Steve Brame
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I sure hope this doesn’t affect CS Review. I’ve grown quite fond of it.
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What a can of worms YOU just opened!
We shoot pretty much exactly what you describe you need to do, and we love Panasonic. We’ve been using an HMC-150 for 2 years as our ‘A-camera’, and are looking at an AG-AC130 possibly to relegate the 150 to ‘B-camera’ status.
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A virus doesn’t just happen. It is introduced by very specific activities that should not be done on a system as vital as an editing machine.
Steve Brame
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I’m not at our machine right now, but I can tell you the size increase is quite substantial.
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When using the camera’s AVCHD files, we typically rename them to add a prefix onto each file, generally the name of the folder that they are assigned to on copying from the SD card – so ‘00000.m2ts’ will become ‘folder_name_00000.m2ts’. The only instance where this will not work would be in long format recording, where your clips will cause the filesize to cross the 4GB limit, and a spanned clip occurs. Renaming these breaks the span.
That being said, we usually transcode to Cineform codec for ease of editing, and follow the same clip renaming scenario.
Steve Brame
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There are many, MANY 3D models available that would seriously test the viewer’s ability to distinguish them from real.
Steve Brame
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Another consideration would be to find some nice 3D models of cameras.
Steve Brame
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We tend to charge a bit more if the client wants to use employees as ‘talent’, and once you’ve shot and edited quality talent as well as employees acting as ‘talent’, you’ll understand why. The shoot itself can run MUCH longer than expected, and the edit generally ALWAYS will.
Having said that, it’s only a minute spot and you might get lucky with his marketing rep. And hey, it’s only ‘pens’. ;>)
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Then again, there are those in the industry that still charge $25 for a C-47.
Steve Brame
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“You think I’m quoting too high?”
Not at all! But you are asking a very subjective question. You could ask 100 video producers, and you’d probably get 100 different answers. Though the industry has some price ‘norms’, everyone’s cost for doing a 1 minute video will be different, and everyone’s expectation of their work’s worth will be as well.
Having actually been a firefighter in another life, I always have that as a comparison. Some might scoff at that, and some will even deem their video production talents to be worth more than that. And that’s OK. That’s for everyone to decide on their own.
Some may laugh at $33,000+ for 150 1-minute spots, for many different reasons. Others may think – “Hey, there are those that risk death on a daily basis for that amount a year!”.
Perspective is important.
Steve Brame
creative illusions Productions