Greg Janza
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In general Oliver, I agree. I do still think people need to weigh the pros and cons of each. Both Vimeo and Frame.io are viable options and both offer very robust feature sets.
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[Oliver Peters] “You should look at Frame.io. It’s a much more professional approach.
“I’ve used both Frame.io and Vimeo extensively. While I agree Frame.io is a robust solution for client review, it’s worth noting that one area where Frame.io is lacking is in total storage. Both Vimeo and Frame.io offer $20/month basic plans. Vimeo offers 1 terabyte of storage while Frame.io offers only 250 gigs. And even if you upgrade to the next level of frame.io for $50/month you will still only get 250 gigs of storage. For those that collaborate with colorists, motion graphics artists and others on projects, it’s possible to use up 250 gigs very quickly.
Vimeo also has very robust analytics. So it’s important to weigh whichever option serves your individual needs the best.
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I just did this with some Canon raw files. I created all proxies in Resolve. I re-interpreted the 60fps original to 24p and then created the proxies. That gave me a proper match with my proxies after I re-interpreted the original footage in Premiere.
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Love the positive post Tony!
And another positive is Netflix quickly establishing a $100 million dollar fund for creatives:
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[Bob Zelin] “I often think about people like Donald Trump, and The Rolling Stones. Trump has billions of dollars, and the Stones – well, they are not poor. Why do they still work ? Because they are NEEDED, and being needed is critical to their existence (well, maybe Trump is not needed (ha)) .”
Bob, you are nothing if not entertaining. The Stones are rock ‘n roll royalty who hopefully will all die doing what they love – performing live and playing rock ‘n roll.
In 1972, Dick Cavett did an interview with Mick backstage at MSG. Dick asked Mick if he could imagine being the front man for the Stones when he was an old man and Mick said hell yes, he would probably still be doing it. And they’re still doing it. I saw them in 2019 and that show was the best performance I’d attended in 30 years of going to Stones shows.
What’s incredible is that you’ve somehow attempted to connect Trump with “the greatest rock ‘n roll band in the world.” (and for the kids out there, this is a moniker the Stones have been using since 1969)
There’s no need to get into any kind of Trump debate here. I simply applaud you for even having the ability to put those two together in a sentence. That takes some extraordinary creativity.
Keep on keepin’ on Bob.
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[Rich Rubasch] “Well then it is surely a small world”
It certainly is. I left the company in 1996 but the years I spent working with the MPI team gave me the skills that I needed to go out in the world and become a successful freelance editor. I’m forever indebted to those folks because they instilled in me the notion of always delivering the highest quality product to the client. This notion has guided me throughout my entire career.
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[Rich Rubasch] “Sure, it’s a career. But if it is just a career for you, (not you specifically, Greg) you haven’t edited or produced the one piece that connects your heart with the story and makes a connection that nothing else can invoke.”
Don’t get me wrong. I love what I do and I feel privileged to have the job of storytelling. It’s endlessly rewarding. At the same time though, I’ve been doing this a long time. I began my career in your town of Madison almost 29 years ago working for Jon Aleckson. He taught me the craft of editing.
But as I get older, there’s a realization that life is so much more than work. And I never want to lose that perspective. I don’t want to be yet another person with regrets that I missed out on some of the joys of life because I was trying to shape yet another story.
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[Bob Zelin] “These men DIED for our business. This was their life. They had assorted horrible health problems, and they KEPT GOING, until death.”
While most of the time I appreciate your acerbic wisdom here on the Cow, in this instance I think you’re on the wrong side of logic.
Life is so much more than the work we all do. And there’s endless stories of individuals who have major regrets later in life because they put their work above all else.
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[Tim Wilson] “if there’s one thing I’ve learned as I enter my seventh decade on this shiny blue ball, the numbers have more to tell me than anybody’s politics.”
Thanks Tim. And for those that need charts to back up the numbers, this article seems to do a good job of laying out what the U.S. is about to face.
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For the past year I’ve been a full time contract editor for the in-house agency of one of the tech titans. The on-set of the coronavirus coincided with the expiration of my one year contract and so I’ve returned to working on freelance projects from home.
Meanwhile, the in-house agency has shifted to all remote work for it’s team and all productions have been put on hold so post has primarily ground to a halt for them.
I had a stable of corporate production clients before signing on for the one year contract and so I feel lucky in that I was able to return to those clients. I’m currently working on two projects at home and I’ve recently been contacted to potentially sign on for a large virtual conference project.
I feel for the folks in tv and film since remote working just isn’t possible.
I agree with Tim that the repercussions of this pandemic will be large for our industry. Once we get a handle on the virus and return to work, the ramping up of production will take time and for post folks there’ll be a period of little or no work.
What should be discussed openly is how best to cope with that down period. I’m old enough to have experienced the economic pain of 911 (as well as the emotional of course) and more recently the 2008 crash. I was a full-time freelancer during both of those periods and it was very challenging to keep working and to stay positive and calm.
If I’ve learned anything over the years, it’s that these periods will eventually pass and life will get better. If you’re a full time freelancer it’s imperative to have a solid rainy day fund (3-6 months of savings for monthly expenses.) Have trust in your skills and your network. And in the interim period before things get better, try to enjoy life. Go do things that take your mind off of the situation and which release stress – hike, bike, golf, etc. Staring endlessly at your computer monitor scouring job boards will only lead to depression and crippling anxiety.
This is truly uncharted territory for us as a nation and the world but I have confidence in that old adage, “This too shall pass.”
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