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short answer: yes.
Why would I not charge for this?
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There isn’t one. While most freelancers in your area charge 60-80 an hour, it sounds like you may wanna go much lower until you get some milage under your belt.
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Avid hasn’t evolved their DVE since it’s introduction with MC version 5. You can get away with some things with it but because it tears the image up so much, you’ll always wanna have AE open and ready. -
You can come right out and ask em, man. That’s usually my first question after a client calls with their big vision. We can alter the vision accordingly after that. In some cases, their budget winds up being much more than what I would have charged to achive their initial vision and I am able to add capabilities and options instead of reducing them. On the other hand, they may come back with “oh we have 900 dollars and a case of number two pencils.” You can save a lot of time by asking the right questions… in this case “what’s the budget?” is a dang good idea.
You’d be surprised.
I once invoiced for a consulting job for a college and they called asking if I could double it. No more work was done… they just needed to go through more budget so they could be approved for the same the next year.oooooh kay.
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$2k a shoot may be fine but it doesn’t sound like you get these edited in the day or two you’ve budgeted for. I think you need to iron out exactly what each video will require before bidding at all… have no questions about anything, especially graphics.
Based on what you have said, I’d say a flat 200k with stipulated restrictions on the videos would be fair. I mention that because in cases like this, a company often says ok to the original deal, then starts adding to production and post on ya as they brain storm in real time. Iron that out up front. Don’t paint yourself into a corner by under-cutting yourself, commiting and losing out on a lot of potential business over the next two years. Don’t worry about their budget. Let em know what you can do it for based on what they have said. If they can’t afford that, tell them what you can do for the budget they have. It may end up being you in a classroom with a handicam and a same day edit. -
You’ll find it ranges widely from nada to well into six figures.
If it helps, the natl average salary for a mid-level editor is probably around 50 grand a year, depending on many things.. the place, the market, and of course, the editor.
While there are many industries you could start out making more money in, it’d cost ya enjoyment. -
Sounds like live-switching would be the best way to go. You can record isos as a back up to cover any mistakes and that would be much quicker than a multicam session after the fact.
You could go with an old schol switcher to your avid or rethink it all and look at Newtek’s toys made for this.
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Use animatte to mask on/off the closer shot you’ll need for the magnification effect. Nesting a resize won’t work well as it will tear up the image quite a bit.
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to answer your question, yes but I’d loop through and archive to a new media at the same time. In many cases, you’ll only get one pass with those old oxide tapes and you won’t be able to play them again.
You can archice these on their own firewire drive but I’d make hard copies of each tape if I were you. -
I never justify rates. It’s their job to justify what they spend.
I tell em how much I charge for my time and how much time it will take. They can do the math on that.