John Baumchen
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We had narrowed the selection between an Aberdeen and Enhance system. Then our IT dept decided that they could help us out, (the boss, a non video type, loves the idea), and I’m not so sure they’re up to speed on the requirements for a SAN to handle video. Neither am I for that matter but having read a few posts in this forum, do know about the data vs. video requirements. I’m trying to rapidly come up to speed so I can communicate with the data people of what our requirements are so they don’t muck up my workflow.
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We always ship the gear out a week in advance via FedEx. What a joy it is not to have to handle and look after multiple cases of gear at the airport.
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You didn’t say what you were using for editing. I use Adobe Premiere CS4 and output video in the form of Adobe Clipnotes. Works like a charm and I get xml data back of client comments that goes onto my edit timeline.
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Face to face? It doesn’t get any better than that to sell yourself and your services. People do business with people they know and trust. If you can’t get face time in with a potential client, how are they ever going to get to know you?
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I’ve been contemplating canceling my sat tv service for a couple of months now, but have been delaying it to do a perception check. After reading the above, posts it’s become clear. It’s gotta go. I mean do I really need 7 home shopping channels, 8 faith channels, 6 sports channels, 5 channels in a language I can’t understand, and specialty channels that aren’t?
Thanks for the posts. Just made my decision a lot easier.
Cheers.
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Well done.
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The memories just came flooding back. 10-12 hours on your feet running all day, into the night. 40 hours of editing, dealing with bride and momzilla.
I did my last wedding over 12 years ago, was talking to the photographer who was being paid $5K to do stills! I had to dicker and negotiate like I’d never had to before to get paid $2100 for 6 days work. I alomst put the video camera away to grab the Nikon but decided I really didn’t want to do weddings.
Good luck to those who feel inclined to enter the world of wedding video.
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The norm is what we make it. There are a lot of people who, despite what the copyright law states, thinks it’s the norm to hand over all the raw footage and rights to the client without a work-for-hire clause in the agreement.
If people in the industry start handing over the source and project files for their compositions, making it the norm, then the whole industry is going to begin the slippery slope of declining prosperity. The lowballers win and everybody looses.
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If your agreement was for a final clip, I would call the director and discuss it with him and remind him in a diplomatic way that the agreed services didn’t include source files.
If this is a regular client that offers a possibility of future work, you might want to negotiate a higher, much higher, like 5-10-50 times the original price. It’s your talent, vision, and experience that enables you to produce the kind of end product they want to use. Giving up the project files is giving them you secret sauce.
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Thanks. I haven’t wrapped my head around expressions yet. I loved the variety and how easy it was to use.
Cheers.