Kevin Rossiter
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Paul … Andy and Richard are right.
Can I add a short story?
A producer colleague negotiated with EMI to use a semi-famous pop tune.
The EMI agent said it’d be around £2,000GBP, after asking who the client was and how much he guessed he could milk them for
The producer went back to the client who agreed to the £2k extra spend as they really liked the music.
Two months later when the editing is being done, the producer reverts back to EMI and asks for the final release forms.
The EMI agent says the price is now £4,000 GBP!
This was straight brinkmanship by the EMI agent, reckoning to milk extra budget from a client.
It was legal as the Agent had carefullyavoided finally closing the contract that had been verbally agreed 2 month’s previous.
He’d obviously used this move before, increasing the price at the 11th hour.
In the event, the client turned him down and they switched to using a different tune – something acceptable from deWoolf in the royalty free market (as Andy and Richard suggest above).
But it was a big pain, and a source of exasperation / embarrassment.
It’s so easy to get gulled when you don’t have experience.
Which is why royalty free solutions are the best option.
btw deWoolf are pretty good (no relation, I just like their selections)
good luck = kevin
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Not quite on topic, but when we wanted some cheesy retro music, we wrote it ourselves.
Start with a twangy Chuck Berry guitar riff, and work it up to a 15 second jingle … wooo!!!
kevin
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Hope it’s okay to bring this thread slightly back to life, but people’s views on awards, especially their cost, or their meaningfulness or validity, or even their concerns over which awards to submit for, are all things to consider.
Like a few here I’ve won quite a lot of corporate video and multimedia awards, mostly because I’ve been in the game for a while.
All of these awards came from clients or contractors who submitted, not from me.
Which nicely took care of the registration fee! (often a few hundred quid)
And it makes sense because:
> Clients who commission corporate video or communications are generally the more ambitious types, who’d like public credit for their production. Government / local govt types are keen on this sort of thing.
> Clients who commission video generally have more budget and can afford to pay award registration fees.
> Some companies actually task their directors and senior people with winning awards, as it overall brings credit to their company. They say “right, we want four awards this year. Gottit?!”
On my side, I don’t press them to enter.
But there are many creative moments in a production when you know things are going well (goose bump time with client during filming or scripting, anyone?), and it’s natural to say “this is award winning stuff”
From then on the client works out the rest for themselves.
And with a bit of luck, you might win something.
The quality of the awards can vary.
But when your production beats a big brand name to win, or the award is international, then it’s a good feeling.
And while you get the occasional “Industry Sector No-one’s Ever Heard Of” Video Award, it’s still a nice feeling.
Of course you can always refuse your award if you feel strongly enough about it 🙂
Now then … who’d like me to mail them a $100 plaque 🙂 🙂 🙂
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Matthew … I’m not sure if this is what you’re looking for.
Being a compulsive scriptwriter, it’s a Company Video Handbook I wrote last year.
You can view the Contents Page here.
https://www.rossiterandco.com/CorporateProducer/CompanyVideoHandbook/CompanyVideoHandbook.htm
It’s free, and it’s (hopefully) fairly comprehensive.
You’re welcome to refer to it if it’s useful to you.
I’d be interested in your opinion too.
Or anyone else’s opinion who’s happening by.
Feel free to chuck ideas back at me.
thanx = kevin
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grin … I agree with you completely here.
Speak to them and tell them your rates.
Like many here, I get many emails offering voice, acting, camera, animation, design, and various video multimedia services.
They get filed somewhere 😉
The ones that get past my attention threshold are those that:
a) call me up
b) make me an offer I can’t refuse.
Although our production company is doing okay, video and multimedia work is tougher to find and tender margins much tighter.
So I need to hear from people who plaster their best rate right up front, and make me a great offer.
But – and here’s the rub – most applicants say “hmmm … I negotiate on an individual job basis. Tell me about a job first, then I’ll make an offer”
This is answering my question with a question.
It might have worked 2 years ago, but today. No thanks.
I hope I don’t sound too harsh, but I need great rates as well as great skills, and I need to know inside 30 seconds
Tell me your rate, tell me your link, and maybe, just maybe …
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