Mick Haensler
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[Sam Lesante Jr.] “So does anyone have a quirky, cool show name.”
Are you nuts?? How long have you been on Thee Cow?? This is just asking for trouble. No good can come of this….
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Me: “And what format would you like me to deliver the final product to you
Customer: VCRuh
Me: Do you mean VHS tape?
Customer: No, VCRuh
Me: I don’t know what that means, do you want a tape that plays on a VCR??
Customer: I want it on VCRuh!!
Me: DVD?
Customer: NO….VCRuh!!Mick Haensler
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It ain’t just you Nick. COW ROCKS!! Plain and simple.
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My gut reaction is indie documentaries.
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[Alan Okey] “I suspect that clients might be somewhat less demanding than I think they are. They’re asking for us to be broad, not deep. “
Well said. More and more my “breadth” of skill sets is landing me jobs versus my expertise in one particular area. I just landed a job doing a butt load of digital signage content that includes a ton of motion graphics and I am in no way shape or form a motion graphics “artist”. However, the organization doesn’t require nor can they afford a true artist. They are ecstatic at the quality of my work and more so my price. They get what they need and can afford and I get to immerse myself in this area and get paid some coin to boot. They also need a live event director and a systems consultant which is something else I do reasonably well. Bottom line is they don’t need a Mercedes so why pay for one. There is some back end producing ad spots on the signage network which is something else I do. They also need some still photography which is another service I offer.
I compare myself to a buddy of mine who was a Nashville sideman or utility guy if you will. He plays more than 10 instruments proficiently but would never claim to be a virtuoso on anything. While he never made top dollar or rose to stardom, he was always busy and had a comfortable life. While I would love to focus on one area and really excel there, I just don’t see that as a practicality in my market right now. Fortunately I also have outlets that are strictly creative endeavors that feed my artistic soul.
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Ditto on the Zeiss glass. Get the fastest you can afford too.
On a different note, Michael, why is the chick in the video playing a B3 when there’s no B3 in the mix? The banjo in the beginning?? What’s that all about?? The image quality is great though, excellent color grading as well…
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[Jason Griffith] “What’s the average going rate for someone of my skill set and experience in the LA area?” “
I personally don’t know. With the industry in the state it is, rates are all over the board all over the country. It’s bizzaro world, up is down, right is left. If it were me, LA would be the last place I would be going. A fella can’t swing a dead cat without hittin a bartender or waiter who’s an out of work production person. I lost my crew a few years back to LA, only one of them is working in his intended field right now.
I’d go into acting if I were you. Much more stable.
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I just did a shoot where I was doing a fireside scene where I didn’t want to blow out the fire yet not have noise in the blacks. It all came down to lighting and F stop like everyone is saying. Once I got my F stop at around 4, the grain disappeared. I have found on the EX it is noisier at F1.9 at -3 db gain than at F4 with 6 db of gain. So don’t be afraid to use gain with higher F stops, it doesn’t necessarily mean noise. The other thing I’ve found is that if I’m downconverting final product to DVD, even if there is some noise in the blacks, it will more than likely disappear once downconverted and viewed on a standard TV. I have good HD monitors that show EVERYTHING so while it may look like garbage on them, I don’t trash footage until I’ve fully color corrected a short clip, burned a DVD, and looked at it on a standard TV. Now if you’re going for HD distribution, that’s a different story. Still though, check a short clip on the final viewing medium before you trash it.
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[Matt Sturns] “I’ve had the exact same problem. Kingston 6in1 w/ Transcend 16GB with red stripe (that I know now to be not compatible with EX). I have tried all above including a SD Card reader and placing directly into the SD card slot in a PC. No luck whatsoever. Anyone suggestions? “
Are we reading the same thread?
Myumbodogfaceinthebananapatch!!
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Posts like this should not be tolerated on any civilized forum. The Cow is OUTTA CONTROL!!
Mick Haensler
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