Peter Ralph
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you can also add chapter markers in DVDSP
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You are being hired for your style and discrimination. You need to find out what they have seen of your’s. If they haven’t seen anything then be very careful as Matte suggests.
It’s not always effects themselves that are cheesy – its more often the how, when and where. A slow dissolve or fade to black can be cheesy used inappropropriately.
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For huge numbers of push-button gimmicky transitions etc. check out Boris Red. Incredibly powerful tool for quick and dirty effects.
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https://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fairuse.html
presents a fairly aggressive few of fairuse in documentary film-making. Their views coincide with my own, but I am sure you will hear from people who would recommend a more conservative approach.
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Practice and plan for shooting with gloves. Rent a portabrace polarbear if you can – unbeatable protection for the camera and both your hands stay toasty. Some of the cam raincoats also have pouches for handwarmers.
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just select them in the browser and click render all
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Yes absolutley Doug – incidental capture is the key:
“In ‘5 Girls’, Maria Finitzo filmed a teen party where an En Vogue song played in the background. She employed fair use because the girls chose for themselves to use that music, and their choices were part of the reality of their daily lives.”
https://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/rock/category3.htm
They claim a far wider umbrella for “incidental capture” than any court has ever explicitly granted. But this is just an opinion, however many attorneys, law professors and professional organizations may have signed on to it.
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they must be reasonable to be upheld in court but I think they work quite well for the well-heeled corporations that tend to use them. A tiny fraction ever get challenged.
Action in a contractual dispute is up to the aggrieved party. Enforcing a contract is not like reporting a crime.
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the “wedding video is a crime no matter what you do” attitude is a real problem. It encourages rampant disregard of copyright laws.
the wedding industry needs its own “Best practices in Fair Use”:
https://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fairuse.html
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