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From what I understand, industry rates for commercial/corporate dry hire non-union camera ops (not even good ones) run about $600/day, significantly more with a kit. Editing/vfx/color maybe $300-$500/day, more if you use your own computer. Heck, I know DITS making $1500/day regularly. Sound, $700/day wet hire. And that's before a 4-10X agency mark up (what the agency or studio charges the client). But your potential client isn't hiring at industry rates for a reason. I'd just ask them roughly what their budget is. I wouldn't undersell yourself at $100/day. That'll make them suspicious that you don't value your own time, and they won't value yours. I wouldn't try to take home a full rate for your first job, but I also wouldn't undersell yourself. Ask them roughly what their budget is or bid a little high and let them negotiate down. At least then they will recognize up front that you respect yourself. But the reason it's a difficult question to answer is that there's absolutely no standard or good answer for this kind of work. Which is why I wouldn't feel bad asking them what their budget is.

While it is true that individuals have little power to change the world compared to the masses, we still need independent individuals within the mass in order to find optimal directions of change. As @jcs mentioned, the multidimensionality of ideas cannot be simplified to just left or right, especially with modern systems in which democracy is reduced to voting once every few years. People need to play a more active role in which political discussions are always encouraged and never suppressed, and education should be the first and most important step for the evolution of every society.

First how "big" is this project ? Is that for national TV or small web diffusion? Then is that work for hire? Do they provide the contract? What are the conditions? How complex the project is exactly? What delivery format do they want? (resolution, FPS, color depth, etc.) You mentioned monologue, is that a simple tripod interview type of thing? You are not going to charge the same way for a huge project for national TV a small agency that sub-contract the work to you. Then you must list your cost and expenses: - Equipment (rental or amortization if you use your own) - Insurance if you have one - Tax (federal, state and all other tax that) on your general income (LLC) or corporate tax. - All other direct fees: parking, transportation, actors, location rental, stock music and footage license if any, etc You can set your price based on EXPENSES - PRICE = benefit or actual money in your pocket. That's "Invoicing 101" but if your costs are $2,000 you won't make a dime if you charge less than that. In your quote/invoice break down the costs and expenses so the customer realize all the elements. Mention your base price multiplied by the number of days: - On site preparation and filming ($200 days X 4) - Editing and color grading ($200 days X 4) - Equipment rental (camera, light, etc.) (xxx) - Actors (xxx) - Song license ($150 for internet license) - Studio rental (xxx) It's very hard to tell you what to charge without knowing the conditions and complexity of the project but don't go the cheap route. First because you will look like an amateur and second because all work must be paid and you can't work for free or for less money than a Mc Donald's employee. I checked your work and I think that you should at least charge $400-$800 per day depending on the complexity of the project. Now if you really want the job for your resume and reference you may want to lower the price but in this case explain why and include a SPECIAL DISCOUNT line at the end of your invoice (eg. 80% discount) And by the way congratulation for your work.

Where are YOU going to get 10bit 4K 4:2:2 LOG and 180fps slow-mo for $6000? Not Canon!

Go with the GH5 and keep the lens (or better invest into Sigma 18-35/50-100 lenses and an EF-Speedbooster for cleaner/sharper images and more range). The GH5 is easily usable up to ISO3200 (or 4000) unless underexposed in both Video and Photo if sharpening and NR are turned down to -5. I agree with @JordanWright about the 3 stops less lowlight capability. But a clean and usable F1.2 aperture easiliy compensates for that. ISO3200 (4000) Limit on the GH5 vs. ISO25600 on the A7s2 F1.2 vs. F4.0 basically. Not too bad. Try to focus using anything faster than F2.8 on a Fullformat camera... lol And the GH5 will show more fine grain with lots of fine detail (10 Bit codec) while the A7s2 will look washed out at high Isos with bubbling appearing starting from ISO12800 when underexposed and ISO25600 when properly exposed. Forget about using Canon cameras if you concerned about low light or even Video AND low light. ISO800 is the max for an APS-C style Canon and 1600 for the 5D MKIV and 3200 for the 5D MKIII using Magic Lantern. The GH5 will still show way more detail at ISO3200.

Hi Kino, In relation to this I think it changes little if the heir of Samsung is in prison. The data is clear, Samsung's strategy to focus their employees on commercial products and smartphones has proved to be a great success. http://www.bgr.in/news/samsung-records-85-percent-jump-in-profit-in-q2-2017/ I just hope that Samsung (also for a prestigious issue) continues to shoot professional cameras with NX2 release, also because Red has decided to enter smathphone market with Red Hydrogen damaging the Samsung Galaxy market , So I hope that Samsung to discourage Red (which has 100% sales of professional video cameras) is to produce professional cameras and camcorders, for professionals, invading Red's market. These are just my considerations, but the only certainty I have is that if Samsung comes out of a new professional camera, whoever has a Samsung camera will definitely run to buy it.

The new Feiyutech a2000 was sitting at my door waiting to great me on Friday. I had purchased this gimbal as a replacement of the Zhiyun Crane V2. I had found the Zhiyun to be less than ideal for flying the GH5 with the anamorphic adapter installed. The is largely because when counterbalanced the movement of the camera is more limited. Comparing the two I would say the Feiyutech is better made, and better thought out. It can easily accommodate the larger anamorphic setup and at no point feels overworked. The remote is built into the handlebars, which can be folded for transport. setup is a breeze and minor changes to the balance of the camera do not require rebalancing. It is easy and fast to use. And these are two things I like a lot. Below is some quick footage of the GH5 with SLR Magic 40 Compact anamorphic adapter on the a2000. The taking lens is the 35-100mm f2.8 ver 2, which is quickly becoming my goto lens when shooting anamorphic. Comment welcomed. Enjoy!

CInema5D lost more credibility with the forum sale to Planet5D and the GH5 'unusable' test than with this particularly piece of clickbait. But what will really bury Cinema5D is the lack of focus on enthusiasts, it's almost all pro stuff on there. I'm glad, less competition for me.

I was a moderator, as was @squig. I think many of us left when the forum was transferred to Planet5D. They appear to be doing whatever it takes to operate as a profitable business. It feels a lot like NoFilmSchool now, more commercial, promoting products in various ways. The article Ethan referenced does feel like an advertorial for Canon and C200. When folks shoot a lot of content and don't want a home/office filled with piles of hard drives (and associated expense), raw is not a viable option. On an emotional metaphorical level, it feels like Canon is selling the C200 and raw like a gas guzzling truck, and promotes it based solely on it's ability to haul a payload. Ignoring that there are more efficient engine technologies, such as electric: 100% torque at 0 RPM baby! I think Canon may have been motivated to offer raw on the C200 because of ML Raw on the 5D3. People may buy a raw camera, and after a while might realize RAW really stands for Really Awful Workflow (mostly due to copy time & storage space: editing raw directly isn't a big deal anymore (GPUs)).

"Cinema camera" is nowadays two different things, 1, for a proyect where you want the end product to be proyected on a cinema screen. (Where we are talking dcp and p3 color gamut) or 2, an aspirational label to believe you are doing "better" or more professional job than with "lesser" cameras. On both instances I can see why raw is desirable.

Please, no more taxes, otherwise, we're going back to taxing everything based on one ideas of what's good or bad according to their own ideology and again - designing how people should live their life ;)! Let them just smoke (slowly kill themselves in other words) but what about denying them treatment for other people's money as a fair incentive/feedback, unless we develop robots that can treat them for free? Is it wrong if that's their choice and they know about it? If the goal is to empower people, we have to abandon current trend of steering people and deciding for them, don't we?

Is it about salary? Where do people who want to buy them go in the first place? Don't they go to people in power who can change laws? How much they earn is secondary because it's not a problem for billionaires. What about empowering people and reducing government's power. Weak government would, in reality, give power back to people. Corporations wouldn't even go to the government without any real power and would have much tougher time buying decentralised system.

I think it's good to have options, and for now raw is good for some applications since the cameras supplying raw don't currently have sufficient CPU power and sensors to provide better quality in camera. It's manufacturers squeezing every last bit out of their hardware, until the next upgrade cycle as we move closer to raw going obsolete (who shoots uncompressed RGB anymore?). That's business... I can tell you that since acquiring a C300 II & 1DX II, we've had no desire or need to upgrade our top cameras (something like an A7S III with DPAF-like AF would be a useful addition, otherwise we're good with equipment: no desire even for an ARRI Amira or Mini (no DPAF)). If the C200 had 10-bit, it might make sense to sell the C300 II to get a smaller, lighter camera with a better screen and the same image quality (zero need or desire to use C200 raw, which appears to be the sales message of the Cinema5D post).

Long time lurker. Just signed up to say the info in link is wrong or old and the C200 does output 8-bit 4:2:2 over HDMI at 24p, and drops to 4:2:0 at 50/60p. Here's a link to the manual (check page 139): http://gdlp01.c-wss.com/gds/3/0300027483/02/eosc200-200b-im2-en.pdf Bummer about the codec being apparently no better than what's already on the camera (even though I'll be shooting RAW 90% of the time). I have to wonder what the point is, and they really should have given it a higher bitrate at least. Having said that, I took delivery of the C200 about a week and a half ago; and I have to say if you lied told me the codec was 10-bit, I'd believe it. Check out this guy's timelapse and he also says that there was no banding at all (downloads are enabled):

I expect most of us have done work cheaply when trying to make a start in a creative industry that we love. Whatever you decide at the end of the day - make sure that after costs you are left with no less per day than you'd earn in a good day on your day job!

I'm joking guys.

If you ask about budget they will always low ball it or say "as low as possible" which is normal. You must provide a price range based on the complexity and level of service. Tell them that you have a wide range of options, that you can do A for $ or Z for $$$, then let the customer pick where he wants to put the cursor. This way you respect his choice. Also, no need to be too "anal" about the contract because it may deter the client at some point especially for small project like that. Put the essentials (price, deadline, delivery format, license rights, the do and don't etc) but in any case if the client break some small conditions what are you going to do ? Hire a lawyer at $2000 block rate to fight for a $1000 job ?

The term "Guardian Reader" is often used to describe a "champagne socialist". The sort of person who happily debates social inequality over a glass or two whilst warming in front of an Aga in their £500,000 kitchen renovation. The sort of person who might make a mini doc about the homeless on their personal Red in the hope of changing social attitudes. Not something to be taken too seriously...

I would come up with an approximate hourly number that you're comfortable with and use that to create a standard half day and full day rate for quoting clients. Shooting and editing rates may be different depending on what kind of gear/skill level you have, etc. Add in (or have available) rates for additional shooters, assistants, rental gear. There's too much variation in markets to really throw out numbers. But don't undersell yourself. If you want this person to be a recurring client, it will be very difficult to raise your prices later if and when this is more than a side gig for you. Contract should include things like: Contacts, addresses, dates, locations, delivery format, licensing information, payment terms, total project price, retainer if any, limit of liability statement. Contracts may vary quite a bit depending on local laws, so it's always best to consult with an attorney, but a document with the basics is better than none at all. You'll want to have model releases for anyone appearing in the video, esp if it is being used for promotional use. You may need a location release or permit if the location isn't owned by the client.

A nice day out on the Welsh coast...

Always creating, though did make it to the beach for this shoot (taken before seeing a single episode of GoT):

And a far better raw codec than Canon as well! Also real DPs don't use AF!

$20 x (the amount of time your going to spend working on it) ...minimum. If you need a number, don't do it for less than $500.

It's hard to suggest what to charge without seeing your work.

Hello: I use the Atomos Ninja Blade, and I can tell you that I record raw video in the camera and prores on the external recorder, simultaneously. Regards

The individual is always susceptible to crowd forces, cultures, peer pressure, society norms, and so on. It's completely unrealistic, sadly, for individuals to act as individuals, self determining the destiny of the planet from individualistic change. The change should happen with the forces that shape the crowd.

Determine what your time is worth for each day, and add 10% for contingency. Add/list expenses, plus 10% contingency. Hint: don't list the contingency amount separately -- just include it in the amount you list for your services and also in the amount for the expenses. Have fun!

Didn't read every posting in this thread, so maybe this was already covered. I mean the part about EditReady. There is a much more powerful tool that does a lot more. It's called Kyno. A beta version for Windows (free) is announced. Didn't look too spectacular to me initially, but now I've bought it, and I think it's fantastic. Plays all* media (you can filter by video, audio and stills), dives trough folder structures (called drilldown-mode), allows to import, trim (> subclip), batch-rename, tag (Premiere: mark), transcode, wrap and copy directly from card. Allows to send data bases to FCP (shift cmd f) and Premiere (shift cmd p). *well, no raw video for now, they're working on it.

@maxotics to further go down this tangent let me just say that I despise the new title workflow. For some reason my computer slows to a crawl when trying to use the new title tool and much of the UI seems like a backwards step. I hope Adobe fixes this soon. I think the parallel you draw here is accurate; often times programmers overlook the user experiences when adding/updating features.

Agreed. I meant that politicians have power over corporations, not the other way around. All politicians are, for me, are members of society chosen by us to represent us. They get a salary so they can't be bought as easily. I like this, but I think politicians are just people - there is nothing that getting rid of them will change. We just need systems of checks and balances. Anarchy and small societies still have their own problems. I mean, even living in a house of 5 friends after 6 months can turn a little nutty.

That's correct: absolute power corrupts absolutely. History has indeed shown us that, and watch GoT for an entertaining version of it Regarding voting, I think it's probably best if we go back to all paper ballots vs. electronic voting machines. We could also use some kind of statistical and cryptographic methods to sample exit polls or other ways to verify that actual counted votes match exit polls or similar to prevent cheating/rigging. If bitcoin and cryptocurrency are truly safe, similar technology should be possible for secure voting that the public can verify without government involvement. In order to prevent a global collapse, it might make sense to change the system in a major way to prevent a collapse. Meaning not waiting for a voting period. Historically, only a war or civil uprising has been able to effect that level of change. This could be the first time in history that we have a peaceful revolution, and best not to call it a revolution, or resistance etc., rather perhaps something like an Enlightening: have positive targets as goals vs. negative motivators (psychology: toward vs. away from motivators). For example, instead of "NO WAR" use "YES PEACE", because what we think tends to happen, so remove WAR from our thinking. Instead of "LOVE TRUMPS HATE" (political & divisive) replace with "LOVE & KINDNESS". In simple terms, message and think about what you want instead of what you don't want. Regarding the debt, FED, China: it's all FIAT and make believe. We can do whatever we want to fix it: we just have to all agree, just as we do now with our fantasy currency system. Regarding giving politicians more power: we should eliminate all politicians. Instead replace with short term private citizens who monitor the system through actual checks & balances (unlike the current system which is corrupt). Artificial intelligence 'big data' systems along with simulation technologies can do a much better job than our current corrupt system. This reminds me of a quote from a cognitive science course taught by Don Norman when I was at UCSD: "in the future, airplanes will be flown by computers, with a pilot and a dog in the cockpit. The pilot will monitor everything to make sure nothing goes wrong, and the dog will bite the pilot's hand if he touches anything" . This is based on statistics which show that most accidents are caused by human error. So we can apply the same principles to large scale systems such as government of resources and application of labor for infrastructure, etc. Another concept for business in the age of machines / robots / AI is the cessation of competition. Machines and automation will provide plenty of energy, food, and water for everyone. So we can have a totally different society without competition which will really help stop division and bring unity. Alan Watts talked about this back in the 70's*! Think Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek. * Alan Watts on automation and money (watch it!):

I hear you. I never much enjoyed shooting on a dSLR. For photographs of people and things, I'd take a Mamiya 7 or a Leica rangefinder with Portra over anything else. The Sigma has a nice formal look, though, with great texture. Gursky might like one.

I can't speak to stills as the Nikon VS Canon debate is like android VS iOS or Mac VS PC....but I can confirm through experience that usability wise the Canon is superior for video. The Dual Pixel AF is incredible. The flip out screen is fantastic. Obviously its not 4k but the 80D really has great 1080p. All these things are my opinion... but what is a fact is that a TON of YouTubers and Wedding videographers that I know shoot with and LOVE the 80D. Just shot a wedding last night with mine on a MoVI and it was a workhorse. Having a LED on the MoVI kept me at ISO 350 which really helps. The 80D doesn't do well over ISO 800.

Even with a likable president like Obama, the system in place, of 350 billion dollars I think spent on military operations makes us an incredibly scary nation. I really had hope Obama could have winded that down. And in the last months of his presidency, I wish he put in some executive actions to limit, well, I guess, executive actions. And then tried to put in some failsafe measures against nuclear attack. We are a war nation. I think the 2nd highest spending country on military is China. And it's sad, because, even if we achieve more social justice in America, for instance: gay marriage, what we are doing to the rest of the world is terrible. And not to mention the control corporations have on America. We are, as written in Empire of Illusions, an inverted totalitarian government. Corporations have complete control over politicians, with the need to raise millions from fundraising. Plus lobbying on issues, and they even write a lot of the bills that are introduced. The health care reform bill that was introduced this year by Paul Ryan, Ryancare, was almost entirely drafted by insurance companies. The only hope, I feel, is more candidates who are elected by direct funding from citizens. Left or right politically, if we can turn America back into some sort of democratic system, where politicans have power, and are not beholden to corporations, that would be really good. Because we are in for a terrible economic collapse as well as environmental collapse. All it takes is China to stop loaning us the trillions we have in debt to them. And for the environment, well, it's looking like in one hundred years, only about 50 percent of the world will be habitable. So yes, right or left on the political spectrum, I wish we could all come together to prevent environmental and economic disaster, which all of us I think could agree on would not be good.

We -most- have all these incredible 1080p 5.5" phones for a few years now, it just makes perfect sense to use them as a monitor. They have 4/8/10 core processors 2/3/4GB of RAM, and everything that can consist a perfectly good low cost monitor. I am just puzzled how no one has made anything similar yet. Xiaomi/Lenovo and others brands have huge 4100+mAh batteries that last days. They would be able to last a few hours as a monitor with nothing else on, and they cost around 200$ or less. Another positive is that it could be working with various phones/brands, and future ones too. That Ikan monitor is great though (there is an even cheaper Chinese original of this, but it seems it doesn't exist any more). I pledged.

MLRaw is RICH. I'm still shooting MLRaw for sure, but GH5 is another tool in my bag. For most gigs I shoot with the GH5 4K60p and 1080 120fps as it's a better tool, if I'm shooting something that needs the richest look I use MLRaw. It's like the Mayweather Vs McGreggor fight, the GH5 is a MMA fighter, it's never going to beat 14Bit raw in a fight of colour accuracy and richness... however, shooting with an ML hacked camera you can't even shoot 4K 60p or 120fps... there's no comparison to be made in that regard. In summary I'm still pretty impressed by GH5s colours and DR, especially coming from GH4, I don't think anyone could be dissapointed with this camera unless they use AF a lot, something which I basically never use since I shoot mostly vintage glass and anamorphics. (I use GH5 with Metabones XL).

I'm happy to report that my setup is pretty simple. Which is something I never thought possible for anamorphic shooting. Here's a picture:

https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1336174-REG/smallhd_mon_focus_5_touch_screen.html Micro-HDMI Input?? Nooooo Thank goodness the GH5 did away with the Micro HDMI nonsense and went full size! However the a7S mk2 is still stuck with micro HDMI But at least get a monitor with full size HDMI? As for an external recorder, I reckon 9 times out of 10 it is not worth it unless you are at a minimum going from 8 to 10 bit (or raw. Or gaining a leap in resolution to 4K, such as with the a7S mk1).

I have banned Evgeny's two accounts for trolling.

That first video does not look particularly "cinematic" to my eyes. Many blown highlights, underexposed subjects and poor framing. I'm going to replace the word "cinematic" with what it really means... "good cinematography", that is to say, shot by someone who understands the art of cinematography... which is defined as the art of making motion pictures. There is no camera setting at normal playback speed that will do this for you. Light you subjects, compose your shots, have purpose to your camera movements. All should support your story. The second video is again mostly all slow motion, save for one scene that last only a couple of seconds. The title is correct... the GH5 can look quite cinematic... but as we have seen demonstrated time and time again... so can a smartphone. But only if the shooter understands the art of cinematography. At this point in the game it's not the cameras that are lacking, it's the users.

I couldn't agree with you more! I mean like, triple AMEN! I have never worked with a camera SDK that seemed like it was designed by half-competent developers (unlike the main ML devs). Indeed, recently I wanted to control Sony cameras. Did I load up the SDK? NOPE. Been down that road, with unanswered questions on life-less forums. So I installed the USB Camera Remote and used a library that basically does key-stroke pressing on the application's interface. When it comes to SDKs, all the camera makers are pathetic. Now this may seem like a tangent, but I want to prove a point. Adobe Premiere just re-vamped their whole TITLE making process. THREW OUT THE WHOLE THING. Now there is a "Graphics" interface. When you create a title you get bountiful properties and methods in the Graphics pane. It's been built from the ground up. Should be perfect, right? Yet it has everything but the TEXT OF THE TITLE! In order to change the text of the title you have to click on the "Text" tool on the timeline. Is the text of a graphic a property of a timeline? WTF! It makes me speechless! My brain freezes trying to comprehend how Adobe management could let something like that pass. It's a KLUDGE of monumental incompetence. My 2-cents There are very, very few software developers who have a real talent for programming. Just like there are very, very few bloggers who have a talent for writing about cameras The world runs on computers. There is still a fair amount of managers at Canikon who weren't brought up on computers. In short, there is a chronic shortage of talent. If Adobe can't get enough good talent, what hope everyone else? Look at ML, of the 28,000 members my guess is there are only 50 or so people with hard-core programming skill. And if more, they don't have the time. Put another way, I bet 8 out of 10 software guys at Canon don't even understand what the ML devs do. It's over their head.

I am a bit disappointed because this thread has turned into an Ed vs everyone else situation, and yes some of it is his fault, but c'mon... http://www.eddaviddp.com Some superb work on here. And he has been using this forum for a very long time. I will miss him if he chooses to leave permanently. So whatever differences you guys forming a mob may have with him, this isn't the place to get personal and hound someone out. It was poor form from Ed, but there's no need to force a guy to back out of the forum permanently and completely overlook what he shoots and what he contributes.

Here is the result of my research this summer, simplified as much as possible: Energy and Information Control in the World Today Flow of Information and Control World Power Our current money is a form of energy accounting. Energy used over time is Power: physics. The world currently runs on the petrodollar: actual energy (oil) and FIAT accounting (Federal Reserve Notes, or FRNs). FIAT is latin for “let it become” and is a kind of IOU. It’s purely an accounting for energy exchange, not based on real tangible assets. Who Rules the World The people who create and control the money supply rule the world: the trillionaire+ Rulers. In the USA it’s the people who control the Federal Reserve (FED), a private banking cartel, which contrary to its name is not under government control. Which means it is not managed by the will of the people of the USA, but rather transnational banking interests. And for every dollar created, we go further into debt and the Rulers become more powerful. The FED creates money out of thin air every time the government borrows money, and in turn every time consumers borrow money from the banks. A major talking point is “reducing the national debt”. However the way the system is currently structured, it’s impossible to pay off the debt. Because of the way the FED makes money on interest for the loans, it’s impossible to pay it off. If the government and consumers stop borrowing money, the system will collapse. The system is entering the terminal stage, meaning that in the near future it will collapse, similar to what happened with the Great Depression, except this time it would happen on a global scale with far greater consequences. Why the USA Seems to be Going Crazy Right Now The USA and it’s allies have the most powerful combined military in the world, by far. If a world war starts, it will provide cover for the Rulers to restructure and create a new monetary system of control while the militaries save us from whatever threat the Rulers have manufactured. While it may seem hard to believe, every major war since the USA was formed was funded by the Rulers. And they funded both sides, including Germany for WWII, and even helping to create communism by supporting Lenin in Russia. The strategy is brilliantly simple: create internal and external division, and fund both sides until they can provide a solution which ends up giving them even more power and control. The Rulers created the terrorism and migrant crises', and now that enough people have realized this, they are concentrating most of their energy in weakening the USA by creating division in any and every way possible. Civil war is clearly one of their goals, as is world war III. They tried with Ukraine and Syria, and now they are focused on North Korea (Iran is still in play as well). The Rulers are brilliantly ruthless. They are lead by psychopaths and sociopaths, who have no mercy or empathy. From a systems power and control analysis, this makes perfect sense that they would rise to the top of power. They can do whatever it takes to win. These same kinds of people also control many top corporations, which are legally ‘individuals’ operating as psychopaths: do whatever it takes to create a profit for the benefit of the shareholders. The reason it appears almost impossible for change to happen in Washington DC, is for two primary reasons. First, the system is completely corrupt, held together by blackmail and bribes. It’s pretty much impossible to prosecute one or a few without the whole system blowing up as pretty much everyone is in on the game. It’s like asking a gang of criminals to prosecute themselves for crimes they have committed: they’ll protect each other and make the case that no crimes have actually been committed. Second, the system is controlled by the Rulers, not the people. The two-party system is a charade. The Rulers understand that millions of people now realize what is going on, and civil unrest is rapidly accelerating. It would appear that marching on DC and demanding change would be a solution. However that could start civil war and marshal law would be declared. This would result in a complete loss of liberty and consolidation of power for the Rulers. They have bunkers all over the world, including some as large as underground cities complete with shopping mails and functioning replacement governments. At least some of them will survive all out global nuclear war and/or biological war based on state of the art targeted bio weapons. The Rulers are a combination of people born into wealth as well as some of the most intelligent people on Earth. They are now using real-time artificial intelligence, operating on social media intelligence gathering, to shape the world view in real-time! They realize that the average person is, by definition, of average intelligence, and historically, large populations haven’t done well to manage themselves or resources without a strong power structure keeping it all together. In their defense, they have a valid point. However, their agenda means to control the population’s behavior, as well as the population's numbers, by any means necessary. Deep down they truly believe they are doing the right thing. While wars are terrible and many have suffered as the result of forced regime changes, overall the world has been more peaceful and prosperous than all of prior recorded history, which has resulted in an unsustainable population explosion. The question for us all, is there a better way? Must we suffer through another global economic disaster if the petrodollar collapses? Must we suffer through a civil or global war in order to facilitate another reset? Crypto currency is seeing massive growth, and people are getting rich from it. While a friend recently boasted of buying a new home from cryptocurrency profits, I suspect crypto may have been developed by the Rulers. Why? Because it was released from a secret source, supposedly from a single person, Satoshi Nakamoto (not a real name). While it’s certainly possible that a single genius developed it and released it anonymously, it’s also possibly the result of a large group of people’s work, as a way to start transitioning away from the petrodollar and providing as-yet-unknown ways of maintaining control of a system which on the surface appears to be fully decentralized. Such a crypto system could contain unseen back doors, especially if NSA level folks worked to help develop it. From a simulation and systems point of view, it would appear that developing many small systems of management and control, which loosely interact to form a larger system, would be a viable ‘better way’. Such as the original idea for the United States. Currently that system doesn’t work, and the Federal government controlled by the Rulers have ultimate authority and control everything, including mainstream media to shape the people’s thoughts through well understood psychology. A peaceful solution would be to walk away from the system. Everyone leave the cities and live in smaller rural communities which are self-sufficient: making their own food, clean water, shelter, and anything else they need to live a good life. By using barter or some other system of energy accounting, no taxes would be paid other than minimal taxes as required by current law for land, etc. The Rulers realize this, and communes in the past which have tried this have been labeled cults and once large enough have been ended by the Rulers. So What can We Do? With a goal of minimizing global suffering, and to promote a good life for as many people as possible, the first step is education. For as many people as possible to understand how the global system currently works, and who’s doing what and why in terms of information exchange. A financial system reset is needed: can we figure out a workable soft reset, so we can prevent war? The difference today vs. the past is the internet is a giant, intelligent being. With the combined intelligence of everyone online, along perhaps with artificial intelligence systems, we should be able to develop a stable, healthy, and sustainable system that has never existed before. For the so-called Age of Aquarius: a new way of living not based on consumption, which is unsustainable on a planetary scale. As media creators, first and foremost our mission in education is healing division. Once we stop taking what’s going on in Washington as a real, functioning system, vs. the Theater for Division, we can collectively focus on what’s necessary to improve the system without collapse. Perhaps this starts with the FED and financial systems, including a restructuring of the tax system. Simplifying and streamlining the system to remove hidden wastes of energy (money) will result in massive improvements for the quality of millions of lives, all over the world. In summary, we the people of Earth must develop a new way of living sustainably, which we can test via artificial intelligence and simulation systems before trying it out on the world. At the same time, these modeling systems can give us real-time feedback in ways never before possible to fine tune the system’s performance to more quickly reach working solutions.

Golden hour is low enough DR for the DPs. One just need too work the shutter speeds.