Jason Jenkins
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[Tom Galli] “The 15′ was based on having something wide enough to shoot a full person head-to-toe. The space where we’re planning to hang has a clearance of 7’6″, and working with a (roughly) 2:1 aspect ratio, that gave me 15′.”
As far as the green-screen is concerned, there is not much point in having 15′ wide fabric for a head-to-toe shot. You just need something wide enough to fill in behind the talent, then crop out the non-green background in post.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
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[Sohrab Sandhu] “So this adapter can’t come off?”
It should unscrew in a counter-clockwise direction.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
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Bob,
I just got one of the SmallHD DP6 monitors. I have called or emailed them several times and they have always called or emailed back, although sometimes it is the next day. I have found them to be quite helpful and responsive –and I really like the monitor too.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
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[Sohrab Sandhu] “Is there a possibilty that hvx might have an adapter in the front of the lens? I noticed a black ring which says 82mm adapter. I tried taking it off but it wont come off.”
It sounds like it does have an adapter ring already installed. If that is the case, then it’s no wonder you can’t get the 82mm ring on. I took a quick picture of the lens of my HVX so you can compare yours. Mine is bare w/no adapters. HVX Lens
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
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Well, the HVX 200 definitely has an 82mm thread diameter. Where did you get the piece that doesn’t fit? Can you return it? I suggest ordering what you need directly from Letus.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
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[Ned Miller] “This will be going to the C level of a Fortune 500 and I’ve seen proposals that other industries have presented, sections on bios, timelines, etc. and I would like to have something pro like that.”
Ned, sometimes I wonder why I spend hours and hours putting together a fabulous proposal when they are just going to pick the one with the lowest price anyway. They always say they love my work, but price is king. Here’s hoping you have better potential clients than I do!
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
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[Sean Simms] “the softness of the frame was explained to me by the sales person…I was thinking of cropping that out in editing…”
If you are going to crop in post, then just crop in post and skip the hard matte on the camera. What you can do for framing purposes is to create a camera monitor overlay with frosted acetate or even scotch tape to show you where the borders of your image will be.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
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I like the new site, Grinner. One-man-band here too. My site seems to be getting a lot of traffic lately. Unfortunately, it’s people looking for jobs! They keep emailing me their dang resumes.
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
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[Ron Lindeboom] “That is one of the reasons that over the years, Kathlyn and I have continued working with some of the companies that we believed in that were in dire straits and we had to carry them for a while. Most all of them — oh, there were rare exceptions — stayed with us once they recovered and once again had money to spend.”
Interesting that this subject came up now. Just yesterday I got a call from a client that I produced a promotional video for last year. They are a start-up and I knew at the time that they were spending the last of their money to pay me. Nevertheless, they paid me well and I made a great video for them. Since then, they have been working on procuring some government contracts. In our conversation yesterday, they again expressed appreciation for my video work, which has been their best sales tool. But, they were afraid that their hastily created website had the potential for leaving a bad impression. I offered to spend a few hours upgrading their website –on deferred payment. They can pay me when they get the next contract. If they don’t get a contract, they don’t owe me.
Today my client got a call from a company who had a potential job for them next week in Texas. Cringing inside, he gave them the URL so they could check out the website. He had to bite his tongue to keep himself from making excuses for the shoddy website. After he got off the phone with the prospect, he went to look at his website, hoping to convince himself that it really wasn’t that bad. Lo and behold, it had been transformed! He didn’t know it, but last night after our conversation, I stayed up until after 3am tweaking their website. I added in some nice graphical elements that I had used in their video, fixed about 20 misspelled words and even rewrote some of the copy. It won’t win any web design awards, but it is much improved. He was very happy.
It made me feel great! And when the contracts come in for them, guess who they will be calling for more video work!
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
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[Neil Myers] “Jason:
Thanks! That works perfectly. Now I will go find some tutorials on track mattes so I fully understand for future projects.
Also, great eyes on the typo. This was a stock video, so I will return for a refund and find a better option.”
You’re welcome!
[Neil Myers] “I love Creative Cow. What a great resource.”
I agree!
Jason Jenkins
Flowmotion Media
Video production… with style!