Mark Raudonis
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COW Coins
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75% longer in running time does NOT equate to a 75% higher bill. Yes, you’ve spent more time on it than
planned, but if it’s 75% more time…. why weren’t you addressing this the minute you went over schedule?The “overage” clause in your contract should have been triggered the minute you felt that this was going
wildly out of control. To whine about it now is both unprofessional, and probably unproductive. You’re going to piss off the client, because they’ll be shocked by an unexpected bill, and you will waste your time pursuing money that you’ll probably never see.Finally, maybe the running time really doesn’t matter. If it’s NOT for broadcast, then the exact running time may be irrelevant and the client might be happy with what they’ve got. You’re the one that’s been
screwed because you didn’t speak up in a timely manner.It’s called “Show Business”. Time to start paying attention to the “business” part.
Mark
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Brad,
No difference between writing and a personal appearance on camera for an interview. It’s still his
intellectual property to do with as he sees fit. (Unless he signed a release waiving those rights… which I doubt).I agree with Harlan here. Pay to play. I’ve received some of those calls begging/pleading to use footage we’ve created. I don’t know if it’s stupidity or audacity that compels people to act this way, but it sucks.
Harlan’s point here is the hypocrisy of the people asking for a freebie. They’re getting a check, so why shouldn’t he?
Mark
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I’m with Tom on this one…. BAD idea.
We regularly work with a team of editors on the same show, but these are hour long shows that can
be broken up into acts. Everyone gets their own 6-10 minute chunk to work on. When done, we just
combine them together into one long timeline.There is no way that I know of for two people to be working on the exact same timeline simultaneously.
Think about it. One editor’s cuts would overwrite and invalidate the other editor’s work.I’m curious how you think this could work creatively? How do you get two editors working on the same 3:00 piece at the same time?
Mark
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Jim,
If you’re 100% confident of needing JUST two systems, then you can simply connect the two computers with an ethernet cable and you’re done. No switches needed. Just cable the two ethernet ports on the computer together. Google “Sharing two computers” over ethernet for the details.
Of course, everyone’s needs change, and your “two computers” today will become “several” tomorrow. In that case, perhaps you should spring for a switch. But… if you just want to get through this project , then
one cable is all you need for just two computers.Mark
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This will do the trick.
https://www.tascam.com/products/fw-1082.html
It’s a “control Surface”, AND a mixer. You get the best of both worlds.
mark
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[Cory Caplan] “Resisting the urge to say the things that are actually in my head”
Go ahead and let it out! Your client is a technical moron and doesn’t know what they’re talking about!
No such thing as “layers” on a video tape. Once an image is committed to video, it is what it is. There’s no way to “pick apart” the elements that made up the image. That’s why we save and archive the projects!
Mark
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[Craig Seeman] “I think in the long run files will be easier to retrieve even as codecs come and go. Retrieving a file in a legacy codec isn’t going to be the ordeal that playing a legacy tape will be. “
Gotta disagree with you here, Craig. We have a show that’s going into it’s 23rd season. As you can imagine, our vault contains quite a few “ancient tape formats”. I can go in there and pull an original beta SP tape, shot in 1991, throw it in a current digibeta machine and still retrieve everything.
In contrast, many of the early “logging files” were done on computers using DOS! When’s the last time you used DOS? Hell, I can’t even find a computer that can open these files. I’m sure if I tried hard enough I could, but don’t underestimate how quick file based formats become unretrievable.
This is going to be a HUGE problem moving forward. I don’t have any answers, but I know that years from now somebody’s going to be making a bunch of money doing archive file recovery/translation.
Mark
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Tim,
Walk into a room with a mirror. Turn around. Look back over your shoulder.
See that “KICK ME” sign taped to your back?
Mark
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Adam,
If the “blowout” is as bad as you describe, there is NO quick fix. It would probably be faster to
just reshoot! You could spend hours trying to fix this and still never get as good results as a
reshoot.Good luck.
Mark
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Airport?
mark