John Baumchen
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When I first started out doing professional video, I contacted every wedding consultant, bridal shop I could find to see if they would let me put up a display of my services in their shop.
A few already had a business relationship with my competitors but I found one the was a new business and three others that were looking for someone like me. I had some contest forms printed up and supplied 1000 forms to each bridal shop with a free wedding video contest poster and entry box. I did one free video from each bridal shop and had lots of warm leads for follow up sales calls. Only cost me about $350 for the printing plus the free weddings which I wrote off as a marketing expenses.
It helped my business a great deal and kept my advertising expenses down.
Cheers.
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Count another vote for QuickBooks. My wife uses it in her business also. Besides being easy to set up and use, it makes tax time much lighter on the stress factor.
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Have they also told you that if you give’em a good deal on this one there would be great deals for you down the road?
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In my other life as a self employed producer/cameraman/editor/writer/accountant/……..I created a DVD and put samples up on a portfolio page.
As stated above, some prefer a DVD and some the web.
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I work for a large Government organization and we did a recruitment video not long ago similar to yours. We had facilities, computer services, education…..and such. Althought the video was being made for the HR dept. we controlled the process. For each segment, we had a subject matter expert, (SME), who was responsible for writing the voice over for their area. They were the only people who could make changes to their script, and only before shooting begins.
You’re idea of doing up a set of procedures is right on the money. It’s the first thing I did when I started here. The idea is to educate non-video types into what goes into making a video, the role and responsibilities of the SME, the video dept and such.
Good luck to you.
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Interseting.
If thieves can get by security to take things out of your bag, who else can slip through the security system to put someting IN your bag, on the plane? In a car, going to Maine.
Can you say increased taxes for ‘better’ security?
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Sorry Rick,
I re-read your question. I got off on a tangent regarding WFH. Hope it helps someone out though.
I wouldn’t touch this gig without everything spelled out in advance.
As for who owns the copyright to the video, I’d check with a lawer on that one.
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If you are employed by a company as a videographer, any video you shoot on a company project belongs to the company.
If you are an independent videographer, (self employed/freelance), in the absence of a written agreement between you and the client, YOU OWN THE COPYRIGHT. PERIOD.
In order for the client to own the copyright, there must be an agreement in place that specifically states that the job you are doing for the client is on a ‘Work For Hire’ basis. No WFH clause, it’s yours.
As stated before, it’s always good to have an agreement in place. I never mentioned in my agreements who owned the copyright of the raw footage. I did have one client who wanted a work for hire agreement. I charged triple my standard rate for the job and they were okay with that. As well, I never gave up the copyright to the finished video, unless the agreement stated it. I did give them an exclusive license with unlimited duplication rights after payment was received.
Regarding the training video you shot. If you pointed your camera at it and recorded it with intent of making a copy, you’re most likely in violation of copyright. If it is depicted as part of the background for a 5-10 second shot, I’d be inclined to say you’re o.k.
Here are some good links on the issue copyright law.
https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#wccc
https://www.photolaw.net/faq.html
https://www.benedict.com/Cheers.
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Rob,
Here is a website of an article written by an Attorney on the subject as if you were doing the hiring of a work for hire contractor.
https://www.copylaw.com/new_articles/wfh.html
I think it sums it up pretty well that a work for hire has to be a specific agreement.