[Gav Bott]

Thanks John,

it’s 2-3 TB of short clips, not media manager file.

It will end up needing to be a complete searchable archive for reseach purposes. Sounds as though breaking the data across a handfull of Media Manager files might do the job untilt he client can afford something that exactly suits their needs or integrates video in with a tonne of other data they have.

VASST 1-9 is already in the budget for the client ;o)

Thanks

The Brit in Brisbane
The Pomme in Production – Brisbane Australia.

[Gav Bott]

They have a small ammount of edit work they need to acomplish – trimming clips for presentations etc. You’re right, Studio will do all that and more for them.

Now to find an Mepg2 camera and drive that does the job, pointers are welcome as usual.

Thanks for all the advice.

The Brit in Brisbane
The Pomme in Production – Brisbane Australia.

[Gav Bott]

Nice idea using the Architect project instead of Vegas as the “on going project file” for the client.

2 DVD burners in the same machine – then run both at the same time?

I suspect that their cameras aren’t up to much – could probably persuade them to go for something that shoots straight to HD / cards – will have to investigate cameras recording mpeg 2 to cards or a drive.

Anyway thanks for the input – very helpful.

The Brit in Brisbane
The Pomme in Production – Brisbane Australia.

[Gav Bott]

Sorry for not being clear, but you have solved my problem:-

“Open the Camtasia Recorder program. Go to Tools | Options | General and change the File options to Save as AVI. Camtasia will now record to AVI files using the TechSmith codec.”

That’s just what I needed to know.

Thanks

The Brit in Brisbane
The Pomme in Production – Brisbane Australia.

[Gav Bott]

Just as a quick note – it’s Camtasia Studio 3 that I’m trying to use.

Thanks

The Brit in Brisbane
The Pomme in Production – Brisbane Australia.

[Gav Bott]

All power to the stick man.

I do rough boards before a meeting just for myself – then draw them in person during the meeting “so what you mean is you want this to look like this?”

Stick men all round.

And everyone gets the feeling that they have had their input considered.

Of course it doesn’t avoid the changes at the back end that everyone else is bemoaning, but I find it helps at the start. Then move on to animatic if they like that kind of thing, and understand that it’s not the finished product.

The Brit in Brisbane
The Pomme in Production – Brisbane Australia.

[Gav Bott]

I think John has hit the nail on the head.

You’ve already meantioned your a shooter too, so it’s not asking you to move out of your comfort zone.

Ask to shoot the next one your self + crew. If you can do it for the same budget and at much better quality the guy isn’t going to be upset.

If it turns out that he’s paying less then peanuts, at least you’ll know why the footage is so poor and can work out what solutions there might be from that point in.

It sounds as though the guys shooting at the moment are running and gunning – self directing. There is no problem in issuing a shot wish list when that style of shotting is on the cards, at leats not that I can see.

“Your video’s are cool, they would be better if you could tick each of these shots for each subject”

A little white lie doesn’t hurt the clients feelings.

of course you could always go the route that I learnt from editors, well one in particular. take them out, get them drunk, and then laugh at them for 8 hours at how bad their footage is and describe what hurdles you have to jump each time just to make it a viable finished product. Of course this works best if you are from Glasgow and are over 100kg.

The Brit in Brisbane
The Pomme in Production – Brisbane Australia.

[Gav Bott]

I’m a bit late on this one, but just one question:-

Does your Uni offer any project managment modules? If they do why not see if you can get into one (paid by employer).

Those sorts of course are realy usefull for times like this – they may talk about projects relating to bridge building, but learning to keep the scope under control, comms and developing a change system works for any project.

The Brit in Brisbane
The Pomme in Production – Brisbane Australia.

[Gav Bott]

Thanks for the advice – a 4:3 in a 16:9 looks like it leaves the right shapes.

It will be on DVD – the option to have captioning and signing on at the same time will be there, and likely used quite frequently given the subject matter.

The Brit in Brisbane
The Pomme in Production – Brisbane Australia.

[Gav Bott]

Rental houses often have a line on this – i.e. for a bit more cash you can get the kit insurred for the job.

I’d ask them for their insrance company – still ends up with risk assesment/job breakdown forms, but at least they are used to the short term nature of it.

The Brit in Brisbane
The Pomme in Production – Brisbane Australia.