Milton Hockman
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why do they bundle a piece of software that doesnt work???
i’d like to try encore but then i’d have to pay for it. trying to use what we got at our shop without spending more money.
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right now i have final cut 5. will that work with the AVCHD files?
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no I/o card. just running through firewire through a dv camcorder.
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when the timeline is in HD mode it looks great! but i am not working that way. I need to work SD. if i change it to SD the footage looks degraded motion artifacts.
i used the software that came with the camera EZ CLip Browser to convert the clips via the export to AAF or MXF, and imported to avid. Still look bad. Seems like it wants the timeline to be HD not SD.
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but it looks horrible. you’re saying by exporting as a quicktime they’ll look good?
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I think it just depends on the shop you are in. Some shops are very sectioned off: editor, producer, director, graphics, etc.
Other shops you do multiple tasks: edit and graphics, direct and shoot, shoot and edit.
But some places do try to take advantage or just don’t know what’s industry standard. For example, i saw an add in the paper for a local college looking for a person to Direct, Edit, Shoot, Produce all media for them. And guess what they were paying!! 40,000!! what a rip! First I thought, those types of people are rare to find (all skills) and when you do, you’re only paying them just above an Edit II salary!
So, just depends on the company you work for and what “you” want to do. If you don’t like it, try and find another job where you only edit. or produce, which you prefer.
Personally, I think its a valuable skill that you have learned as a Preditor. When i was coming up through the ranks, I learned everything. I can edit, shoot, direct, produce, create websites, compress for the web, design print ads, etc. And so I started my own business because “I” can do all those things and get paid what I am worth.
With your skills you can do way more with a project than just an editor. I say take those skills and start doing freelance on the side and slowly start your own business. You already know how to find clients and edit videos for them, so now get paid what “you’re worth!”
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here’s what i remember….and a good point about the book.
guy wants client. calls hims explains services. after another email or so, agrees to a presentation. does presentation, “real boss” couldn’t make it. lower level boss is sold. so book another presentation. gets canceled day of. so gets another presentation. big boss likes it says he’ll get back to him. blah blah blah blah. finally 2 months later, big boss says its a go. booked him.
so the point is, not to be annoying to clients but to learn that sometimes it does take “time” to get a big client. people are busy, things happen. imagine if the guy blew off the client because the big boss was never around.
its all about follow up. not annoying follow up, but soft follow up.
another example. not all contact with clients should be “give me more money!” the book talks about becoming “valuable to your clients.” as a resource.
for example, randomly send your clients links of interest. Got a client who sells cars? send him a link to a local car show – maybe he didn’t know about it. read an article in a magazine about a new hot rod?? cut it out and mail it to them.
those are types of tactics i got from the book that are valuable to any business. it shows your clients you are looking out for their interests, not just for more money.
do you get what I mean?
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i go to amazon for all my books. cause of the reviews and cause of the prices!
i love when i can get a great book for less than a buck!
to be honest, I read the book for FREE online. My library has an online ebook website and that’s how i accessed it. i did order a copy though because it has worksheets and such that i couldn’t print.
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This topic I posted has become very interesting to me. The way everyone is reacting.
I posted about the book I read to “help” those on the COW that are starting out and need some advice on how to “get clients.” You see posts on here all the time about how to get, keep, or revive clients.
This book offers solid advice on what you “should be doing” to solve those problems. Either you need to fill your pipeline, give better presentations, follow up better, close the sale, etc. Whatever you are faulting in, the book gives you ideas on how to improve in that area.
Yet, everyone is bashing the book and the advice given within and “have not read a single page.”
This forum (is of course) to help those with Business and Marketing and that’s all I’m trying to do. I read a book that opened my eyes to things I was doing wrong and wanted to share it.
It’s less than $10 bucks or Free at your local library. You should check it out.
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I think i exaggerated the numbers in that quote. But what I meant by it was the fact that it took 2 months for the client to come through.
You can’t give up on a client that isn’t pulling out the checkbook on the first meeting. Things happen, people get busy, etc. That’s the point the book is making.
So disregard following up 10 times and focus on the 2 months to the close aspect.
Follow up, follow up, follow up.
I just did that to 3 clients today and I now have 3 new jobs!
The other parts of the book are great as well. It teaches you to find out what part of the “cycle” you are failing in and how to get out of that rut.
Give it a read – its got great reviews! I’m reading another book right now too and might critique on here if it goes well.
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