Jeffrey Gould
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Bob, the warehouse was just a for instance and yes brick/textured walls could give a lot of possibilities with colored gels.
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Orin, I think you misunderstood…my trip this week is just to present myself, my work and to see their facility…so in that way, it is a spec and I have no problem flying on my “dime”.
The questions was that if I book the job, can I then present a proposal with an added line item of “Travel Expenses” even though I gave them a verbal for the project? From what I got from some of the posts here, is that they are two separate things, the work and the travel. You made some great points about honesty and client perceptions and I’m known by family and friends as “honest to a fault”. Does my explanation change your views about adding the travel at all?
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These people don’t seem petty and what from I heard their office is decorated very high end…so it seems they aren’t afraid to spend money on things they deem worth it. I’ll go for the $1k and if they balk, I’ll say “how about split it?”. Thanks Mike.
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Thanks Mike, I agree with all you wrote…I would never suggest that they use local, was just playing devils advocate. Since I’m working on a written proposal, I will write it out just the way you suggested…which is what I’ve done in the past.
Craig, great points and I don’t want to come across as not trustworthy by making changes. What if I offer to split it with them…saying “I realize I left this is out of my verbal quote, but would you be kind enough to split the expenses with me?” I’m not a greedy person and have always gone for the long term relationship over an initial big project and then nothing. Thank you for your insight, this forum and it’s members is priceless.
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Thank you for replying. Being two states away, I’m not sure if they’ll be a repeat client, at least not for shooting…maybe re-editing, re purposing the video. I really wanted to have this client under my belt so that I could approach other Plastic Surgeons…I already have one, but two is that much better.
Very good point about the actual travel time, but again, I did charge that in the past…this client seems to be maxed out at $25K, it will cost me $10K in outsourced talents and DVD replication and travel, so $15K is left…is it still worth it? sure, but it would be more worth it if it were $16K…but not at the expense of the deal.
I guess my fear was that they would say “if that’s the case, we’ll just use local people”…although I’m offering a lot and have worked with a Plastic Surgeon before and they like what I’ve done.
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Hi Mike, You might want to ask this question in the Adobe Acrobat forum…they are really helpful and knowledgeable. Ironically I just asked yesterday how to have a patient fill out medical forms and submit online using a CGI Script.
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Mark, You’re very modest…a nice quality. There might be others out there who know what you know, but you express yourself in a very eloquent and concise manner.
The most bizarre thing happened this morning…I received a phone call about shooting a seminar for nurses (different video than my original question)and she is going have power point throughout the entire 6 hour seminar with 5 presenters. I told her that you can fit two hours of decent quality on a DVD and that she would 1 DVD for each speaker. Do you agree there is no other way around this?
Then she asked for a price, so I told her I’d get back to her with a proposal by the end of the day. I know there are a lot of Grey areas when it comes to pricing, but do you think $6K is too much? This is for a 2 camera shoot, with at least 4 mics, lighting and post production, which includes multi cam editing, titles and the encoding/burning of 5 separate DVD’s.
I can’t see doing it for less, but not sure of the client’s expectations…sticker shock. I told her that “people think shooting a seminar is a simple process, but there are a lot of elements involved and you want it to look professional…if not, you should get a camcorder and do it yourself.”
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Mark…you’re amazing. I hope you’re successful, because you deserve to be. I’m sure I’m not the only one who appreciates all the time and knowledge you give to “us” on the Cow. Thank you.
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Gary/Mark, I asked about that, so that we could have a controlled environment and she said the instructors “work” better when they have an audience to play off of. I just wrote her and asked about the power points and wrote a company about renting a Scan Converter. I’m thinking the 2nd camera should be at 3 or 9 O’Clock to capture the teacher and students and I would be at 6 in the back of the room.
Then there is the whole legality issue, with filming nursing students in the class. Not sure how to handle the Q of the Q&A soundwise. It might be awkward passing a mic around, then again they do it on TV. In the past i have setup a mic on a stand and the people who wanted to ask questions would come up to the mic. Thanks for the replies.
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Thank you Mark, I agree 100% with all you said. Yes, I hate the zoom in, zoom out look…I like to cut it like a live TV show: cut to camera 2, camera one goes in for CU, then cut to that camera and have camera 2 pick up another shot. I don’t think I will have the luxury of saying “can we do that again from another angle”.
I would have to use wireless mics so they are free to move around. Not sure if a boom hanging from above would help as they are very dynamic and move a lot.
Speaking of Power Point, are there any new ways of importing a PP into Premiere? I used to convert each slide into a BMP, but it takes a quality hit. Would something like Camtasia work? Now I need to look around to rent the same or similar camera that I own: a Sony DVCAM 450WSL. I’m thinking 4:3 would be the way to go, since it will used in a classroom setting and not sure they will have a Plasma or LCD screen. Thanks again.
Jeffrey S. Gould
Action Media Productions