Steve Kownacki
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COW Coins
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Be careful marketing/selling at shows where you haven’t paid for a booth. Just handing out cards is sales enough to get you kicked out and you don’t want that kind of reputation.
Will any of your clients be at the show displaying videos you created? Ask about putting your info on their table and trade them a handful of DVDs.
Steve
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In the 2.5D thing, the runner is running past the golf course, freezes in pain, then the shot moves in to the previously out of focus golfer in the background, he swings, freezes in pain, then you follow the ball with a whip pan to bring the person lifting into frame where they freeze in pain. So all the elements are in the original frame. So the transition is really moving through the frame objects and the prior one really just pushes past camera.
Or the runner freezes as he passes an ad on a bus shelter – the ad happens to be the 2nd scene of the golfer; push past frozen runner and ad comes to life full screen. Golfer freezes in pain, cam pans to bus stop person picking up suitcase and guess what, freezes in pain. No real transitions just getting from one to the next.
Steve
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Probably not. But I’m thinking about being a tree for Halloween.
Steve
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Bob, your thoughts here are more along the line with what I’m talking about. I want to not look at this from the provider’s or business owners perspective – I’m really talking about being the customer in this instance. And you politely and respectfully thank your server, their response should not be “no problem” nor even “your welcome” but “may I get you anything else”? They should have the response of the vendor.
Hey Mark, you keep working on those kids! Long live chivalry and just plain courtesy.
I must work now. Or sleep or something.
Steve
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Hmmmmm…….
Thank you for all the great responses.
Steve
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Love the waterfall at 4:19
Steve
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Don’t believe the rumors, Billy Jean is not my lover either!
Steve
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I’ve used one of these for years https://www.jkaudio.com/inline-patch.htm gives you control over the caller and local presenter. I use it for 2 applications: 1) simple direct phone recording and 2) to let announcers in a booth have a conversation with the caller. Kinda spoiled with my Digi002 on ProTools with all the built-in routing, but I end up able to record dedicated tracks not a mix of the caller and presenter. You can still do this with cabling too. By all means TEST, TEST, TEST. Not every call will be the same levels, quality, etc. Start recording 5 minutes before critical and start practicing at least a week ahead, not the day before. I also simultaneously record a tape backup – last thing you want is your computer to dump and have to ask to start again – it happens. Or use 2 computers.
What about just using Skype and one of the plugins to record direct? I have not done it but there’s no cost and the quality of Skype from my experience is great.
Steve
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Hi David,
what would be unprofessional about using your camera setup if you are completely comfortable with the gear allowing you to focus on the creative and making the talent comfortable? I used to do that sort of thing for audio only, now I use my macbook with Peak audio thru an m-audio USB box. If the conditions are great, I use a shure KSM27, poor surrounding I use a supercardiod. Heck, it’s 2 channel, use both. This is very reliable. I’d be leary, since you talk about a ‘famous’ person, about using any unfamiliar gear that may crash, hiccup, or cause you grief. People need to remember talent and skills, not your tools.Steve
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The dress code thing I’m getting over, but I wouldn’t say you could ever be over-dressed. I’m old school and while a suit isn’t req’d, dress casual with a tie shows me that the candidate respects me. If they did their research, they’d know what to wear. Too few applicants are not interested in me and my business, they just want a job. Not good. I really don’t care what you say you can do… what are you going to do for me.
I’m retentive about things, and I find 2 types of people out there: those so organized there’s no time for creativity, and those so creative there’s no chance of ever finding all the files to do an archive. There needs to be a methodology to file structure and management. Looking at a Pshop file can show this – is it 50 layers of “layer 1”, “layer 2”, or are they appropriately named, grouped, etc? Look at a project folder, are the 100’s of files all floating around aimlessly or are they nicely organized in subfolders? At some point we update almost every client’s stuff, it’s gotta be quick to archive and painless to re-load, batch footage and fix it up.
Client relationships. You are an extension of me/my business. I don’t want a clone of me (that would be bad for the world in general), but they have to react the way I would. This is a learned skill.
What I really want is the preditor – producer/editor. You have to be able to size-up the project and give me your input. If somebody says (there’s some great quotes in the contract thread) “this’ll only take an hour” the editor should be able to intelligently say yes or no and why. Or provide the parameters – “we can do the entire video edit, but not all the graphics you want, or skip this to make sure we have time for that.” Obviously not an entry-level skillset. If I personally say this will take 2 hours, it’ll be 2 hours for a capable person, so ya gotta know your tools.
I actually have to cull this down for my ad posting by end of the week.
Written in my t-shirt, khaki shorts and sandals eating a late breakfast at my desk – not the editing desk, that gets you booted out the door!
Steve