Bricked, a short film.

[Mr. Analog]

Speaking of memes earlier today, here's one that I think we're all familiar with here. This humorous short is about what might happen if various things suddenly, well, "bricked".

http://revision3.com/content/bricked/?autoplay=true&hp

[Darren Dirt]

I lol'd.

That Tom Green lookalike had this weird bug-eyed thing going on.

Oh, and both the bike and the ball-tossing scene were fantastically seamless and cringe-worthy. Thumbs up.




PS: Revision3 has some pretty funny series.

[Mr. Analog]

Oh, and both the bike and the ball-tossing scene were fantastically seamless and cringe-worthy. Thumbs up.

I was quite surprised at how well it all looked, especially those scenes. Amateur directors and special effects are getting better and better all the time.

[Tom]

Oh, and both the bike and the ball-tossing scene were fantastically seamless and cringe-worthy. Thumbs up.

I was quite surprised at how well it all looked, especially those scenes. Amateur directors and special effects are getting better and better all the time.

You can only be an amateur for so long

[Mr. Analog]

Oh, and both the bike and the ball-tossing scene were fantastically seamless and cringe-worthy. Thumbs up.

I was quite surprised at how well it all looked, especially those scenes. Amateur directors and special effects are getting better and better all the time.

You can only be an amateur for so long

Yup! Then you can be a professional amateur!

[Tom]

So working at one of the studios is a hard prerequisite for being labelled a "Pro"?

[Mr. Analog]

So working at one of the studios is a hard prerequisite for being labelled a "Pro"?

Profession noun 1 a paid occupation, especially one involving training and a formal qualification. 2 treated as sing. or pl. a body of people engaged in a profession.

So, in short if you work for a Studio, yes, you are a professional.

[Tom]

That definition says nothing about being a pro and not working at a studio.

[Mr. Analog]

That definition says nothing about being a pro and not working at a studio.

Pro means Professional, one who works a Profession.

Any Film Studio (big or small) employs Professionals to make movies.

Savvy?

[Tom]

That definition says nothing about being a pro and not working at a studio.

Pro means Professional, one who works a Profession.

Any Film Studio (big or small) employs Professionals to make movies.

Savvy?

And I'm saying not all Pro's work for a Studio

[Mr. Analog]

That definition says nothing about being a pro and not working at a studio.

Pro means Professional, one who works a Profession.

Any Film Studio (big or small) employs Professionals to make movies.

Savvy?

And I'm saying not all Pro's work for a Studio

Then who do they work for? A bakery? In that case they are professional bakers.

[Tom]

That definition says nothing about being a pro and not working at a studio.

Pro means Professional, one who works a Profession.

Any Film Studio (big or small) employs Professionals to make movies.

Savvy?

And I'm saying not all Pro's work for a Studio

Then who do they work for? A bakery? In that case they are professional bakers.

Themselves? An ad agency?

You can be a pro mechanic and work for yourself you know.

[Mr. Analog]

That definition says nothing about being a pro and not working at a studio.

Pro means Professional, one who works a Profession.

Any Film Studio (big or small) employs Professionals to make movies.

Savvy?

And I'm saying not all Pro's work for a Studio

Then who do they work for? A bakery? In that case they are professional bakers.

Themselves? An ad agency?

You can be a pro mechanic and work for yourself you know.

You're confusing "pro" with "skilled".

Uwe Boll is a Professional Director, be he ain't no good.

[Darren Dirt]

That definition says nothing about being a pro and not working at a studio.

Pro means Professional, one who works a Profession.

Any Film Studio (big or small) employs Professionals to make movies.

Savvy?

IMHO (and I offer this as an attempt to end a pointless "argument" ) ...

A "professional" is anyone who partakes in an activity as their primary source of income.

A "semi-pro" is one who derives some income from the activity, but still retains another "day job".

An "amateur" is someone who derives no income from the activity -- or at least has no profit motive in the doing of said activity.


HTH

[Melbosa]

IMHO (and I offer this as an attempt to end a pointless "argument" ) ...

A "professional" is anyone who partakes in an activity as their primary source of income.

A "semi-pro" is one who derives some income from the activity, but still retains another "day job".

An "amateur" is someone who derives no income from the activity -- or at least has no profit motive in the doing of said activity.


HTH

Ahhh but do your definitions change when relating to another subject?  Take sports for example.

According to Corporate Challenge rules:

Professional - is anyone who plays in a regular competitive league, whom understands, follows and has played with the full rule set of any sport.  Usually these people have some type of formal training in the sport - whether it be by a coach in early years or at some type of skills camp.  These people typically pay-to-play in their respected leagues, and are playing in leagues of known skill sets.  E.g. League would be EVA or Millwoods for Volleyball, SPN or NSA sponsored Slo-Pitch, etc.

Semi-Professional - whom understands, follows and has played with the full rule set of any sport, and has played some of said sport in the last year but isn't really a full time participant.  They may play in a league, but the league isn't of a high skill level (in comparison to the Professional).

Amateur - someone whom has a fundamental understanding of the sport, may or may not know the rules, and may only play the sport for recreational purposes or is just starting out in a recreational league to learn the sport better.


I really don't believe pay depicts level of skill.  Is a Priest of a church a Professional in the clergy?  Is a Volunteer Fireman in a small town a Professional?  Both have formal training, both probably have a full skill set.  Yet neither is "paid".

Just some food for thought.

[Darren Dirt]

Ahhh but do your definitions change when relating to another subject?  Take sports for example.

As is The Way The World Generally Works, the definitions I gave above are the "common sense" meanings, unless qualified by a specific context (such as "professional" sports league vs. the "amateur" leagues, etc... obv. there may be various degrees of a sports "pro" who makes his income from the sport but is not at the "top level" so is a "semi-pro" or an "amateur" but has no other day job... But in most activities there is no re-naming re-defining of the terminology, IMHO.)

For example, a few years ago Chris Moneymaker won the World Series of Poker as an "amateur" because he was a full-time accountant and only played online for fun, not as a secondary source of income. Once he had the $millions from winning I believe he remained as the accountant, and used his huge bankroll to enter bigger tournaments with the hope of actually turning a profit, so he was now a "semi-pro" poker player. If he had quit his day job and done the same think he woulda became -- without needing some outside authority recognition -- a "poker pro".


And interesting point re. clergy -- but AFAIK any "head clergy" in a religious organization does indeed rely on whatever income comes in from the membership as their Primary Income, so they are "professional" in that respect -- and I doubt there's such a thing as a "semi-pro" priest, let alone an "amateur" one.

[Thorin]

Professional can mean either a person who pursues a given activity as a means of livelihood (as defined by Mr. Analog earlier), or a person who is highly skilled at an activity (as defined by Melbosa earlier).  I point you to dictionary.com for an exhaustive definition:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/professional

Amateur means the opposite of Professional, whether that indicates the person is not attempting to make money at an activity or that the person isn't highly skilled at the activity.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/amateur