[Douglas Wright]

I was struggling with this problem, but removing the AJA codec resolved it and now it imports into After Effects perfectly. Thank you guys.

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[Douglas Wright]

Thanks for all the advice guys, I will definitely begin switching my approach immediately. Music videos and parties definitely aren’t where the money is at, and I understand I need to have a reel that caters to a different clientele. Thanks

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[Douglas Wright]

Thanks for all the tips guys, I will definitely work on trying to expand our reel as soon as we wrap up the few projects we are working on now.

There’s still one thing, for the people that are viewing my reel and liking the level of work that I’m offering already… what could I be doing to close more on those clients before I get to the point of being able to take on big budget clients?

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[Douglas Wright]

Thanks for the suggestions. For the level that we are at now, how do you think we should approach the more corporate clientele other than giving it away?

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[Douglas Wright]

Well, most of the work we’ve done so far has been music videos and parties, so the reel reflects that. I’d love to have a reel that attacks a different market, but that’s stuff we haven’t done. Like I said, we are a fairly new company, so it’s not like our demo is a mile long. We have a comedy show and a couple of other projects we’re working on right now that we will definitely add to the reel once they are done.

As far as the salesman issue, we have had a background selling products….my brother especially, but selling a service is uncharted territory. Often we get stuck at the stage of pricing and working out the details. What do you guys think about having packages? I know it isn’t ideal, but I’m just looking to attack the problem in different ways.

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[Douglas Wright]

Well we started trying to do it is as a business because many of the people really liked the work that we were doing for ourselves and I’ve been self-studying it for years….we’re not the “crem del la creme,” as of yet, but we do pretty decent work and in my opinion, better than some of the people that I know who are closing deals. You can view our demo reel here: https://legendsfilms.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=44&Itemid=33.

We’re both in our mid 20’s, so of course there’s the struggle of being taken seriously as far as being “seasoned” videographers/directors. Also, since most of our past work is from stuff that we did in “urban” settings, we are having a hard time trying how we’re going to target people outside of that market. It’s like we’re in the peculiar position of being beyond the low budget clients, but not yet at the point to take on high budgeted clients. Meanwhile we’re constantly studying and working on pet projects to improve our craft, but obviously we need to close some deals to be able to buy/rent all the toys that we need to able to do bigger projects.

We’ve only been taking it seriously as a business for few months and we are getting about a handful of queries a week. The vast majority don’t want to pay anything to make it worthwhile or want to discuss some sort of ridiculous “favor for a favor” crap. However, I’m not so much worried about the people who can’t afford us, but rather, I want to make sure that I’m doing the right things in order close the deal on those potential clients who are serious and can afford to pay.

We usually try to meet the client at some local location, but for the last two weeks we’ve been trying to get as far as we can into the deal on the phone to weed out people.

I would try to link with someone who could handle that front for us, but that’s opening a whole other can of worms.

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