Vic's gonna be famous.

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 01/21/2020 at 09:11 • Filed to: None

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A movie producer saw my Vic posted on the Facebook Marketplace and will pay me* $100 plus fuel and bridge toll to take it to San Francisco on Saturday to be a prop in a scene he’s shooting about a dystopian future. The Crown Victoria is the cockroach of American automobiles because in a dystopian future, the M3s and the SSs will all be gone, but ex-cop, ex-taxi Vics will still be around.

* Actually, Missus is going to earn the $100 because I will be in Turlock at the annual swap meet.

boredalways > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/21/2020 at 09:36

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I hope the missus comes prepared -- she could be there all day depending on how quickly they are able to get the shots needed.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > boredalways 01/21/2020 at 09:38

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Dude tells us he needs us for an hour. I thought this might be overly optimistic, but I plan on taking this up with him again.

boredalways > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/21/2020 at 09:48

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I would block out a minimum 4 hours on set.

Many moons ago, I did a couple of promotional video for a corporation I used to work for. Both videos’ final run time were less than 15 minutes.

One took 6 hours on set. The other took close to 9 hours.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > boredalways 01/21/2020 at 09:49

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I will bring this up.

boredalways > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/21/2020 at 10:03

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Cool.  Just keep in mind that sincerely they want to be done within the quoted hour.  Multiple takes and at multiple angles maybe needed and each one will take time to do it properly and safely.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/21/2020 at 10:07

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Like others have said, I’d assume it will take like longer on set. I  did a segment of C-SPAN’s cities tour a few years ago that featured what I used to do for the university in the archives. I talked in front of a camera for over two hours almost continuously to get what amounted to five minute segment.

Future next gen S2000 owner > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/21/2020 at 10:08

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So the movie is set in 2022?

M.T. Blake > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/21/2020 at 10:23

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That’s not enough money. Must be a small budget movie. Tell him make it $500 and you’ll add a couple more dents and dirt to make it look really old. You’ll get more practice removing dents in the end! Win-win!!

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/21/2020 at 11:05

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It definitely fits the theme.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > boredalways 01/21/2020 at 11:08

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Yes, I am sure. The director who contacted me is very sincere and I am interested in doing this because fun and because help him out. I am thinking of asking them for something like $25 or $30 an hour for extra hours.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 01/21/2020 at 11:14

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Yes, eyes wide open on that. I’ll ask them for a smaller hourly amount, like $25, for hours after the hour they scheduled me. At some level, I just want to help these guys out. This is not Walt Disney Studios...

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Future next gen S2000 owner 01/21/2020 at 11:14

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Right.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > M.T. Blake 01/21/2020 at 11:16

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It’s small budget. At one level, I’m trying to help them out. I’ll ask them for an hourly amount, maybe $25/hr, for the hours past what they schedule. The director is seriously jazzed about having the car on his set though.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > shop-teacher 01/21/2020 at 11:23

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...cockroach... How apt is that?!

shop-teacher > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/21/2020 at 11:41

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Very.

functionoverfashion > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/21/2020 at 11:55

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Nice! My truck had its 15 minutes of fame on the BBC/PBS special a couple years back. They paid me $500 but they drove the truck around for a day, and I let them have it then night before to set up cameras, etc. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > functionoverfashion 01/21/2020 at 12:25

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These guys offered to just pick up the car, but I balked at that because I’m still getting the kinks out and if someone loaned me their beater Vic, I’d probably pound on it just a little.

Captain of the Enterprise > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/21/2020 at 13:26

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Very cool!

functionoverfashion > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/21/2020 at 14:20

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Yeah I could see them offering to “ pick it up” and sending 2 teenagers over to get it, which would only result in a race all the way back at a minimum, maybe worse. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > functionoverfashion 01/21/2020 at 14:20

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If it were PBS/BBC, I’d have no problems letting them take my car. These guys seem very okay generally...

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/21/2020 at 15:02

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You actually spoke to the director and not just some set coordinator?

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 01/21/2020 at 15:22

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Yes. He contacted me, actually. My sense is that these are more of beginners trying to run a production professionally.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/21/2020 at 15:26

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Good on you for helping them out, but let’s hope this is more of a Get Out or Duel  and not a The Room or Birdemic.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 01/21/2020 at 15:28

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There’s another thin layer to this for me personally: my wife is actually going to drive the car over on Saturday and since they’re paying the toll and the fuel, she’s down for picking up a hundred clams. (That Vic is like driving an aircraft carrier...) I’ll ask them to pay something for subsequent hours on set, like $25 or so.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/21/2020 at 15:33

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Ah yes, I read the other comments and generally agree that you will be in for a little more cash for overtime. Good luck with that!