXSoldier]

I’m an AI influencer now. Look at what I created while taking a dump.

[John Palaganas @johnpalaganas]

@WeBecomeTheIce @catshealdeprsn @MysteryGrove So good, would love to have a painting like this

[Scott Jeschke @ScottJeschke]

"Gen AI is cooked". A living, breathing human made this with pegboards, Christmas lights, passion, soul, iteration, innovation, sacrifice, and elbow grease.
#notAI

[Joshua Neal @joshuaneall]

Dating is draining, dates aren't: "Part One"

[John Palaganas @johnpalaganas]

@ashotmagazine @rossano_butcher Where can I watch this? Doesn't seem to be available anywhere :(

[John Palaganas @johnpalaganas]

@ashotmagazine Seeking Haven for Mr. Rambo

[cougar milanese enjoyer @gaycrmcmccarthy]

fun fact the same creators of Dark got their show 1899 cancelled after only 1 season even though they actually had SOLID plans for 3 seasons because of high production costs yet the last stranger things season had a 400 million budget and it was shit. Fuck you Netflix

[COCO @TWOTIMESABITCH]

unpopular opinion but your political views are more than opinions, they’re a reflection of your values, your empathy, and the way you see humanity.

[will stetson @willstetson]

"AI is only a creative solution if you aren't creative" is the hardest bar of 2025

[John "F" Fountain @FountainCartoon]

Say it loud, say it proud…

#NoToGenerativeAI