Larry Melton
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I like to give clients a range they can expect to pay. In this case, I would estimate somewhere between $500.00 and $500,000.
Merry Christmas,
Dean
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Like most of the others, I found the visuals in the piece to flow pretty well. The only thing that bothered me about it was the narrator. I found his voice and delivery to be very “newsy”. This is the kind of subject – not straight news, but an interpretation of information from the filmmaker’s point of view – that would really benefit greatly from the kind of delivery that an actor brings. As I watched this I imagined various voices doing the material – not huge stars, but accomplished actors like James Cromwell, John Heard, Tom Skerrit. Obviously, you’re not going to get anyone like that, but even someone from your local civic theatre group can command attention and better complement your visuals for this material. My .02.
As an academic project, you did an excellent job. You should be proud.
Dean
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If you’re editing on Avid, there’s a plug-in called StageTools Moving Picture that will allow you to make the kind of moves you want, using files larger than 720 x 486, much as you would in AE. Don’t know much more about it, but you can buy it at Toolfarm for about $250.
Congrats on the upcoming nuptials. I’ll be celebrating 25 years of wedded bliss next month and wish I had some video of our wedding!
Dean
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It’s for your own quick reference to the battery charge status. When a battery dies, we switch it to red : “red is dead”.
Dean
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You need to depend on the station for this information. They have deals with BMI and ASCAP (or whatever groups apply) that allow them to play the music in exchange for royalties. Those deals may include the use of music for promotional materials. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a TV spot for a radio station (music format)that did not include clips of the music that they played. If you think about it, any music that you use to promote the station is actually benefitting the artists as well, because they make royalties on what the station plays, so it would make sense to allow the music to be used in that manner.
The radio station management should be able to help you out with a clear-cut ruling on this.
Dean