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this is biiig news. Awesome potential.
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Quoting finished minutes went out in the 80s when finished minutes changed to such a broad spectrum. You’ll quote according to the time you put into it. In this case, you’ll add some because of how the time is spread out so… and you’ll get half down to ensure it doesn’t just go away on ya and there is a much better chance of that happening in this case for obvious reasons.
Iron out those key shoot times so you really know what you are looking at. Know those dates will surely change on you but file the number of shoots away for this quote. -
Well, it depends on yur needs.
I like Sony’s FX-1 and my favorite NLE today is FCP. This is not the perfect set up for all. It depends on budget and again, needs. My feeling is you are probably not ready for the overhead of a commercial location and should probably rent as ya go first. Before that though, It’s my humble opinion that you should staff until ready to freelance and freelance until ready to start your own company. Buying stuff before that may just mean unemployement with a depleated nest egg. -
This kind of reminds me of those new car warranty quazi insurance companies. “Can’t afford repair bills? Then send us more money than you’d spend in repair bills instead!”
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I think linear editing helped me ignore or get use to these varying dynamics. 20 years ago, we as editors did indeed sometimes have to say yes, even when the answer was no. I mean, it’s not like we could really make a timing change in minute one of a 60 minute show and still meet the deadline 2 hours away. There is an art to oppeasing and I believe I learned in in those days of being a linear editor.
I can’t tell you how many times folks ask for one thing and I absolutly understand it but disagree with. Instead of saying that, I’ll respond with a “oh wow. So your saying do this and that (all my ideas now placed as theirs) and then the show is tight and we’re done? Man that’s why you get the big bucks.” Do you know hom many times I’ve had that disagreed with? None. ever. It’s always the same response. A glow of pride as they sit back and stretch feeling like the man. That’s my job. I make the best product possible while making the client feel they did. I enjoy it. If I didn’t, I just be a producer.
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The rougher the client, the more I like it. I get a kick out of folks all like “ooooh you have so and so today!? duuude he’s a tirant good luck with that.” Then they watch us walk out of the suite 12 hours later huggin’ and high fivin’. That’s the gig.
and man I love it. In a nutshell. I admit to dictating. However, all of my clients would tell you I’m the best collaborator in town. I’m not. I’m the best dictator around. I simply make my ideas their ideas and execute em before they realize what happened.
I could be a plotician if I clipped on a tie and babbled stuff I knew nothing about. -
It’ll always be better to be known for being the best in town… not the cheapest.
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It’s not hard at all. You are selling your time and expertise. I do very little web design work because many can’t afford video rates for it and I sure can’t afford to cut my rate in half for something that requires no less expertise. I’d much rather be available for full rate billing than tie myself down into a half-paying gig. This is how many folks today get into trouble… working more hours at less pay.
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Gravitate to what best suits your needs/budget. From a marketing stand point, I’d not call it a film studio unless you really work with film. It’ll cost you much more clietele than it’ll gain ya by calling it soemthing it isn’t.
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Indeed.
There are no templates to this… don’t let anyone tell ya otherwise. It’s a matter of who you are pitching to. If your teaser can get em wantin’ more, you have done your job very well.
…and lined yourself up to handle the whole enchelada. I’m thinkin’ that’s your motivation in this one.
Best of luck, man. Positive mojo comin’ your way. -
I pitch ad campaigns much of the time. I leverage social networking sites to do this. It’s very easy to explain that their paying for tv advertising is paying for folks to pee, hit the fridge and tivo through their dollars. A presence on myspace, facebook and twitter that uses content from a custom youtube channel offers hella more bang for the buck. This is why my social networking sites are listed on my website. Most of my new clients for this don’t know anything about em other than than their daighter spends a lot of time on em. I can then get paid to update these and it becomes the gift that keeps on giving.