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That did it.
Thanks again
Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!
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Find someone with a Sony DSR2000 tape deck. It has a special circuitry that will play tapes that no other deck will play. Few people know about this but it is the coolest thing that Sony has ever done. There is a special playback mode to accomplish this.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!
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1. Someone has the DVX100 and the HVX200 mixed up. The DVX100 shoots standard def to tape only. The HVX shoots SD to tape and an HD format to slide, solid state memory cards. If you are going off into the jungle for a few months, you’ll need a tape based camera. If you have access to civilization, the P2 might be a possibility.
2. If the sales person is confused, find a new vendor.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!
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The P2 card shuffle in the cold weather could be a problem as far as the Iditerod shoot.
This whole format thing is just becoming a nightmare. It used to be that the pros shot BetaSP and we all had total interchangability for tape usage, delivery, whatever. I would consider the XDCAM disc to be extremely reliable, easy to use and easy to store. The long GOP thing is a bump in the road, the P2 is a bigger bump. Tape will be around for years but it certainly has it’s share of bumps. When “they” told us in the mid 90s that we’d all soon be shooting on optical discs, we all expected one format that we would all use. We had no idea that it would turn into a huge quagmire of digital confusion.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!
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When possible, we buy the padded liners with the movable separaters. the foam is always a hassle.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!
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Got it. In that case, I’d fall back on my earlier proposal of figuring your real time and costs and add about 3% for company profit. Thinking back, about 10 years ago, I had an opportunity to bid on a project that was not government related and we submitted two bids. They actually took the higher bid because they saw that while it could be done cheap, all they were getting was a cheap job. Actually, what you have to do is be fair to both sides. If possible, submit a page explaing how you arrived at your price, taking everything into consideration. Also, explain what you will do for them after the job is done. Tell them that you will not hold copyright to the material and they are free to do what they want with it. In the above situation where the client took my higher bid, during the last meeting before the contract was awarded, the client asked us “Why should we chose your company” (We were bidding against the biggest company in town), my wife turned to them and said “We will treat you like family. We will put your needs above our own. We will take care of you.” We were awarded a very lucrative five year contract.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!
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Read this
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Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!
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When we get a non detail request for quote, we usually try to get them to the studio and start showing them samples of other things we have done till they yell out “That one. I want that one!” Then, we tell them how much “That one” costs. Or, you can explain to them that they set the price and you simply accomodate their budget. It’s just like buying a house or even a car. If you were to call a realtor or visit a car dealership, the first question is “What price range are you in?” Imagine if you said “I want a 4 bedroom, 2 bath house on a 12,000sf lot but I’m not going to tell you how much we want to spend. ” Around here, that could run from $150k to millions of dollars. Or how about “I want a 4 door car with leather seats”. Are they shopping for a Saturn or a Mercedes? Most clients will think that you’ll come up with a price that will eat their entire budget, and that’s exactly what you should do. We’ll also ask “How much do you want to spend” and then “How much can you spend?”, two entirely different questions.
However you do it, the info they provided will give you a range to work with. Give them a high and a low and say this: “You get what you pay for, and… You don’t get what you don’t pay for.” It’s up to them, not you.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!
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Don’t forget to promote yourself as Famous. After all, what are the guidelines for determining if a person is famous? You’re famous here. sorta
Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!
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Bid at 3 days of shooting with XXX to be charged for extra days
Bid no talent host at $500 for 1st hour and then std rate for OT
Bid 5 days for post and plan on 2 months for decisions by their panel of production experts who will always find something wrong with everything just so they can appear to know something which they don’t. But, they will probably stay at a Holiday Inn Express the night before your meeting so they can earn PhDs
Bill for an entire day to build the streamers off of your master file. Plan on guessing what they need because the guy in charge of web hosting will never return your call because he doesn’t want you to find out how stupid he/she is.
Most of the time, it is illegal for gov’t entities to pay ahead so plan on months to collect your money.I’d put it at $7500 to $9500 with lots of restrictions, clauses and late payment penalties.
We quit bidding on this type of work years ago because of the morons that are asking for the bids. If we do happen to throw a number out, it’s very high just to cover the ulcer medicine.
good Luck Greg!
Steve Wargo
Tempe, ArizonaIt’s a dry heat!