Philip Fass
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Only one financial entity currently gives the class, and they’ll keep giving it whether or not we include it in the video. Offering the same kind of scene to a different entity, especially if they weren’t going to keep offering it, would be strictly a “service placement.”
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Keep in mind that I’m talking about a potential sponsor…they haven’t been approached yet. And they’re a credit union (non-profit) that already give the classes I’m thinking of shooting. It’s not like we’d be staging a fake class just to show the c.u. in a positive light.
To get back to my main question: is there a way to “monetize” the exposure they’ll get by being in the video, as opposed to just having a credit at the beginning/end. Maybe the best way is just an informal mention of the value of their inclusion in the footage, rather than something in writing?
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I did have some ethical concerns, but they’re easing up as I think about it more. For example, in the PBS show New Yankee Workshop, when Norm uses a certain brand of power tool — and that brand happens to be a major sponsor — do we assume that he’s using the tools even though he’d prefer to use another brand, or that he’d say negative things about them if the sponsor didn’t have control? I assume it’s a good fit of sponsor with Norm’s woodworking needs.
In my case, the money management classes already exist, and I”d probably want to include some footage of them regardless of sponsorship money. But if I don’t tie them together somehow, and present this as a unique way to help build good will about their business, it seems like a wasted opportunity on my part.
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Thank you, Dan. That’s good info. It’s on spec, and more likely to be considered by our local PBS station than nationally. But you never know, the non-profit I’m doing it for has good connections in D.C.
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Well, that settles it. There’s nothing about my Mole fluo’s quality of light that I DON”T like…just need more of same. So I’ll go for fluos and not aim for the trendy option.
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No, shooting in people’s homes. I’m starting to think there really isn’t a significant advantage in my situation with LED.
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Thank you all. Last night I grabbed a box of blank DVDs off a high shelf, and guess what was behind it?! But this will be very helpful if/when I lose it again!
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Yup, I could do that, too. Meanwhile, I’m waiting to be told if they do anything other than film. (Theater’s in a small community.)
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Thanks. I won’t feel awkward about asking them now.
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Ty, it does help, although I realize that living in the boondocks is a big disadvantage for me.
The opinions aren’t much different from those for many consumer products. In each case, yoh have a bunch of closely matched and priced competitors. If one were dramatically superior, the others couldn’t compete and would either up their game or go out of biz.
So like monitor preferences, you have the Coke/Pepsi contingent, and the Honda/Toyota contingent. But if you blindfolded those people first, I bet they’d do a lot of hesitating!