[Nick Griffin]

[Noah Kadner] ” Yeah it’s super easy to create those map zoom ins with Google Earth Pro.”

Thank you.

[Noah Kadner] “Just saying you can just do the actual speed ramps in post much easier with the footage google earth generates.”

Kind of goes without saying, doesn’t it? If Google Earth Pro outputs 1920x1080P footage I assume I can do all sorts of things with it. I’ve been playing with the free version of Google Earth on an iPad and straight zooms are complicated with a lot of pitch and rolling. I am hopeful that this is not the case with the Pro version on a computer. That’s more or less what I’ve been trying to get input on.

[Nick Griffin]

[Noah Kadner] “once you have the footage as you want it”

That’s kind of the whole point. Google Earth Pro PROVIDES the footage. I’m just trying to find out what the degree of difficulty is in using it’s own, integrated zoom controls. The software is $400 for a one year license. Not a lot of money, but not the same as a $1.99 app purchase.

So, does anyone have any experience with Google Earth Pro?

[Nick Griffin]

This link has been posted on the COW before, but it’s very pertinent to this current thread… AND it’s a classic:

https://youtu.be/lVZ8Ko-nss4

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[Nick Griffin]

[Noah Kadner] “Problem with hiring an actor is they often sound like they don’t actually know much about the subject they’re reading a teleprompter about”

Not the good ones, especially the ones who specialize in presentations. Several years ago we had a highly competent and technically adept voiceover artist giving a stand-up presentation, alongside a live satellite feed, at a trade show. The best comment I heard from an audience member was, “Wow. I had no idea that (client company) had an engineer who is such a good public speaker.”

[Nick Griffin]

This whole thing pisses me off. Because Dominique “likes” another artist who happens to be an atheist Dominique is to be the subject of overt, religious-based harassment?? This is clearly a bully, and from the sound of it, one who is bluffing.

I agree that you should not hire an attorney until and unless you are served any papers — proof that this jerk might actually be prepared to spend his own money rather than make empty threats. Personally I stand up to bullies, and they’ve almost always backed down.

That said, Zelin is right to a degree. One of the primary things to remember in this or almost any other business is going to the bank. Get the money and move on. And Bob, while Al Jazeera is a legitimate news organization, if you ever feel the need to help Neo-Nazis set up a studio, please reach out to those of us who would be willing to help you find other gigs or even float a loan.

[Nick Griffin]

[Patrick Ortman] “Voiceover for $250 works once in a while- if I know who I want to use, if they’re non-union, and if the client isn’t too picky.”

Patrick-
I believe what both Grinner and I were talking about was just the rate for the studio time, NOT the talent fee also. Well at least that’s what the $400/hr at HSA was. IMHO people who go for $250 or even $100 voice-overs get exactly what they pay for.

Who’s to say whether we should hope for or dread the day when Apple Garage Band technology comes with a selection of voices and intonations which can be easily edited. Pick Don LaFontaine and add “warm” markers around the client’s name, and while you’re at it dial up the “growl” 10% on the tagline. The day is coming. Let’s just hope that Don’s estate benefits mightily from it.

[Nick Griffin]

I think a lot depends on just how “smooth” you want smooth to be. As I’m sure you know, slo-Mo is usually accomplished through over-cranking — running the camera at a faster speed so that when it’s played back at normal speed everything goes slower. How much can the Panny 200 over-crank? On our Sony 350 the most we can get is twice normal. You may have to rent (or borrow) one of the higher end Panasonic Varicams to get what you’re looking for.

I certainly don’t claim to know much about this, but I believe that frame blending in After Effects can also add to the “smoothness” of time-altered footage. Ask on the AE forum where you’ll find people who know these things.

[Nick Griffin]

I will just add that the last time I needed studio time for a voiceover with NY talent I called around and Howard Schwartz wanted something like $400/hr.

“Umm… maybe you don’t understand what I’m asking for,” I said. “I need single channel VO recording that I can pick up from an FTP.”

“Yes. That’s $400 an hour,” they said.

Needless to say I went elsewhere.

[Nick Griffin]

Mark-
How good a relationship do you have with your internist/general practitioner? He or she would likely be able to get you some with a single phone call. Maybe.

[Nick Griffin]

[Mick Haensler] “You don’t produce a viral, you produce a video in hopes that it goes viral.”

Bingo, Mick.

Because we offer a range of services that includes things like strategic planning, advertising concepts and PR we get to see fairly deeply into our clients’ businesses. We also are able to ask a lot of questions of prospective clients. A few years ago we were shown the business plan of a new company by someone who was considering investing in it. Their entire marketing plan was “create a video which will go viral, giving us all the exposure we’ll need and that way we won’t have to spend money on conventional marketing.” Genius, much like the people Dylan describes above.

I was tempted to say, “Oh, that’s simple. Here, let me open this file cabinet by my desk and look into the ‘ideas that will go viral’ folder.”