[Shane Worth]

I shot in 30p I know premiere can edit mts but I can’t seem to extract the files off the camera like that on the mac. I didn’t know about make new sequence from clip option thanks I will look for that.

[Shane Worth]

Hey there, I don’t post a lot but I do read the posts I am a “noob” to the business. I have my point and shoot cannon hfm31, my rode mic, my tripods, my dolly, my dead cat and every time I do a small job I put that money into buying more equipment or upgrading. I am 41 myself but I am not necessarily new to the job. I worked for audio visual companies for most of my career. I would set up projectors, screens, sound systems etc for trade shows. I saw the industry change from overhead projectors to computer and powerpoint to having to network them together and now I-pads etc. I got laid off my IT job 2 years ago where I was tracing ip addresses and went back to school to learn photoshop,after effects,illustrator etc. The thing they don’t teach you is what to charge and how to get clients. What I have done is hit miss and depending what people what done I charge from 15 to 25 an hour. if its just straight shooting and dumping the footage, if they need it edited etc. My lastest thing is I really enjoy after effects and motion graphics which a lot of people especially ones that have been shooting a long time don’t know.I have started making more money going in and tweaking there videos buy adding in the FX. I would love to get in to a production facility but the all want 5 years of experience.

That being said this has reminded me of when the car was introduced and put the horse and buggy out of business. In this industry you have to constantly look at the trends and adapt. I don’t shoot big commercial things. I shoot things as simple as someone that wants to film there kids sword fighting then turning there swords into light sabers.I don’t do it because of a big pay check. I do it because I love to make videos.