Comments on: In conversation with Scott Ross

By: Scott Ross

Scott Ross — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 00:30:15 +0000

So… bein a bit bored, I was surfing the web and came upon this blog… hmmm, you make me sound so much smarter than I am!!! Thanks…. btw, if you ever wanna talk music…. I did get to tour w some really great bands back in the early 70’s… actually played cow bell on a Jimi track!

Cheers
S

By: stef

stef — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:08:57 +0000

Hi Emma - sorry about that - I’ve added a credit… thanks!

By: Emma Peios

Emma Peios — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 10:32:51 +0000

Yo where’s the photo credit on this pic Mr Spam On Legs? ha ha
Still recovering from our trip… not missing the 12 course lunches tho.
See you soon.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 21:51:51 +0000

Thanks for this glimpse.
Smart man, Scott Ross.
–b

By: emily

emily — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 19:05:01 +0000

Ah…I’m _finally_ getting to round to reading this now that we are home.
Will be good to hear about it in person though before you whizz up North next week!

By: Suzie Norton

Suzie Norton — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:06:01 +0000

Stef - ditto above…it’s really interesting to hear about the triple bottom line theory…I think it gets to a stage when you can’t give it all away for free and with minimal payback, financial or otherwise.

Karl - I see!! Using your film office contacts to avoid arrest…Mmm I may have to turn a blind eye to that!

By: stef

stef — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:23:30 +0000

Glad you all thought this was worthwhile reading through - thanks for the comments.

@John - he said that if I have anything else I want to ask him then I should, so maybe I’ll talk music next time!

@Jake - I’m going to look into this a little more and blog the results. I’ve already had some other suggestions from other people out here as to what their three would be.

@Karl - having fun and bought some new lenses too… glad you’re thinking this is all the right way to be going!

@Jan - you’re not wrong there… I think I need a holiday after the last couple of weeks just to collate my thoughts. Lots of things seem to be coming together at the moment, with lots of opportunities that seem to be connecting… a positive time!

Thanks all - it’s my last day here tomorrow.

By: John

John — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 20:36:51 +0000

and nobody mentioned beer… damn.

a good read, not enough musical references for my liking though - you should have asked him what he thought of the new laura veirs album!

hope yr having a good time mate!

By: Jake Grimley

Jake Grimley — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:09:28 +0000

Triple bottom line theory. Interesting. In my day it was the three Ps but they were:

* Profit
* Portfolio
* Pleasure

You need at least two.
Your Ps are a lot more ethically sound.

By: Karl

Karl — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:01:38 +0000

It’s triple bottom line theory that my friends Antonio Gould and
Martin Buttle have often talked with me about. Perhaps its time I took some of this advice on board, stopped donating so much of my time to other people, especially on projects I care a lot about but ultimately don’t pay me anything and concentrated on those three criteria.

OK, I feel this is vital, absolutely vital. So much we get taken for granted and unable to see the benefit in these situations other than a small piece of profile raising, and that does not pay the bills. I have wanted to shout this philosophy for a while and think that we should be looking at the ethical/fun/revenue elements of a project but being a little more forceful in how much we give away.

This part of your tour sounded like the perfect stage for picking the minds of the successful, but the perfect example of how you can achieve success with a life to boot!

Plus, I can’t believe you were allowed to take the 5D with you. Some glorious shots here man. But beware of shooting in markets - me and the Chef from Opus nearly got arrested yesterday, until I mentioned I knew Suzie!