The Rise & Rise of the Celebrity Electrician

[Dustydazzler]

So in recent months I see Tom Nagy , Nick Bundy and now Artisan have all upgraded and got proper office space and storage units etc etc

I am pleased (yes genuinly) to see so many fellow traders to be kicking on and building up their business empires

My old boss in London started his business from a sh!tty old unit in Fulham in the late 60s and now runs an electrical contracting business employing about 45 full time staff (about 5 office and 40 sparks last time I spoke with them)

Keep it up lads

 

[westward10]

I know every TD&H is a celebrity these days you only have to switch to a celeb show and think wtf are these people but celebrity electrician what is the world coming to.

 

[nicebutdim]

The DSS guy seems to have tired of filming electrical stuff and did a series of videos about his home extension - found myself watching and enjoying them. Always enjoy watching David Savery and John Ward, but now struggle to find the time for anything more than an occasional video.

 

[ruston]

I know every TD&H is a celebrity these days you only have to switch to a celeb show and think wtf are these people but celebrity electrician what is the world coming to.

We had a celebrity electric machine if that counts? It was a 3000 ton walking dragline .
People came from all over to see it working.

 

[Jim_e_Jib]

Given how long it can take to gather the usable video that is needed to put together a short 5 - 10 minute news piece I don't see how they do 8 hours real work onsite and produce the video that some of them do
Been involved in the past with TV companies producing short videos promoting some of the hobbies and sports that I did and 8 - 10 hours effort may only produce a 5 minute segment on TV

I get where you're coming from but you're not comparing apples with apples - someone waving a GoPro around isn't quite the same as a professional crew in terms of time required or quality of the final result.


I would imagine/hope that these guys offer their customers either a fixed price that excludes additional time for filming, or a significant discount on the the overall price. Wishful thinking perhaps...!

 

[Electrics]

I would imagine/hope that these guys offer their customers either a fixed price that excludes additional time for filming, or a significant discount on the the overall price. Wishful thinking perhaps...!

I highly doubt it adds any real time onto the job. They probably just work an extra half hour every day.

 

[UNG]

I get where you're coming from but you're not comparing apples with apples - someone waving a GoPro around isn't quite the same as a professional crew in terms of time required or quality of the final result.


I would imagine/hope that these guys offer their customers either a fixed price that excludes additional time for filming, or a significant discount on the the overall price. Wishful thinking perhaps...!

Clearly a lot of these videos are a little bit more than one guy waving a GoPro around when they are doing their bits "to camera" in well framed and well lit shots. Producing these videos appears to be as much an industry to them as the electrical work they are doing

I highly doubt it adds any real time onto the job. They probably just work an extra half hour every day.

I think you very grossly under estimate the time needed to produce the usable video needed for most of these videos. How often do you take a still picture on a job and you end up taking 2, 3 or more until you get the right well lit well framed in focus shot that shows what you want to show. By the time you get to lights, camera, action to give you something to edit I think more than half an hour will be lost on the day as I don't think every section of these videos is done as a single unscripted take

 

[ruston]

I think you very grossly under estimate the time needed to produce the usable video needed for most of these videos.

Yes . The time taken to set up and edit a video to achieve decent results can be considerable.

 

[UNG]

Yes . The time taken to set up and edit a video to achieve decent results can be considerable.

There is that part to it but just gathering the video to edit takes considerable time. You find a fault that you want to show the world but there is more to it than a few minutes of video and some spiel to camera it all has to be planned and structured to present it properly

 

[Electrics]

Yes . The time taken to set up and edit a video to achieve decent results can be considerable.

You guys realise that editing isn't done whilst filming, right? ie, it's done when they get home of a night, and doesn't impact the job at all?

 

[ruston]

You guys realise that editing isn't done whilst filming, right?

I know that . I had a photographic studio and have done my share.

 

[Electrics]

I know that . I had a photographic studio and have done my share.

So you'll realise the time taken to point a go-pro at something and edit it later is minimal? Only someone who hasn't actually watched these videos think there's more to it than that. Bundy for example, just points and talks. It's not rehearsed. It doesn't take any extra time at all. It can have all the bells and whistles it wants but the reality is that's done off-site in his own time.

 

[LukeD]

I still want to know if they have gained the clients permission to film ?

 

[nicebutdim]

I still want to know if they have gained the clients permission to film ?

I'd imagine the answer is quite obvious - at least for those who intend staying outside of a courtroom.

 

[7029 dave]

I'd imagine the answer is quite obvious - at least for those who intend staying outside of a courtroom.

Money deducted maybe for the inconvenience?

 

[UNG]

You guys realise that editing isn't done whilst filming, right? ie, it's done when they get home of a night, and doesn't impact the job at all?

Do you really think we don't know that
The bottomline is you still have to produce video that can be edited in to the final contiguous video so some planning of what you are shooting has to be done so you have something that can be edited later

So you'll realise the time taken to point a go-pro at something and edit it later is minimal?

If you record a load of crap then whatever you edit it down to will still be crap. Editing upto 8 hours of video from one day down to a 5, 10 or 15 minute video for the web is hardly minimal editing