[Grinner Hester]

Don’t worry about that. Experience will bring you your own style and that is what will make yuo marketable… not the ability to do stuff like other folks do.
I dig your passion. Keep shooting and editing. Keep loving it. It’ll take ya far.
since you are a car enthusiast, check out my show site:
https://ModdinArt.com/show.html
I started shooting car shows that I was entered in about 23 years ago.
Today, I’ll literally shoot hand-held while doing tripple digits in any kind of race under the sun. Shooting stuff you are into will always make it fun for people to watch.

[Grinner Hester]

Charles, I now work out of my house, having use to run the sweetest boutique in my market. I bill out exactly half of what I use to and often I feel cramped and sitracted (we home school our kids).
That said, man I enjoy the much less than 50 percent of the stress I use to have and a day off now feels much closer to having the day off… not a day in the red. Overhead is why you see fussy bald guys roming the globe, brother. Trade that for a streamlined worflow and a little creativity and you can be a happy balding guy.

I do understand varying needs. There are days I wish I still had the freedoms to create and market anything under the sun. Truth is, there are simply more days I am thankful for not having to put butts in seats a cartain amount of the time. Chunk ya a poor man’s cyc (a painted roll of linolium hung by c-stands) then throw that bad boy in a clost when company comes over for burgers.

[Grinner Hester]

There are many to pick from. If ya need a QT, use a QT preset and go from there. Iusually just make wmv files for approvals with squeeze. I like how much it allows me to controlt he quality vs the file size.

[Grinner Hester]

I can’t imagine anyone throwin’ money towards an ambulance chaser for this. It’s pretty obvious no perecentages can be collected as none were negotiated. Trying to shake down a clinet after the fact is the second best way to be black-balled in a market.

[Grinner Hester]

nowadays, stringers have fcp in their cars and can deliver finished pieces within the hour. I think it’d be fun work. The stations here in STL adhere to union wages though so most freelancers can’t really justify scanning.

[Grinner Hester]

make it black and white, speed it up a bit then add the film look/scratch of yur choice. As mentioned BCC has some options and sapphire has some great film looks of all flavors. You can always just luma key scratches and hairs ya download.
I keep a a beta reel of variouls film scratches for this purpose.

[Grinner Hester]

First, try reloading your current version of MC> If thatr no worky, you’ll have to download a newer version that fixes that bug (and introduces new bugs)

[Grinner Hester]

If ya mix it down and send it to sorenson squeeze, you’ll have far better handles on everything.
If exporting striaght outta Avid, you prolly wanna use the sorenson codec, depending on where it’s goin’.

[Grinner Hester]

You can bring this up any way you wanna word but it will translate to “laugh at me then never hire me again.”
Wish em the best and stay top of mind, should another project surfice. You can negotiate your way out of the gig at that time.

[Grinner Hester]

I assume it’s a project for school.
It’s why Jaba cracked me up, really.