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You will need to do this through a BMD HD capture card using the HD-SDI connection. Test this first. Capture a few clips at the 100 codec and then recapture at full uncompressed.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!
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Sorry I got here so late in the game. Actually, it was me that underbid you. I am hiring two student from a local film school to do the job for me. They will use a GL2 for the shoot and lights from Home depot. Camera mics will do just fine and, Oh, by the way, we’ll be using one pass tapes that we degaused. The kids will edit on a laptop and it will look really peachy keen. It will look perfect because they just completed a workshop on color correction so when they shoot with the wrong filter, they will be able to fix it in post. And I understand that they just purchased Sound Soap to take out the problem audio noise, just like they do on CSI.
See Ron’s literature on “Grinders”.
Have a nice day – not working for nothing for those jerks.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!
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You got guts, Cap’n
Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!
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It doesn’t affect the noise level, just the level overall. Ifyou split a line level feed, it remains the same. This is my experience only. Your results may vary.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!
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I hope that you’re a good salesman because that is what you’ll need the most. Also, polish up on your bookkeeping and accounting skills. Then, make sure that you have contracts ready for clients to sign after you’re great sales job. Work on your clerical skill set so that you can write budgets, job specifications, keep track of appointments and meetings, get a Staples credit card for the office supplies and get business insurance with $1 million limits. And that’s only the beginning. Unless you plan to do all of this crap yourself, forever, think about hiring a person to take care of the above tasks. If all goes well, you should be able to actually work on chargable jobs for at least 20 to 30 hours a week unless you want to dedicate nights and weekends to work. In that case, you might get 40 productive hours in.
A few years ago, we kept track of how mnay man hours were spent chasing jobs vs doing jobs. 60% of our time was spent looking for work, attending meetings and BSing with the client when everything was done. Oh, by the way, clients want you to work nights and weekends at the same rate as during normal work hours. When they drop a job off on Friday afternoon on their way home from the office, they fully expect to have it done so they can pick it up on the way in on Monday morning because they forget to do it earlier in the week and now it’s your problem.
Beware of when they ask for the “deal” up front so they can pay you full rate later. There will be no “later”. They will simply move to the next guy that will give them a deal.
My best advice: Charge double what you think you need to charge and give up 40% of your potential clients right away. You’ll make more money doing half the work. Never discount your price to give someone a deal. If you want to give them a break, give them free hours. As soon as you lower your price, that is your price from then on. When they look at an old invoice, they need to see the price that is your working price. When I figure the hours on an invoice, I include some of the talk time and discount the time back to my honest work hours and then I show a gift of an hour or two for loyalty. A lot of my clients read the COW so I have nothing to hide.
My last piece of advice: Give them more than they pay for and stand behind the quality of your work 100%.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!
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the Alpha Mix has two outs by snake connections as well as a pair of XLR outs, so you can send three pair of outputs. It also has T-power so you can power the occasional Sennheiser 416 or other hollywood type mic. The NP1 batteries last a full day. We have had one for several years and it is trouble free.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!
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If you split a mic feed with a Y cable, you will have a serious problem with your levels. Use a professional mic splitter box. If it wasn’t 1:00 in the morning, I would get off my butt and give you a make and model but I’m not going to.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!
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Actually Frank, it shows how much he cares about the problem person. I always appreciate it when people are truthful to me, even if I don’t like that truth. (usually)
Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!
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Your charging your aunt? Didn’t she give you a ton of cool birthday and holiday gifts for almost 20 years? Didn’t she babysit you time and time again? Let’s not even mention the diaper thing from years ago.
Like Mike said above, have a sit down and come up with a happy price for all involved. Be prepared to tell her what it would have cost to have it done by a pro in that field. Fair is fair and fair works for everybody. Dwell on how much she saved, not how much she paid.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!
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Imagine how long it took to write that twice.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!