Greg Ball
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Hi Ned,
I don’t get calls from inside edition or the doctor Phil show. I do projects mainly for corporate clients, medical clients, industrial clients and other business clients.
I worked in corporate America for over 25 years. I often needed to hire a crew for something and needed to pay them quickly. Sometimes that would require getting my boss to sign off on a request and walking that over to the accounting department. In one day, I had a check.
For those slow payers, you’d be surprised how quickly they can make things happen when they need their video right away. Let them figure it out. It’s not YOUR responsibility. Personally I do not have the cash flow to finance several projects. I can’t call my mortgage bank and say they’ll get paid in 90 days. I can’t pay my car loan that way.
When I hire a crew, they expect to be paid promptly (by me). I do that and always have good crews. To answer your question, depending on the client, I may refuse a gig if it seems like payment will not be made quickly, and they want their video right away. We all know, and someone said in this thread that they most likely will not take someone to court, so the only recourse is to get paid for your services. Somehow when your clients need to fly across country for a meeting, they can do that without waiting 90 days for reimbursement, or for AMEX to be paid. Clients can do whatever they need to do. For every project I require a minimum of 50% up front in my agreement. If they do not wish to do that, they can give me a credit card to charge. Then they do not receive the video until I’m paid in full. As I said, I’ve lost 2 clients in 15 years doing that.
Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
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So far I’ve never been stiffed using timecode numbers. I always take a deposit up front, or a credit card, and the balance is due BEFORE the final video is delivered. As I said, timecode numbers help the client.
I have had maybe 2 clients in 15 years want to pay according to their terms, and we’ve parted ways. I’m not in a position to bankroll someone’s project.
Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
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Time code doesn’t look like punishment either. I tell the client that the time code will help them point out specific areas of the video that they wish to discuss or change. This is absolutely true. Then when they approve the video, and they pay the balance due, I send them the video without the time code. Everyone is happy.
Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
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I wouldn’t sign that agreement. We require full payment before we release the final video. We keep a burned-in time code window on the video until we receive payment. That works fine and we never end up chasing a client down for payment.
Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
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You can buy it from multiple sources on Amazon.com
Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
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Things like this should always be spelled out in a agreement ahead of time, so everyone understands the same thing. It depends if you hope to work with this client again in the future.It depends whether this is a work for hire project. In this case, the client may own the footage
I usually lean towards giving the client the raw footage,and keeping them happy but I charge them for the transfer of the footage to a drive if necessary. After all we sell our time.
Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
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Thanks Shane and Mark! I get it now.
Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
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Thanks Mark,
You’re helping me all over the Cow this week. Much appreciated.
Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
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Mark, yes the audio goes to a good level if I pan it left or right. So what should I do? I know I can always duplicate each track? But it seems like a waste of time How do I avoid this in the future?
I’m normally using log and transfer from a C300 or XDcam Transfer from an EX1
Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
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Hi Shane,
It’s set to Stereo.
Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
https://www.ballmediainnovations.com