Shane is incredibly disrespectful

I said in another thread that his attitude might make more sense in Hollywood where you've got a lot more people who are professional actors and who are trying to make a living by stringing together a lot of third and fourth rate jobs like this. But as the talent scout and the producer mention in the episode, most of the people they're talking to for these roles aren't professional actors. They've got "real" jobs which they make money at and do this as a side thing because they enjoy it. That gives them the luxury of turning down scripts they don't like and makes some of them concerned about the gross out comedy in Shane's film.

Unless Alpert's covered in bacon grease, I don't think Hugo can track anything.

He also said that casting is 90% of a movie and they will come up with ideas to make his job easier. which means he wants people to improvise and make his stuff better, cause he is lazy.

To be fair to him, I feel like he himself feels so grateful to have the chance to work on a feature,that it annoys him that others don't feel this way plus he's used to the whole Hollywood scene.

Steven Spielberg age 24 = Night Gallery with Joan Crawford
Shane Dawson age 26 = youtube video star for 15 year old girls (I shudder for the youth of today) and a sh!t-eating, projectile vomiting indie movie where he has to play a drag role because he couldn't find an actress in Pittsburgh that wanted to be associated with it. "Well, you have to understand Shane, many of these people have actual jobs. One woman won't even see you because she's afraid she won't get her tenure as a professor'. "Then why are they fvcking sending me professors?" Talk about watching a train-wreck in action.

I would be the last demographic that would ever pay for a ticket to see anything he acted in or directed. I won't even go to youtube to see his videos for free. He's like the Justin Bieber of film. While I am enjoying "The Chair" and really like the idea of it, I can't believe this person was chosen to make a movie. He should be on his knees kissing the feet of Chris Moore and others who hired him and gave him money for his feature length youtube video. One day he will realize that he squandered a gift he was given. I could not believe how unprofessional he was as to walk out of a meeting when every second of him is 'needed'.

Somehow I don't think we will be seeing a "Saving Private Ryan" or "E.T" from him in the future.

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Even though I agree with the sentiments that he’s a talentless twit, I can give him a pass on the comment about the actors. I’ve read many stories about how there is never a shortage of hungry actors in LA and NY willing to do anything to pad out their resumes, even if it involves acting in web episodes for free. I also wouldn’t have known that Pittsburg was different until watching the show.

He also said that casting is 90% of a movie and they will come up with ideas to make his job easier. which means he wants people to improvise and make his stuff better, cause he is lazy.

I don't want to seem like an apologist for Shane, because I can assure you, that I am not one of his channel's subscribers. In the spirit of full disclosure, he has made me laugh a time or two on "YouTubers React" but mainly because I enjoy his jibes, in small doses only, and purely for comedic effect. I say all this, just so you don't think I am one of the people who might defend someone's mistakes simply because I like a thing they do.(I think I just summarized the main idea almost every marriage runs off of.)

I can see why people are being put into these positions where they start turning into the worst people ever. First, if you watch the way the bureaucracy of movie making happens around these directors, they are rarely told "no" by anyone, yet the producers and money men come in with sometimes outlandish stipulations that are only detrimental to something that is at its heart, a creative process. Which the director doesn't get to say "No!" to. So if you over inflate someone's ego and then smash it with a hammer. Emotions are bound to fly out.

For example, there was the main, heavier set guy, who is always wearing hoodies with the name of the school location on it, who got this whole thing together. I think that he had some important role in Good Will Hunting. (The director maybe? It's like 1:30 ((I rounded that time up by a few minutes, when I originally typed it, and it is now 3:00 in the morning. Why do I have to keep proofreading and adding to this post, that maybe six people will read if I'm lucky, and out of those it will just receive one reply. It will be that obligatory person that ignores everything I say, that then just attacks me for the one ambiguous sentence that could be taken out of context to sound offensive.(((Don't you just love nested parenthesis?))) in the morning and I can't remember his name or involvement with that flick and am too tired to look for it).

Anyways, he was wanting to sit in on auditions with the lady director, who wasn't really excited about that. If you can put yourself in the shoes of the actors. Who are trying to be loose and creative, who now not only have to worry about important people for the film (the one they're auditioning for) that MUST see them, important people from other films they probably know, respect, and are intimidated by, the money men, (Who I don't think have any reason to sit in on casting decisions. Watch tapes after the fact, if you want to make sure the director hired a bankable face and talent. Just don't force your way into the audition room, if you are not a creative staff member.

Financing a film definitely earns you some privileges, I get that, but if you trust the director enough to give them the film's reins, then step back and let them steer. If not, tell them at the beginning what your money gets you, as far as creative decisions and input goes, or maybe add a creative person to the project's staff that you do trust. Someone to handle your money as well as the director. Making it so that the best film gets made, for the lowest amount possible.

In a perfect world, it should be someone that can understand the director's desires and vision for the film. Yet also can help mitigate budgetary concerns by offering solutions and workarounds when, and only when, it is completely necessary! Without sacrificing the integrity of the film to do so. Like if the director is insistent on an actor who is semi-well known, which means he is prohibitively expensive but the director keeps saying things like, "OH MY GOD THEY ARE JUST SOOO PERFECT FOR THE ROLE! I MEAN HE IS THE GUY! IT'S LIKE HE WAS LIVING IN MY HEAD AND THEN JUST WALKED INTO THE AUDITION FROM MY BRAIN!"

Someone that can say, "Sure, that's fine. We'll get him. It may mean we have to cut out every location in the film and he'll have to play every role, but you can do just that if you're deadset on it." Though, going with a named actor may bring in more money in ticket sales, so this money man liaison can explain to the appropriate person which one of them should buckle.)

then you add the camera (Which is a huge deal for an audition by itself. Sure, most directors will have a camera for themselves in an audition, but not one that is designed for a mass audience, one that you can imagine as millions of eyes staring back at you. Which will cause more problems than anything else, as you want to feel like you're free to fail. That if something doesn't work, you can just hold up a finger and say, "Let me try that again." Laugh and smile and move on, so you can be less tense and focus more on being the someone else you think is right for the part. Acting auditions are like telling someone to stand in a single spot but don't stand too still, recite the Gettysburg Address in the way they think it should be spoken, touch their nose every 3 minutes on the dot, and be charming, be nice but not so much that you seem weak, be sexy but don't look like you're trying to be, be attractive but atainable, seem smart but not arrogantly so, be free with your actions but not careless, and keep eye contact an appropriate amount with the director or scene partner. Oh, and don't look at the camera, don't stop till I yell "Cut" don't expect to get the job but want it bad enough to give me a good preformance. Any questions? Okay, roll camera, aaaaand ACTION! If you can't understand why having about 4 extra layers of judgement added to that might be destructive, nothing I say will change your mind. So, you might stop reading now to save yourself the time.)


... I have a lot more to say but I am finishing this post here and will edit it tomorrow. I know this is incoherent ramblings and stops abruptly, but I put too much time into it, to not post it. Plus, I'm falling asleep at my keyboard, which might explain both the reason I started and its contents. Thanks for reading this far.

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