Anyone can do A/V, right?

[rad]

The only equipment I dont touch are the microphones & lighting rigs in the main hall (drama productions) everything else is our job!

[AVJames]

If it aint in by contract, and im already overworked and was of the opinion that it was just dumped on you from above, id probably decline their kind offer for more work with no additional pay.

If I was part of a respected team that was supported financially and rewarded with good will and such, id me inclined to find middle ground.

 

 

Good point. I am lucky enough to be part of a (mostly) respected A/V team, due to the size of our campus. We often get calls for stupid things and we do have a laugh when someone requests that we transfer 8mm film footage of a sports day over to MP4, oh, and we need it by close of play today as its "Important" and "Prestigious"

 

if asked to do something outside of your normal work specifications, we have to adopt the following attitude:

 

once is a favour

 

twice is expected

 

three times, its your job!!

 

 

if you wanted it done yesterday, why didnt you wait until tomorrow to ask for it......

[Pyroman]

I love doing the A/V stuff, it was my first paying job when I was about 15/16 doing sound at the local rock bar, did loads of productions when i was at school, mainly sound stuff but know how to rig a lighting rig too. Now i play in bands and engineer for other bands when everyone gets scared by the digital mixing desk in the local pub. So occasionally i get asked to do it in school and it's great fun

[AVJames]

I love doing the A/V stuff, it was my first paying job when I was about 15/16 doing sound at the local rock bar, did loads of productions when i was at school, mainly sound stuff but know how to rig a lighting rig too. Now i play in bands and engineer for other bands when everyone gets scared by the digital mixing desk in the local pub. So occasionally i get asked to do it in school and it's great fun

 

 

good for you.

 

i enjoy A/V and have done for years, its a diverse industry and is more enjoyable than IT! and not many people know how to do A/V without being scared!

[Andrew_C]

Making the buttons work is the (relatively) easy bit. Putting lights up is also easy, if you don't mind heights. Connecting a mic to a mixer? A doddle...

 

What you do with it all, the artistic bit, can't be taught to someone clueless in a half hour before a production.

[AVJames]

Making the buttons work is the (relatively) easy bit. Putting lights up is also easy, if you don't mind heights. Connecting a mic to a mixer? A doddle...

 

What you do with it all, the artistic bit, can't be taught to someone clueless in a half hour before a production.

 

couldnt have said it better if i tried!