Rich Rubasch
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I would offer that the skills you have gained over the years as a creative are truly an asset, but at the same time you will have to be a business manager and a salesperson. Much of what you will be doing in the first six months to two years is selling the idea of you as a producer for given projects.
You might talk to some prospects, the top of the list, and find out how truly interested they would be in paying you to manage the process.
Writing is a great skill so if you have outstanding examples it could go a long way. Top producers are such because they have proven themselves and others speak highly of their work, and ability to work with others.
It can be done, but these are tough times, for now, and it could be a while before the mother lode shows up.
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media Inc.
Video Production and Post
Owner/President/Editor/Designer/Animator
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I have read so many horror stories about “partners” that I’m desperately trying to make this work alone (with my team, of course). Save your pennies!
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media Inc.
Video Production and Post
Owner/President/Editor/Designer/Animator
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Terry expounded on what I was trying to say. If you go thru the motions and headaches of getting your first employee then make it worth your while AND their’s.
Let us all know what you end up doing!
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media Inc.
Video Production and Post
Owner/President/Editor/Designer/Animator
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Not sure trying to read the data off the DVDs is a good idea. I would try copying the entire directory to a hard drive and try importing from there. I think you might be hitting a bandwidth issue reading right off the DVD.
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media Inc.
Video Production and Post
Owner/President/Editor/Designer/Animator
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Here is the recipe I just gave in a post above.
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/20/865696
As for PAL NTSC it sort of depends on who will watch it in Europe. If you make it a 23.98 DVD NTSC most in Europe will be able to watch it, and everyone on a computer. Only if you have someone with a very old TV (CRT tube type pre 1999) will it pose a challenge.
Try compressing a shorter clip thru compressor (export a test section maybe 2 minutes long) and see how the encode looks. You will make a widescreen DVD in DVDSP.
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media Inc.
Video Production and Post
Owner/President/Editor/Designer/Animator
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Banding can make you crazy! Even national spots on an SD channel feed can have banding.
Adding noise into the gradient should work however. Instead of using automatic bitrates try varying it a bit and play with the settings more. Also the type of gradient can make a difference, meaning how much the color changes over a given distance.
It’s part getting the right settings in the render and part setting up the encoder to handle it.
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media Inc.
Video Production and Post
Owner/President/Editor/Designer/Animator
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Save out a self contained movie from FCP by selecting Export-Quicktime Movie. Choose “Make Self Contained” Audio and Video.
Drag that file into compressor.
You can start with the 90 minute high quality, and I suggest you change the bitrate to 6.3 CBR. Also drag onto the clip the AC3 preset.
Under the frame controls tab turn frame controls on and leave all settings as is.
Submit the encodes.
Bring those to DVD Studio Pro to author a disc.
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media Inc.
Video Production and Post
Owner/President/Editor/Designer/Animator
https://www.tiltmedia.com -
Perhaps inconvenient, but using 4 gig cards could be an option. More card changes, less data that could be lost per card, cheaper to buy more cards. Less heat. Maybe it’s the heating of the card after all, and not the sensor as we all assumed.
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media Inc.
Video Production and Post
Owner/President/Editor/Designer/Animator
https://www.tiltmedia.com -
….working on day-to-day editing, rough cuts, equipment management, etc.
This is more or less an entry level position for someone who has some experience, or has just graduated. They don’t need to be a fantastic editor, but they need to know their way around FCP, AE, etc.
——————————————————————————————I’m in Madison WI and I paid an intern from a local college who fit the above description $20 per hour. 9-10 sounds a little low for the skills you might ask of them. My intern only worked about 15 hours per week or so but became so invaluable that she is now an employee!
Do the math…even at $10 per hour working 40 hours per week you are talking about a salary position earning $20,800 a year. Really? You would be happy offering that in 2010? For a position that certainly at the very least requires higher than average computer skills and some kind of experience in video production…
As for bonuses for exemplary work I think you will be setting the philosophy of the company from this first one going forward. What message will you be sending to the rest of the community? Nice guy but doesn’t pay much?
I set up my company as an S-corp from the get go with just myself as the only “employee.” You did not say how you have set up your company? With that we might help out with any other advice…
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media Inc.
Video Production and Post
Owner/President/Editor/Designer/Animator
https://www.tiltmedia.com -
MediaSite Live by Sonic Foundry is a truly portable and live video switching solution. Have a look at it…it is a truly hardware based robust tried and true industry standard. Nothing else is close.
Rich Rubasch
Tilt Media Inc.
Video Production and Post
Owner/President/Editor/Designer/Animator
https://www.tiltmedia.com