GBCT

This letter is to ask the Guild membership and any other interested parties to expose and explain what is happening to the role of camera operators in the film and T.V. drama business.

Whether you are an operator, a D.O.P, 1st AC, 2nd AC, Grip, Gaffer, Script Supervisor, Producer, Director, or Actor; if you are effected in any way by the loss, or the presence, of an operator on a film or T.V. unit please write in confidence with your views and comments*. All relevant points of view are of value; not least those of D.O.Ps who have worked without an operator. The broader the input, the more representative it will be. Your identity will be kept scrupulously anonymous, and it is important that no one is named or identified in your piece.

The resulting collective statement, representing the views gathered from everyone’s feedback, will be forwarded to the GBCT, Techs Magazine, BSC , BECTU, BCSC etc with the specific intention that it will be published throughout the industry.

If you have a view PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO AIR IT. It is vitally important. The Camera Department can only benefit from your efforts.

This is an S.O.S. Please write as soon as possible .

*Write to:

cameraoperators.sos@googlemail.com or add a comment to this GBCT blog

N.B. Of course, if anyone wishes to attach his or her name to a statement with the expressed purpose of having their name published next to their statement (at the editor’s discretion), PLEASE STATE THIS CLEARLY when you respond to cameraoperators.sos@googlemail.com or to admin@gbct.org