G+_Donald E. “Don” Riley Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 I often watch the credits for movies and am amused by some of the credited jobs. My most recent find might amuse my Tech friends. "DATA WRANGLER" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Donald E. “Don” Riley Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 Don Rideaux-Crenshaw I think they give credits instead of cash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Donald E. “Don” Riley Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share Posted November 18, 2017 How does one become a "data wrangler"? Do you ride onto a data farm on your trusty steed, Then cast your lasso onto the nearest server? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Dave Trautman Posted November 18, 2017 Share Posted November 18, 2017 Donald E. Riley sounds pretty funny, eh? Comes from back in the day with Westerns where a full crew of people had to wrangle horses and cows and such. Then movies started to have other “creatures” like spiders and lizards and birds etc. The term “wrangler” was applied there as well. These are skilled experts in their area and they literally have to “herd” various creatures around a set or location. In recent years the term is being used for anyone who has to handle (“wrangle”) a large number of things at the same time. As you can probably assume, the term is easily applied to the team of people on a crew who wrangle all the data needs of the movie. This can include a dedicated wireless network for all the tablets, data feeds for every production department to monitor the shots, communications between 1st, 2nd and 3rd camera units during important scenes (like large explosions or complex green screen work) and they also handle the transfer of digital camera output to editing as well as to the studio execs in far away offices. The crew can be considerably large for heavy CGI work and was usually only a few people when digital production was only starting out. Being able to play back on set or in FX or long distance monitoring has changed the way movies are made today – along with the nearly complete removal of paper at every department position – and the systems are all talking to one another over sophisticated networks. Wrangling all that hardware and all those production demands is a real thing just as it was when they hired real cowboys to wrangle the herds of livestock back in the olden days. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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