[Jeffrey F. krepner]

Check out these threads from yesterday… (Hard drive, DVD, or DLT tape is about it for now)

https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=193&postid=857978
https://forums.creativecow.net/cgi-bin/new_read_post.cgi?forumid=193&postid=857977

[Jeffrey F. krepner]

Todor,

I would be very interested and I did some beta testing years back. Oh, I am running Vegas 6 on a Dell 3.0 (with Hyper Threading) and 1 gig of RAM. I have some fairly heavy effects work coming up that would serve as a good test scenario. (Client isn’t picky – they just tell me to do some “cool” stuff). Vegas doesn’t have too many plug Ins, so this seems like a great product.

Let me know.

Jeff
jeffrey.krepner@verizon.net

[Jeffrey F. krepner]

Steve, that’s interesting. How is it attached to your NLE station(s)?

[Jeffrey F. krepner]

So I guess the thought is to shoot more disciplined to begin with (and I’m so guilty of not) and then dump the stuff to cheap hard drives (the cheapest per gig you can find), then as blue-ray comes around maybe use that a permanent resting place. Still seems like a lot of copying, but no digitizing. I guess it’s even.

[Jeffrey F. krepner]

Mccaincow, perhaps I misspoke. I think you have every reason to shoot with whichever camera you choose for whatever reason you see fit. I didn’t mean to be so inflammatory with my statement. Rereading my post, I realize my comment about the 11 day doc was poorly stated and just rude and had nothing to do with my real thought of “how to store after shooting.” I think since you can use your old batteries with the new rig it makes it worth while for that reason alone. Plus you said the codec WILL be an issue as well as your use of variable frame rates. My right tool comment was my attempt to speak to the fact that so many people get caught up with “camera vs. camera” debates and miss the point that different cameras have different strengths and weaknesses. One popular option (if it’s not it should be) in cameras in this price range is to buy the camera, use until you are done with it, and then sell it after the project has been finished. I know someone that did that with an FX1 and only lost a few hundred bucks…. and the person that bought it got a like-new camera with warranty left. I don’t think he uses the $25 tapes… more like the mid-line Sony tapes. (just a thought)

Sorry about the whole doc thing.

Jeff

[Jeffrey F. krepner]

Rob, we both must be drinking the same coffee this morning. I posted a similar question a few minutes after you did. (I swear I didn’t see your post until after I submitted mine, I guess I took too long to gather my thoughts and hit send. Ha Ha)

Jeff

[Jeffrey F. krepner]

I got your back Bob, I’m in Baltimore and I can vouch for the quality of our bay. Actually… scratch that, I can’t say I want to swim in it, but I do enjoy steamed crabs and crab cakes, so I guess it’s okay to eat from it. Who knows? All that I know is I got a “Maryland Style” crabcake in LA and had to laugh when the waiter didn’t know what Old Bay was.

[Jeffrey F. krepner]

Thanks again guys, some good ideas here.

Jeff

[Jeffrey F. krepner]

Bob, the check is in the mail. (Do you take Venezuelan bolivars?)

(mind dump) Thinking about it again, I’m going to talk to the owner today and see if we can change things up. If it’s a trade show for coffee industry insiders, they know what roasting coffee looks like, so showing the big roasting machine isn’t going to impress anyone in attendance. I mean, it does show that my client isn’t a fly by night organization, but there isn’t much reason to spend but a few seconds on the process.

After spending a few hours looking at stock images and footage, I’m still not sure where this is going. Most stock houses have pictures of people drinking coffee, coffee cups, and raw beans. Unlike, say Rich’s architectural video, there isn’t much detail to zoom in on or focus on. If I was dealing with large 2K/3K sized files of buildings or landscapes I could pan/scan around, but a person standing there drinking coffee doesn’t really need clarifying thru a zoom.

Perhaps I need to get creative as Bob and Mark have suggested.

Thanks.

[Jeffrey F. krepner]

Rich, I agree this might be a graphic/still piece. The booth is designed to look like a coffee shop, more Star Bucks than “Central Perk” (NBC-Friends) – so it looks clean and contemporary. I lowered my shooting rate and increased my editing rate in the quote I sent them in anticipation of using mostly stock house stuff. I mentioned that the images we buy can be used by them for future projects, and in fact, their web guy said he some images already as well logos and other promo stuff I can use as elements. I agree that seeing the coffee being roasted isn’t really all that sexy, and their warehouse/coffee roasting area isn’t all that great visually anyway, so now I have to figure out how to take pictures of coffee and make it interesting enough to grab people’s attention. Someone else suggested I make 2 or 3 shorter videos and alternate between exciting eye-candy videos and informative videos. (one to grab attention and one to inform)

Bob and Mark,

I love you ideas of the sexy woman fixing coffee intercut with coffee brewing and the jazz-themed video. I’m afraid there isn’t enough time to get something like that together. The tradeshow is Feb 24th. Maybe next time.

Thanks for the ideas everyone.

Jeff