[Jay Huubs]

Thank you both for taking the time to respond. You gave me the answer I was hoping for. Hopfully all goes well. I have back-up measure just in case. Fail to plan, plan to fail.

“Life’s a pitch and then you buy.”
-Billy Mays

[Jay Huubs]

Thanks for the insight. What I used to do was film the event, then edit it into a broadcast of the game so fans could watch at other times. Then the league would distrubite the show to a local bars so they could show it on their TVs. However, the league decided that they couldn’t afford to pay me to edit the event, and just continued to pay me to film and use the footage for training. So this year I was just the shooter and handed over the raw media, which was fine, but I’d like to make some more money to cover the cost of doing business. So my idea was to pay them to film it, in the round about way that they wouldn’t have to pay me to film, but still got the footage, and I could edit and sell DVDs on my own.

“Life’s a pitch and then you buy.”
-Billy Mays

[Jay Huubs]

Thanks everyone for the great advice. That’s the one great thing about this site, people are always willing to give some helpful advice. And you guys are right, once it’s shot, it’s shot. And once it’s paid for, it’s paid for. The details should be worked out before hand, not in hind-sight. Thanks again everyone.

“Life’s a pitch and then you buy.”
-Billy Mays

[Jay Huubs]

Thanks for the advice. I wasn’t looking for the “legal” definition, more of “what would you do”. I guess my issue is that they are always coming back asking me to this or do that on footage already shot. I guess the easy way around is to give them copies of the tapes after the shoot and then if they would like me to do something else, I can charge them. My other concern is that if they choose to use my footage in a commercial produced by another editor, who gets pinched if he uses music he doesn’t have the rights too? I asume it would be him since he produced the piece in question. My other thought are since my prices are so low, they only get the finished product. Then if they want to rip stuff out of that video, they are welcome too. The real answer is to always put this down in a contract. Thanks for the thoughts.

“Life’s a pitch and then you buy.”
-Billy Mays

[Jay Huubs]

I just found the Live & Stage Events forum. I shall look for an answer there. But if anyone has a great testimonial, I would appreciate it!!!

“Life’s a pitch and then you buy.”
-Billy Mays

[Jay Huubs]

So you’re suggesting to shoot all white sand, then change the color of the sand using editing software? I’m not sure if I have the juice to do that. I am just using FCE. How would you change the sand without changing the background?

“Life’s a pitch and then you buy.”
-Billy Mays

[Jay Huubs]

I saw a Lowe’s spot yesterday that had me chomping at the bit to say how genius it is. The spot is for Lowe’s and they are playing at how everyone is stuggling financialy. So they show a shot of their name on the building “Lowe’s” and then super-impose (sp) a T at the end of their name, to spell Lowest, as in lowest prices. They use a push broom, a car air freshener, and other items that look like T’s. Now I don’t know who in the chain came up with the idea, but it strikes as so simple it’s awesome.

“Life’s a pitch and then you buy.”
-Billy Mays

[Jay Huubs]

Thanks for the advice guys. I look forward to beefing up my knowledge of the video world, and I believe, as Frank Costanza says, “This is the place to be.”

“Life’s a pitch and then you buy.”
-Billy Mays