Mike Cohen
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More important than a deposit is explaining to the client in writing the purpose and refund policy. I have had projects that were cancelled at the 11th hour but we already rented equipment and reserved freelance crew. I make sure to tell my client that after a certain point in time there may be some non-refundable expenses.
Get everything in writing.
Mike Cohen
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Thanks for the replies. We tried to hold SHIFT while Premiere starts, and deleting the saved workspaces to no avail. It does not matter what clip or video format is used – moving anything on a sequence freezes the program.
It did work at one point – nearly 100 projects were edited using CC 2015 and 2016. After 2016 this problem started. There have no doubt been numerous Adobe and Windows updates since then.
I installed CS6 to see what happens and that version doesn’t even start.
Odd that Premiere is a problem but other Adobe apps are not.
I’ll uninstall and reinstall and see what happens.
Thanks
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As Mark pointed out, it is best to capture the laptop signal and in my experience we use a dedicated capture device – KiPro, Ninja, Pix – there are many options. A laptop generally has a computer-centric resolution so you need to scale it to a video resolution. Most video recorders only recognize 720 or 1080 – not 1024×768 for example. You can rent the scaler and recorder or get them from the AV company.
Mike Cohen
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The cuts are a little quick when changing locations – not sure you need transition but you can use the actions to help. I was taught to edit on the motion – let the car move out of frame, for example. Have some kind of establishing shot when changing location, even for a second or two before someone enters the scene. you seem to have shot this already so you have what you have.
It is currently a bit confusing what you are trying to show – I know it is just a sample clip – but the picture should be motivated by the story.
Mike Cohen
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There has been plenty of reporting recently about automation and robots replacing many human jobs. To some degree this seems plausible – manufacturing automation is not new. AI-powered automation and something called RPA – Robotic Process Automation, are going to reduce the number of humans required in factories. Machines will predict when they need repairs before the defect occurs – Minority Report for robots. Having just re-watched 2001, I wonder how long it will take an AI computer to do something malicious.
There are now robots that can pick crops, eliminating the migrant workers who do a lot of this work currently. As AI gets better Skynet can’t be far behind!
However the notion that a computer and robot might replace a doctor or lawyer seems like science fiction. Surgical robots are very popular but those are controlled by a person. Like self-driving cars, there are so many subtle nuances that would be a challenge for a computer to recognize – currently. There may be a neural net in some MIT lab that will prove me wrong.
50 to 100 years from now some of what the article proposes may be closer to reality. Most of us will be gone by then, so it will be up to future generations to learn what will really happen.
Mike Cohen
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on a perfectly smooth floor you could use a wheelchair with a person holding the camera
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Shoot for your intended audience – HD or 4K or whatever, and use the historical footage in a box on a black background or some graphic made to hold it. Zooming in on something that is not scanned from film will result in a blurry image. You might get away with scaling to fit the height, but not the width of HD video.
Good luck.
Mike Cohen
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As other have said, re-creating what you see in a Hollywood movie can be a challenge. There is a reason blockbuster movies cost a lot of money – they don’t try to do a $50,000 dolly shot for $120.
Try to do what you can do for what you can do it for. In other words, if you have $120 to work with, make the best $120 shot you can, but don’t expect $50,000 of results.
A gimbal might work on a wide lens, but as other have said a longer prime lens is going to be near impossible to keep steady without proper support.
Good luck and let us know what you were able to achieve.
Mike Cohen
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Check out Gentibus – it will scan your hard drive and create a searchable catalogue of folders and files. It won’t organzie anything but it may be a good first step just to know what you have.
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good to know – thanks