Richard Herd
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Well done!
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WOW! Thank you!
Can you plug your VAR? I also googled the term “value-added reseller.”
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Another consideration is screen size. And there’s more variables regarding what signal is being sent to the screen, and what signal the screen can resolve.
Having said that, HD signal to an HD screen looks prettier than anything else (expect maybe film projection). The bigger the HD screen (60″ for example) and the further folks sit from that screen, the more important HD resolution is. It would be a questionable move, for example, to screen an SD image on an HD screen in a presentation hall, where the stockholders are watching (if that makes sense).
You can boil this down into a nice quip: Big screens need big resolution.
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How do you manage the time between needing a gadget and the 6 weeks for shipping? That is, a client and project give you the green light for a new gadget, but the factory will take 6 weeks to ship it. Meaning, you can’t serve the client for at least 6 weeks.
Thanks!
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I thought of an analogy. Maybe it fits, maybe it doesn’t.
When we go to a restaurant, they’ll serve us because the risk of serving 1 or 2 people isn’t too bad.
But that same restaurant requires a deposit when catering a wedding, because the risk is much greater.
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Nothing more fun than a scene study class!
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I’ve done it both ways with good success (AICP and PO). Not only did the clients not mind it, but it literally saved my butt when the you-know-what hit the fan. I was not out any money and I got paid for the cancelled day & reimbursed for travel expenses. This was 2005 — a much different economy mind you — and it was a big client.
I’ve also turned down jobs when the risk shifted too far into my burden, even though potentially represented good money and reel.
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The other reasonable option to guarantee funds is a Purchase Order.
Surely there’s a middle ground then between such strong language and loaning the client money, ergo producer on the hook for the talent, the camera, the edit — a 30 day no interest loan.
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I see this, experienced this, as a cash flow debacle in 2005. Fortunately, my producer was a bad @$$ and got us paid anyway — after two phone calls, a “paid” invoice of only half the amount because we only worked half the amount before the cancellation, and another phone call. By phone call I really mean heated discussion.
Here’s the fine print from an Association of Independent Commercial Producers contract (AICP). More at aicp.com
Cancellation and Postponement: Digital Production
A. If notice of cancellation/postponement is given MORE THAN HALFWAYTHROUGH the production schedule of the job, that is between the award or start date and the final delivery date, the Contracting Client will be liable to the Production Company for the full cost of the job as a bid.
B. If notice of cancellation/postponement is given IN THE SECOND QUARTER of the production schedule of the job, that is between the award or start date and the final delivery date, the Contracting Client will be liable to the Production Company for:
(1) All out of pocket costs, including the expense of all staff and free-lance labor attached to the project. This expense will include full payment through the original completion date if that labor is not re-booked by the company, or, in the case of the free-lance labor, not able to re-book itself on another project.
(2) Full creative fees as bid.
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