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DVDiT Pro comes with eDVD for around $400.00. Uses the same core spec engine as Scenarist and it’s rock solid.
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You also need to target your market. I worked at a rental house in SF way back when, and we rented very low-end edit suites (moviola, viewer, clip bin, 5 gang sync etc) to college kids cranking out their finals for the film schools in the area. It was very lucrative for a short time during the year because all the edit suites at the colleges would be jammed up and the kids with a little extra cash would rent.
That’s a pretty unique market situation that you’ll only find in larger cities, but you may consider putting together a budget suite and advertising it to the local students – cash only of course…
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Spain is most certainly a signatory to the Berne Convention (the international treaty that covers IP and Copyright) so be sure you have rights to the music. I’m not sure what laws apply to the model releases in Spain, but I guess it can’t hurt to get those as well.
It sounds like you have a nice project there – good luck.
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First off need to get rights to the music and with a 1500.00 budget, it’s unlikely you can afford it. And it’s not true that there is no money involved because you are getting paid — and that doesn’t matter anyway. Copyright law is not based on whether you make money on the content you use – it’s all about permission to use it.
Secondly, you will need to get releases from the persons you interview (search this forum for more on releases.)
Thirdly, you’ll need to make sure that rights have been granted to use the images in the slideshow portion of the DVD. If not, then you will need to track down the owners of the images and get releases from them as well.
and Fourthly, specify everything in a contract and make sure you are being paid enough. You are shooting interviews, editing video, scanning images, and authoring a DVD. Based on what you outline above, I would not touch that job for 1500.00. But, if it’s you first gig and you want the experience then go for it.
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As an extra precaution, I would definetly watermark the samples with the correct copyright of who ever owns the content. Also, if you have signed non disclosure agreements that explicitly forbids distributing the content – then there you go.
Otherwise, it’s very unlikely (though not impossible) that the content owners will go after you for sampling the work in your reel – just use common sense. For instance, if you just finished work on an effects shot for upcoming blockbuster release for next summer, it would be very foolish to distribute that work as part of you reel (and it’s likely you have signed a NDA that explicitly forbids this as well.)
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Great – keep us posted!
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Tyler, this is nice. I’ve done similar effects using the standard plugins, but I find (like in your example) an enormous loss of detail.
I can’t get anything close to the Charles Schwabb commericials now airing on TV.
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I use Photoshop to create the artwork and import the files into Epson Disc printing software and print from there.
I use printable discs, but there are some very thin stick on labels that seem to work OK. THe issue with labels are two fold: they can throw the disc out of balance so it will not play correctly, and they can eventually begin to lift off after use because of exposure to heat that many DVD drives produce (especially in PCs)
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You really won’t have to deal with code unless you are creating functions called expressions in After Effects, which is essentially a javascript level code.
If you have access to it, I would suggest making all your clips in After Effects. It has a bit of a learning curve, but it is a very powerful program and will give you menus a very nice look.
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Don’t jump the gun. By the time HD hits the bigtime (1 1/2 years I figure), you’ll see a flurry of HD authoring programs already on the market. Adobe, Sony and all the rest will be releasing their HD authoring solutions by then.
Scenarist is awful pricey…..