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“Too bad we have to concern ourselves with this as editors. What will become of all the graphic designers? Will they start doing editing as well?”
exactly. leave the editing to the editors. i view designers much the same way i would view a colorist, flame artist, sound designer, etc. there is a very good reason why designers design and editors edit. plus, i would much rather be editing than watching my half ass graphic work render.
now, there are times when i do some motion graphic work. but only and always as a very basic layout the designer can use as rough guide for timings and such.
i am a little lucky in that most of what i do is offline editing. and have worked with many talented specialists for many years. just be careful in taking on too much responsibility to get the gigs. it will hurt you eventually.
i’m preeching now. will stop.
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good luck.
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good luck grin. family and quality of life comes first.
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kubrick would not appreciated his film being used for fodder. but what else is new in the world of webcasting.
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try visiting this forum:
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the day someone turns me down based on my casual (not tacky) way of clothes selection over my way of approaching the edit is when do something news worthy. suits are two to three steps away from me in the chain of command, so why the hell should i look like one of them? hmm!!
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boy this could be pretty tough to answer. sounds like you are looking for a some sort of terminology list. meaning a list of terms with there descriptions. i.e. zoom = camera starting wide and pushing into a medium or close? something like that? i’m sure there is this type of list somewhere on the web.
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okay, create a day rate and a bidding form (your head is spinning now)
figure what your ‘time’ is worth (let’s just say $100/hr for just starting out), plus materials, deliveries, dubs, pencils, gas, coffee, operating costs, maintinence, tax etc. and call it a 10 hr day. i think you should be chargine at least $1200-$1400/day as a startup.
the next step is find a bidding program (excel based usually) that you can send to a client have them sign. this will actually help you out a lot since all the line items represent a different expense. a line item for dubs, one for misc, one for labor, one for the avid or fcp, (pad certain line items that don’t represent other costs you incur) this way the client can see what you are worth broken out. they love this. not just an invoice. also think of creating an overage form for things that come up during the edit that take you over the bid amount. this is very very important to have.
and get the first 50% upfront. you’ll be lucky to get the final 50% within 60 days after master. be careful with this for cashflow reasons. once you become busier, get an office so clients can actually come in and work with you, and include this new expence into your bid prices, etc. it’s basic business 101.
so now for future work you can really break it out from your past experiences into your future work be review your actual costs against the bid amounts. you probably saying “but i just want to do the editing” and i say, after your really get going, hire (or make a partner) a production manager/producer to take care of the client relations/bids/phones/food/bookwork/etc. they are worth their weight in gold. and you look cool for having one.
again, as stated, welcome to the biz. you have a business license don’t you?
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dress casual
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ad’s range from 0$ to $5,000,000. it’s a matter of finding the right client. we work with ad agencies who intern work with the clients shelling out the dough. i would say our average bid per spot is $25k to $60k. it really depends on the budget and what they want to do. a national high end campaign of 3 spots bids out to $300k-$400k or more with lots of fx work. this includes finish costs which we farm out to high end post speciallists. sounds like what you are refering to is local retail work. which there is plenty of. don’t undersell yourself. but with all the new technology at low cost it is difficult to compete i’m sure. so you gots to do what you need.