[Scott Carnegie]

Thanks for the comments, some good ideas I could use for a future presentation. I was supposed to keep the presentation to below 20 minutes so I tried to cram in a lot to a lay audience to just give the gist of how tv works.

The use of clips fall withing fair dealing (Canadian copyright) as a means of commentary and critique.

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[Scott Carnegie]

“First, I doubt any producer would want to hire someone who makes a point of trashing the
genre as “fake” and “manipulative”. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.”

Keep in mind the audience that this was intended for. It was a presentation for a Skeptics group that I am a part of. I wasn’t doing it to get hired to make videos, perhaps I wasn’t clear enough in stating that and wrong to say that it was for marketing purposes.

And yes, TV is fake. 🙂 That is not to say that some emotion is fake, but editing distorts reality, which is the point I was making.

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[Scott Carnegie]

Perhaps a bit of everything?

“Hi, this is Chris your friendly neighborhood production guy…”

“I have incorporated a great money-saving and streamlining process into my DAT/DIT service so if you want to save some money this is a great time to get in touch with me…”

“Check out my demo reel and I hope to hear from you…”

End with a call to action of some sort without being overbearing. I started my newsletter a few months ago and have only had a few people remove themselves from the list so I guess the content is working out okay so far.

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[Scott Carnegie]

Offer something more than just “hey, here we area, hire me :)”, give them a reason to engage with you, maybe talk about a recent project and have links to some video, talk about how hiring you will make them money, improve their workflow, etc.

Guess what I am suggesting is more of a newsletter rather than just an e-mail, here’s a recent one I did.

https://us1.campaign-archive1.com/?u=7ef632153bd221ce286bb643a&id=4de10bf03f&e=%5BUNIQID%5D

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[Scott Carnegie]

Strange. I had a show treatment that I thought would be good for CTV, I contacted the production company that produced “Corner Gas”, they had me sign a non-disclosure and then they accepted my treatment but they passed on the project. Never asked about representation or anything like that. Comedy Network will take pitches directly but you will still need to partner up to ge the thing produced.

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[Scott Carnegie]

Anything you create under their employment as a part of your job with them they own, final renders, project files, etc.

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[Scott Carnegie]

Why not pitch it direct to these networks? In Canada a newbie would team up with an established production company that already has a track record with a particular broadcaster, you will be gven a contract, have a lawyer look it over and work with the company on it. I don’t see why you need an agent to shop around a completed program.

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[Scott Carnegie]

Run.

Artists often don’t own or control their own music, their publishing company does. They don’t own or control the film their music was used in, the distributor and/or production company does.

Having a peice of paper saying you aren’t liable won’t matter if you knowlingly participate in copyright infringment.

I have a clause in my contracts that says I am not liable for content my clients provide, usually related to pictures. But if they send me a Madonna song to use I am not touching it.

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[Scott Carnegie]

You can do what is called a “check swap”.

Make a deal with the NPO that you will do Project A for X dollars and then you will donate the money right back to them and get a charitable donation receipt.

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[Scott Carnegie]

It’s a tool, use it appropriately. Here’s a little vid I made using the Flip Mino attached to my steering wheel with a Gorilla tripod. Can’t get that shot with a betacam 🙂

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29IUw50mWfY

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