Richard Herd
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You need this website: https://lurkertech.com/lg/timecode/
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[Jeremy Garchow] “The other day I ingested an hour of Red material to ProRes Proxy and it took 15 hours to come in. I wish my computer was faster”
How do you charge clients for this (i.e. by the hour)?
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Producing is one of those things that gets misconstrued all the time. For example, check out this hilariously deluded post (not mine!) this one: https://reno.craigslist.org/tfr/2260805478.html So many things wrong! Like let’s start with copyright. You want me to “finish your movie,” then the whole agreement is a work for hire. That is, you work for me! I mean come on, this guy’s notion that producer is a blank check needs adjusting.
Like any management position, producing requires knowing how to be a leader and knowing when to let the staff/team do their jobs.
In a perfect ad environment where every entity has lots of money, the best arrangement is Client –> Agency –> Producer, and the producer hires the necessary staff to get the job done (writers, cast, DP, editor, and so on).
Those days, from my point of view anyway, seem over. This forum is full of examples of Clients contacting editors (for example) who then have to act as Producer and Agent.
A good Producer will get involved with the creative aspects (especially story) and also technical aspects (especially costs), but also a good Producer really needs to know the Law pertaining to the business. The insurance problems alone will make your head spin. You want a headache? Research errors and omissions insurance. Look up in your local municipality where and when you need a shooting permit.
Licensing agreements and shoot schedules…oh what joy! Location agreements, simply a blast! Although I do like speaking loudly on my cell phone in coffee shops using terms like “MOU,” as in “Let’s write up an MOU.”
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What version of compressor are you using?
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Wait a minute…I thought a 32-bit system could only access 4GB of RAM. Hence Adobe pitching (and look there’s an ad right there) their 64-bit system. It can therefore access 8 GB RAM.
Given the limitations of a 32-bit system, why do you need/want more RAM (assuming you’ve made the processor purchase first)?
Thanks!
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Let me clarify.
You need two separate forms, the spreadsheet and the disclaimer. I only linked to the spreadsheet.
The legal disclaimer is actually more important, and I cannot recall it’s name. The point is you cannot really call the people who give you money to shoot a movie “investors” because the expectation of return is complicated. You need to talk to a lawyer about this, no kidding!
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I use the aicp bid form because it’s exhaustive. Whoever put that together thought of a lot of stuff.
There’s also really complicated legalese regarding disclosure to investors, worth finding too.
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The smoke filter and smoker filter plug-in.
Client says, “It’s just not quite right,” and waves their hands in the air because they don’t have any technical language.
I say, “Oh, let me try the smoke filter.” And I run through a bunch of menus really fast, too fast to follow.
Client says, “Good job.”
(The smoke filter works in-camera and in-editing!)
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What sample rate is the audio?
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[Bob Cole] “resulted in a catastrophe”
Odds are it will never happen, (and of course catastrophe is overstatement). Here’s where it will happen.
I shot and edited for a hotel, which had an internal broadcast channel, so guests could watch what’s happening in local restaurants, bars, etc. You’ve seen these before.
Well the facilities department who set up the system did not clamp the IRE at 100, so any broadcast over IRE 100, any white space at all that peaked resulted in a very poor picture. Massive amounts of lines and distortion through the screen and also distorted video. The reason is pretty simple. You are sending more “electricity” through the cable than it can handle. Much like audio distortion when you turn it up too loud.
This is not an issue for web because it’s a different delivery system altogether.
This is not an issue for cable broadcast because the cable stations will clamp it before it airs.