Malcolm Matusky
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Just tried to import a “nested” project, did not accomplish what I wanted. The scratch track is still the only audio track that came with the video? Strange.
The “clip” rendered as it was imported, but my new synced audio did not “marry” with the pix. What step am I missing? Is this even possible?
Thank you in advance,
M
Malcolm
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The specific dollar amount depends upon your area, local competition, your experience, and capitalization of equipment.
As a (former) freelancer, I never met a producer/client that thought they were paying too little, no matter how cheap your rate was. It is your responsibility to charge enough to live well and demand it from your clients, they will always say it’s too much, and that may be true, for them, so what? It’s not your place to subsidize someone else’s lack of ability to budget a production.
Some people are just too cheap and don’t care about anyone but themselves. I have worked for producers that ALWAYS cried poverty, and later found out they owned 2 homes, an airplane, 5 cars, etc etc, they lived very large by not paying me enough to live in a crap apartment.
If you client thinks they have the right to set your rate, ask them if they will provide you with a room in their house, let you eat off their table, pay your health insurance, etc, etc.
Just a few thoughts on a tough dilemma for the “freelancer”
I no longer “frelance” I have my own “company” and my own equipment, but I generally work alone. I do not “work for hire” my clients hire my company, not me, I am not their “temp employee” I provide a service and that has helped me improve my situation.
Regards,
M
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Thanks’ I’ll try it today, though will that enable me to use “clips” in the trimmer, or will I still be working in the timeline for all my editing?
Regards,
M
Malcolm
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If you “produced” it, you’re the producer; those who pay for it are the “client.”
Everyone who is “involved” in making a film in Hollywood, and cannot be bothered to work on set is a “producer” a much abused title today. It can be equated with “buying” a title in medieval England, perhaps Lord and Lady xxx would be more accurate than “producer.”
Malcolm
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Why don’t you get a Canon D60 or Panasonic GH2, a few fast primes and use the DSLR for those scenes that require shallow depth of field, and use your video camera for the rest of your work? You don’t have to “change” over to a large sensor if you already own a decent video camera. Use it as a supplement to your work.
Malcolm
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The Olympus 4/3 lenses (not micro 4/3) do have a few “fast” zoom lenses worth looking at. You will need an adapter for the M 4/3 mount, do make sure all of the electronic functions work with the GH2!
Malcolm
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Sounds like you need to rent a DSLR rig for a day and test it for yourself!
Malcolm
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How many years have you been in business? At some point every firm has to dump records and non-performing assets. years ago 1″ tapes took up a lot of space and cost a fortune to ship back to clients, today a 1TB drive takes up little space and is cheap to ship back to a client. Go through your oldest stuff first and get rid of that, you will have to make a tough decision what is worth keeping and what you should dump.. No easy solution if you have limited storage space. 20 year old 1″, 3/4″ and Beta tapes may not even be playable today, that makes your decision somewhat easier.
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Malcolm
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People lie and steal in show business! 😉
Malcolm
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I bill the client up front for a 1TB drive and storage for their project, whether I actually list this as a line item depends, but everyone pays for a drive and storage.
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Malcolm