[Steve Kownacki]

Flip the image horiz so the interviewee is facing the opposite direction.
Create a “2nd cam” shots by videotaping a few seconds of the prior clip on a monitor.
Do long slow dissolves (5+ seconds) between the critical audio.
I do like the long fade out to black while person is speaking.
Freeze an appropriate expression for a few seconds, then cut.

Steve

[Steve Kownacki]

I’m hoping you have your facts straight and that client B did not in fact pay company A. Perhaps your employer is the one not dishing out the money.

We had a similar case years ago where we paid a freelance/(then) friend of mine as a shooter on a 3-day gig. My company was hired by a multimedia designer, who was hired by a broker who actually had the contract. Shooter was 4th on the list of mouths to be fed. Payments were WAY late, but shooter was paid for what he did. (Follow lots of other threads about being a business which at times includes being a bank.) We then had a re-shoot and I told him the situation about late pay and he was cool. After 60 days he called the main client (skipping the 2 guys above me) demanding pay. Well…. talk about awkward. Here, they had paid the broker – even for the re-shoots! I caught heck, lost a client, lost all future work and broker refused to pay nearly $8K for the re-shoot citing damages. This was bad from every angle.

Of course that shooter never heard from me again, but I lost bigtime. You would be totally out of line to talk with anyone other than your employer/customer.

Steve

[Steve Kownacki]

OOPS! Just realized I’ve been using CPC out of Rockville, MD. CaptionMax was years ago. https://www.cpcweb.com.

Steve

[Steve Kownacki]

I agree with Walter, CaptionMAX. Been using for a while now. We simply email a script and a QT ref movie, they send back a QT that we ovelay in FCP, done. Have had spots done same day! Great service. Have to pull out the old 13″ consumer TV ’cause our broadcast monitors don’t have CC support.

Steve

[Steve Kownacki]

Yep. Which reminds me of a good business practice: Never lower your price, just reduce the amount of services to meet a budget.

I tried the 2/N10 one time years ago any you still wait for money and they take the discount.

Saw on a photographer’s website yesterday: “Due to these uncertain economic times, we no longer offer terms to anyone; we require 100% payment upon delivery of goods; credit cards accepted for your convenience”. While that’ll cost you 3%-ish, you can calculate that in your original budget.

Steve

[Steve Kownacki]

Here’s an excerpt from a recent email for $800 worth of changes to a video:

“…sorry for the outstanding balance. I don’t remember
receiving this invoice. I was under the impression that you
just gifted me the rest of the work. …By the way, I might be shooting another video when I come back home. I’ll keep you posted.”

Steve

[Steve Kownacki]

What? Doesn’t your grocery store let you take home food and let you pay when you feel like it? 😉

Steve

[Steve Kownacki]

Love the interplay at 1:29 and 2:49 in the music video.

Steve

[Steve Kownacki]

I suppose the first part of networking would be to fill out your profile and include your online demos. I’ve outsourced to many a COW grazer.

Steve

[Steve Kownacki]

Thanks Rich!!
I was wondering about those Horita boxes.
Steve

Steve