[Milton Wershow]

Hay Steve thanks for the suggestions. Most of all the time you take to respond. Your suggestions do have merit but I am uneasy at this time. When I have emailed questions I do not get solid answers and I need solid answers.

I do have a strategy with the marketing of my clips..To specific end users. I must follow my thoughts for I do believe I will begin to realize cash flow.

I am having fun with trying to learn editing and what I can do with my promo videos.

video flight production is only two months new and I must go with my ideas and marketing thoughts. I have unveiled a path and I feel real good about the results.

The talent is wonderful and many as myself are seeking alternative ways to market what they worked hard to obtain in footage. If my methods work then I will be glad to share with others wanting to pursue the same as I.

If anyone wants to go to my site and send me an email about what footage they have I have a page called showcase. I will be glad to put small bios of what footage they have. I have a friend at the moment who is a composer so I have some of his tracks on my clips and an introduction.
If by chance I get an email request for footage you have then I will email you and can work out details what wouuld be fare for us both.
Integrity is the essence of all we wish to do and be and for the world to turn.

I am building this site I do not have a team of yet so please take this into consideration.

There are no big bells and whisles on my site just straight forward.

Creative marketing is what is needed in my opinion for little guys like me. Otherwise your suggestions might be good for those who do not have the time..

Thanks again for your time.

[Milton Wershow]

Great topic. you know with all programers they put inside the content a signiture. Very difficult to find unless you are a programmer.. Well if you sell a clip there can be a code written into it which would clearly resolve this issue.

[Milton Wershow]

The costs of having a web site with unlimited amount of space is not dear.
The time to build it and work it is another aspect which is human hours needed to build and maintain the site.

With the big search enignes and directories unlike years ago they now charge and if you spend 3000 to 5000 well you can be on top of the search results. Now that is said this does not mean that the world is knocking at your door.

It is who you know and know you and its networking with numbers all working together so to be a driving force. Cooperative Marketing.

I think that the owners of stock footage should get 70 to 60% of any dollars that is realized having the stock houses being just the opposite is not fare but yet is the world fare.

There is a bunch of us and if we organized and workded together we can create a hub that will compete with these big houses. Now that is said the integrity and characters must be in tact.

It is not difficult to develope a program as to when there is a request for quote it is discuessed with the task manager of site and owner of intelectual rights. There is another thought about logged footage there are also dvd storage where when a clip is desired and clicked it pulls out your dvd and then goes to the file they desire.

Fact is know one does anything by themselves. It takes team work, organization and everyone puts in for a honest budget then you get the results. The Hollywood Reported for one page ad for example is thousands of dollars. Well if there was a cooperative effort and enough people then the amount each person had to pay into for the ad would be dear for the indiviual. There are the ways together we can come up with one Internet presence representing us all but instead of the costs incurred for your own site, the time, the meta expierence and other advertising venues.

It has been to my expierence is difficult to bring enough of us together so we can compete and be treated honorably with each of us recieving the majority of revenue. Oh I have ideas where we can penetrate and achieve but again at this moment I am alone offering my video wears and helping my friends that compose music.

There is the market waiting and in time I feel that I will become polished enough where I am no longer waiting.

There has to be respect and value for the product we have taken.

Interesting posts here I must say

[Milton Wershow]

I read your post and like you I have a video vault of broadcast quality footage which I have cut down to 10 to 20 second clips on the average.

I just started two months ago and I have undertaken building my own site.

With regard to these middlemen for them to take such a large take of purchase seems to me to be a bit off balance and not forthright.

This is why I have built my own site and have it up and running. I still though sweetening the site but keeping it simple till I learn more as to how to market my clips. Organization of the clips so they are easy to find subject content is a real challenge but getting better at. I convert my footage into flash files so it reduces the data amount and time for clips to play. You do need fast bandwidth and so true with the viewers or possible clients.

I have a background in the motion picture buisness as a stuntman and behind the camera I have produced and directed small video documentaries and travel logs. I am up there in years and it has been quite some time sense I have been involved. With this economy as it is today I feel the need to jump back into the market place.

Do to the Internet the world is quite different for me and requires me to step up to the plate and adjust and adapt. That is my question how to adapt so I get cash flow coming.

Google stats claim that there are over 6 million across the world seeking the same objective. So if that does not just scare the hell out of you then I do believe that there are answers to the questions you ask.

I feel that it is worth pursing for what are we really speaking of? We need to build a foundation of clients whether the youth building their ameteur flicks, or advertising agencies and productions, or the 3D developers who need specific footage to transpose into video games.

Lets not forget music videos and local tv commercials. Local cable station advertising has some of the worst commercials I have ever seen. Where there are problems there is the opportunity.

I believe that with the Internet explosion of video, there is a market and our footage does have a contibution worthy of compensation.

I agree with you that video Power Point Presentations can be a great market. I also believe that there is a market with the educational industry, Internet video presentation, and young film makers that use video format for their projects. Documentaries is another market.

I have great air to air footage of helicopter in flight. I have not seen many who have the length and quality of footage that I have. There is no question as to the cost savings purchasing helicopter in flight footage where you can obtain 5 minute durations and longer if needed. 10 20 second clips surely is more sensible. My point your footage I am sure is great and there are shots to pull out of footage that will help business presentations such as close up for transitions.

I believe it is worthy business and I do believe that there is room for the small guy not just the big boys. This video evolution is not over and truly just beginning.

I recommend get your clips well organized and easy to find when someone has the need. I do believe with exposure and communication that your Good Faith and qualty of product will be respected by those in the industry where they will open up their doors and give you business. I am still learning how to carve out the market and prove the worthiness of my product and character. If I can be of any assistance Good Luck. Just email me if I can help or you wish to join forces. Visit my site https://www.video-flight-production.com and get a sense of what you might wish to do. If you do visit hay drop me an email.

[Milton Wershow]

Mark thank you for your time and guidance. At least you are rusty at lightwave for me i get confused with it. So I can import an AVI file into livghtwave yes there I t ried to look in the manual for importing files especialy video I was not lucky enough but still working at it.

the effect is glassy vertical panels moving across the horizonataly.

I know the camera but where to import the video is news to me
what you have three options to open lightwave.

My goal is to show that my video clips are up to snuff and help give examples what my footage or clips can do.
I am an old stuntman , director and producer and have little knowledge with editing but I am learning.

Yes I worry about returning it back into my digital editor which is pinacle studio 12. I can not express how deeply amazed how kind you have been and true for others who have taken the time.

I tried to download adobe after effects trial but I do believe it is not friendly with intergrated video card with motherboard. I do not want to take the chance that installing adobe with my desktop for it might not be friendlhy with my editor and I am not a computer wizzard.

I am going to print your info and see if I can follow your direction.
It is my pet advernture in terror lolol

Thanks again I will post my trail and errors lolol. The saga continues.

thanks again

[Milton Wershow]

Please antoher question about lightwave. I use an editing software called Pinacle Studio 12 Ultimate. It does for me the kind of job I need for my purpose. With lightwave do you import a move file then work to build these glassy horizontal panels crossng the screen or front of the lw camera horizontaly? Then export it back to this Pinnacle? Or do you just build the effect in lw then export it into the editing software then overlay?

I hope that this question is not a bother.

thank you

[Milton Wershow]

Steve thanks big time. You are truly a gracious person with taking the time to reply and most of all to care.

[Milton Wershow]

Thank you very much for your time and direction. I have lightwave from old projects and I will follow your lead and work at it. I do like the CSI glassy effects runing verticaly across the screen. I just started a new stock clip library and I am getting into this editing so I can promote my clip vault.

I have crashed a few cars in my day doing stunts it is quite a high after impact. Helicopters has been always my passion.

Hope you will visit my site https://www.video-flight-production.com

Thanks again and COW is sure a wonderful meeting place and more.

[Milton Wershow]

What you say is so true and to the point. I find it quite refreshing.
I am new to this Internet but learning all the time. I am an old stuntman and producer, director but for travel logs and human interest.

I have started a Video Clip Library with a helicopters expierence of travel and distance. I want this new adventure to work. I wonder if you would review my site and give me your thoughts.

We all must find that mutual value and I am looking for direction and communication. video-flight-production.com

I am Milton and hope to hear back from you.