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A Salute to 2nd AC’s Everywhere (Video)

Remember that old series of Bud Light commercials that saluted "real men of genius?" Where they would pick someone who is almost always relatively unknown but that everyone is aware of and sing a song to/about them? Well, it turns out that Bud Light was willing to shine a light on the usually invisible camera assistants in one of these ads.

by Evan LuziCamera Assisting

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Mr. Commercial Shoot Slate Guy may be the “maestro of the marker” but he still hasn’t mastered the subtleties of the ninja slate.

Via Tom Jensen at Cinematography.com

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Editor and founder of The Black and Blue. Freelance camera assistant. Available for work: Contact Evan here. Learn more about Evan here.

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