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This is the only way I know that you can control the in and out duration...

Set the in and out markers to "Optional" in Motion and then publish.

In Final Cut if you want the in and out duration to always stay the same no matter how long or short the title is then turn on the build in and build out.

If you want the in and out duration to scale with the length of the title turn off the build in and build out.

If your asking if there is a way to independently adjust the length of the build in and build out independently of the length in Final Cut, then as far as I know, the answer is no. You would have to do that in motion.

If you can afford to spend more on a trailer I would. My wife and I have been full-time for 4 years now. We purchased a higher end 5th wheel and that had one huge advantage. While we have maintenance, and we've had a few breakdown issues, it hasn't been a constant stream of things breaking and stressing us out. This allowed us for the first couple of years to just deal with getting used to full-time RV living, which has it's own level of stress.

We've run into a lot of people that decided to go full-time, purchased a low end trailer, and lasted about a year before they gave up. And in the majority of the times it was because they were stressed out completely by things always breaking on their rig. If you can afford it, get a quality build and you'll be way happier. I would suggest looking at Brinkley, Grand Design and Alliance.

Good luck on your rig hunt!!

Late 90's and my kids were still young, maybe 9 and 10 years old. The wife and I have a coupe weeks off so we decided we would do some hime improvement. Specifically we were doing new flooring. The floors were all down to the concrete slab so we really had no place to put a tree that wouldn't be in the way. Knowing that we were going to repaint the walls the four of us got together and pained a Christmas tree on the living room wall. We thew presents underneath that tree and then sat around it having Jack in the Box tacos for dinner because we had worked all day on the flooring in another room. To this day it's knows as the Jack in the Box Christmas with the painted tree.

A Couple things I'm noticing on the specific scene that is linked...

For starters they're using the waiter as motivation to go to the wide shot a few times and reestablish the relationship of all the characters in the frame. They of course go to other wide shots, but the couple times the waiter comes in it breaks up the monotony of going to the wide shot. This is a bloody brilliant directing choice as it also adds some tension into the scene.

For the most part the 180 is pretty much established each time we go to an exchange between 2 characters. Actually I shouldn't say established, it's reestablished each time. It's established because the edit breaks you away from the previously established 180 through a generous use of reaction shots. It's really kind of a brilliant solution. You can't get confused because each time the 180 is reestablished, and then wiped from your brain by a reaction shot.

This is the kind of shit that I have to talk about to my non-filmmaking friends when they have no idea what directing is.

Is there a reason why you have 80K for a motorized RV and only 30K for a trailer?? Assuming maybe because you need to purchase a truck as well for the trailer? If not, and you already have the truck, I would apply that 80K to the trailer. With RV's you really do get what you pay for and an 80K trailer can put you in a situation where you have a much higher quality build. A 30K trailer is going to be a considerably low end build and you're gonna be spending a lot of time fixing shit.

Sorry, didn’t realize it was a joke. I mistook it for not knowing the locations of the film. If my reply upset you I would suggest you quit taking things so damned seriously!!!

BTW… that was a joke!

I had to scroll way too far to see Sir Duke.

First off to threaten to divorce you if she doesn't get her way is emotional blackmail and not what happens in a healthy relationship. You should probably address that issue first before any other issue.

Second, If she'e ready to divorce you over her unhappiness of not living on the coast, imagine how quickly she's going to divorce you over her unhappiness of financial pressures of living beyond your means, and never having any expendable income to do anything besides work and pay bills. Yeah, this "I'll divorce you if I'm not happy" is the problem to fix first!

As for living on the coast I might be able to provide some insight from a different angle. I grew up in San Diego, California and owned a house there for 25 years. In 2023 my wife and I sold our place and went full-time in a RV where we travel the country. Because of this I have a considerable amount of insight of what other places in the country are like compared to the west coast. Here's just a few of those insights...

Cost of living - You are in for a serious amount of sticker shock if you move to California. You've already discovered that housing cost is crazy high, but that's the one cost everyone knows about. But you will soon find out that it's not just housing. Fuel prices are going to be 1 to 2 dollars a gallon more. Groceries are at leas a third more, as is entertainment. San Diego in particular has the highest electricity rate in the country. High cost of living is on everything, not just housing.

Population size - You have no idea how populated cities on the west coast are. San Diego alone has more that 1.4 million in the city, and 3.4 in the county. This means that everywhere you go you are going to be sitting in traffic. When we lived there my wife's office was 14 miles away from the house, she spent 1.5 hours each way in traffic. That 3 hours a day of life sitting in traffic. If you're not willing to sacrifice that, then for god sakes don't make the move.

Culture - I'll preface this by saying that San Diego, where I grew up, is the most laid back of city in California! But even in San Diego the pace of life is extremely fast and extremely competitive. The cost of living forces this on you. It takes so much more to get ahead in that level of cost that you're going to need to be totally dedicated to career, because there are plenty of other that are if you're not. There's also a culture of youth and good looks. If your wife is not ready to be that size 2 with a hot body and great hair she's gonna feel a bit left out there. That's not to say that there aren't regular people there, but it's not the norm. My wife is a size 12-14 and she was flabbergasted the first time she walked into a Ross store in the Midwest and found jeans in her size. According to her that doesn't happen in San Diego.

Positives:

Weather - Of course like everything there are pluses as well as minuses. For California, especially Southern California, the big plus is the weather. You are not going to find weather that as nice as Southern California weather anywhere in this country. It's going to be sunny an beautiful most of the time. Winters are mild to the point of non-existence. If you like 4 seasons then it's not the place for you. It has 2 seasons, warm and lukewarm warm.

Outdoor Activities - If you like doing things outdoors that a huge plus for California. There's just about any outdoor activity available to you and the weather is nice enough that you can do it anytime of the year. Plus California is the most geologically diverse state in the union. You have beaches, mountains deserts etc... It really is the most beautiful state in the union because of this diversity.

Perspective:

To give you a bit of perspective of where I'm coming from. My wife and I are older, she's in her late 50's and I just turned 60. So we're in more of a slow down period of life, so that fast pace of California no longer appeals to us. However, My son and daughter in law are in their mid to late 30's and they too got fed up with trying to make it in California. They both have decent jobs and when they left California in 2024 they were just tired of never having any extra income. They were living in a 650 square foot apartment in the east county of San Diego, about 15 miles inland. They were paying $2800 a month and their lease was scheduled to go up to 3K. They now live in a house in Kansas City and love life. The weather of course is not as nice, but the cost of living allows them to have a life outside of just working and sleeping.

For me and my wife we have found so many places the United States that are friendly and affordable and appeal to us so much more than Southern California. Our eventual exit plan from the full-time RV life will most likely be to Kansas City as that's where family is now. And we're both fine with that. We've come to love the slower pace of life in the Midwest. And, of course, it's so much more affordable.

Wow!!! $806 is quite a bit just for a dispatch fee. I'm betting that the tech is adding a few hours in there in top of the dispatch fee to cover diagnosis. Find out what the actual dispatch fee is and that should be the only thing that Brinkley won't cover. The parts and the labor should be covered under the warranty.

I've been in a Brinkley Z3100 for 3 years now and while under warranty I never had an issue with Brinkley not allowing use of a mobile tech. Keep on them and I'm certain you'll get the issue taken care of.

There’s only one scene in that film that takes place in Fargo, and only 2 scenes that take place in North Dakota. The rest of the film takes place in Minnesota, specifically Brainerd and Minneapolis.

I'll give it shot. I've tried other locking adaptors in the past with no luck. The only thing that seems to fix the problem is jacking up the side of the rig to get the weight off the suspension. Thanks for the recommendation!!

Tell them you want to use a mobile tech. We've done that before and they have had no problem approving the tech. You may have to pay the techs dispatch fee, but Brinkley should cover the rest. Especially if there is an issue with the hitch and you have no brakes. I would stress to them that running with those 2 issues is a safety risk you're not going to take.

Put him in one of his rockets and shoot it towards the sun!! Not all the way to the sun though, just close enough that he comes back a nice medium rare and can be served with fava beans and a nice chianti!!

Greasing wet bolts is such a pain in the ass. It never fails that a good 1/4 of them won't take grease!!

I love how the party of "Alpha Males" will drop and swallow the mushroom any chance they get. That's got real "Alpha" energy there Joe!

This is the correct answer. But honestly when you look at the ingredients, it’s really biscuits and liquid biscuits!

Old video producer here as well. I’ve run a production company for over 20 years and also have a YT Channel in the RV Life space. On a professional production I use Sennheiser packs with COS-11 mics. When we’re shooting for our channel we use DJI Mic 3’s.

So the obvious question is why the DJI instead of the Sennheiser? The answer is ease of use and small size. I have a very small receiver with the DJI and 2 very small mics. I pop them on and I’m ready to go.

It’s the same reason that we shoot most of our standups on a GoPro instead of a DSLR. In my niche it’s all about run and gun while staying in the moment. With the DJI mics and the GoPro I hit one button, everything turns on and starts recording and off we go.

We shoot a lot of b-roll on a DSLR, but the standups are on other gear that allows us to move fast.

This guy Boyardee’s

You made the mistake of heating it up. Serve that shit cold!!!

Side quest if you’re interested. My wife and I, solid GenX’ers, live full-time in an RV and have a YouTube channel about our adventures. Last year we visited the gravesite of Chef Boyarde in northern Ohio. Here’s the segment we produced on it. https://youtu.be/XBm1gQx2vYk?t=337&is=qlyXSOkCawNgUykr

Aside from having a channel, I’ve run a video production company for over 20 years now. I’ve had just about every level of person in front of my camera you could image. Former President of the United States, A list Hollywood celebrities, and six pack a day joes that run a small business.

One of the jobs of a professional producer is when you get that person in front of the camera to have a conversation with you, you have to get them comfortable in that chair.

For anyone that may have to do this in the future, just know that the producer is experienced in this. They will absolutely help you get to that point of being comfortable. Trust the process as they will guide you to what they need.

As for doing scripted parts instead of Q&A. Trust the producer on this. So many times I have had a corporate client want to use a teleprompter (Autocue). If I can’t talk them out of it I do the prompted stuff and the try to talk the interview subject let me do a little Q&A with them. Most agree, and we wind up using the Q&A stuff because it’s so much more natural and human.

Again, trust the producer and you’ll be fine.

Great British Baking Show. I might not get saved, but I’ll be well fed with sweets!

Ahhhh that makes more sense. I was envisioning 6 hoses together to reach from one dump out. Although 4 to reach it is bad enough.

And I’m calling for him to walk east until his fucking hat floats!

SIX SEWER HOSES!!!! My God whoever designed that park should be flogged!! The most I have ever had to use is three 10 footers. Did they sell extra sewer hoses in the camp store at an overly inflated price?

You're welcome amigo! Good luck on your hunt for a solution.