Steve Kownacki
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[James Disch] “…he will sign anything I need so the liability will fall on him.”
Well, that would be a mechanical sync rights form from the publishers. Simple.
Steve
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I haven’t packed a tape like that since… well about 8 or 9 formats ago, maybe 3/4SP was the last.
Been working with Nick on this one and I have to say, it’s a pain. We only have 10 dubs this time from separate sequences, but it may be 50 next time. Shame you can’t just crash record on the deck and when then sequence starts playback it just jams the TC correctly. Or even start the sequence and then record. What a time waster.
Steve
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The client is always right. Right? You’re the client, get what you want.
You’d probably want to stick with an original 48K, 16bit anyway for video, why do a conversion from 44.1. And what do you edit on? I don’t think you can even use MP3 in Final Cut.
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yep Rob, we’ve been doing it that way too as long as I can remember. Here’s a pic from today’s shoot.
Steve
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I never deliberately tried this, but years ago a wedding guy brought us a tape of a reception that was shot with the negative/invert filter on! How he didn’t see this I’ll never know. But at the time we had a Pinnacle Alladin and we ran the footage real-time with the negative filter on the FX box. Simple logic of 2 negatives… It was the cleanest, most colorful, low light footage EVER! No grain, no noise, no muted colors… from S-VHS original. So if your cam will shoot with this type of scenario, turn on a nitelite in your bathroom and try it out. Capture a short clip and process it, let us know what it looks like. I’d be paranoid shooting a whole event like that, but it does work.
Steve
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hmmm… well I’m about as anal as they come for quality – given what somebody is willing to pay for. Do those things have firewire video out? A USB or something and have it seeen as a drive on a computer where you could grab an MP4 for instance? Or is is strictly video out up to component/HDMI quality? Apprecitate the help.
Steve
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Just want to say thanks to everyone on this thread! In my opinion, this has been one of the most brilliant discussions ever.
Now I must go put on my t-shirt: Here I am. Now what are your other 2 wishes?
Steve
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Your laptop, a small digital video camera, a mic & a prepared 1-minute script or their brochure. Have them read it, grab it and put it on a mock-up site right then and there. Then show them great examples you’ve created when you have a budget and some time. Know in advance exactly what you want to sell them and at what price point. It may be hard to get in to talk to the right person – everyone’s schedules are jam packed anymore. Ask for an email address to whom you can then send an custom message – I’m talking about an individual message like “Hi Mr. Koetje, I stopped in to see you today to demonstrate the many practical and engaging ways you could use video to help sell your product/service via email and the web. Blah, blah, blah…” Maybe not so stuffy as that but you get the idea. If it’s corporate America you’re after, you need to include the I.T. guys too.
Good luck!
Steve
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Well, you nailed it Chris. Those people that have that much passion are the sole proprietors/owners not because we hate bosses, but we just know how it should be done. The income level is not the driving factor- which is good because if you don’t find the “point of abandonment” on a project, you’ll never get done. I’ve always preached 3 things in every meeting – passion, value… and motivated edits! (Don’t make a cut just to make a cut, there should be a reason for every edit.)
Then you may consider joining forces with a ‘competitor’ (’cause they have the passion too) but, you’ll most likely hate each other because your both technicians and not business owners and have delineated roles.
Steve
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We’re a small company – 2 edit suites, an audio room, a graphics room, location production are the 5 key items I track – along with staff and freelancers. I simply use my contact manager ACT!. I color code those items on the calendar and then attach the client and personnel from the contact database. I can adjust the durations, so at a glance I know what’s happening on a given day at any time. You can network the database to multiple users and display only certain types of events if you wish. Then as you cross them off, you get a history for a contact. It does not tie into my Quickbooks billing in any way, so I use it to cross-reference the worksheet for each project and compare that to my bid to see if we’re on track when a job is done. I can also quickly check freelance hours against their invoice. Been working with ACT! for over 10 years and to me is very efficient without a major investment in software, time, or learning curve.
Here’s a sample of what a weekly calendar may look like.
Steve