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They were taking the place of a small bounce card under a silk. Didn’t need a lot but it did make a difference. Two man crew on an industrial. The lights were about 36″ out.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
we set the camera audio switches to AUTO and sent tone to the camera. We noted what the camera thought was normal. There are no numbers on the scale. We’ve used what the camera told us and everything’s been pretty normal.
No, we don’t use AUTO for anything other than this test unless we’re recording reference sound on B-roll.Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
I saw some of those on a shoot a few weeks ago and the shooter said they’re pretty decent at twice the price. He did state that they’ve only used them outdoors for fill during interviews. One year old with the original bulbs.
Why not? I’m tempted myself. You could carry a box of them in the van and they don’t take up a lot of space.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
[Arnie Schlissel] ” I would have taken you to Coney Island!”
Hey Arnie, he’s mine.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
[David Roth Weiss] “but I’ll loan you a buck or two if you need help”
Can you do 5?
Sorry, got to go to work and had no computer access. If you think it’s hot in L.A., you haven’t been to hell.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
Todd’s advice is excellent. We recently attended a first meeting with a new client. The original contact said it was a huge budget but the meeting person stated right away that it was a budget of around $3k. We agreed to cap it at a bit more but made it very clear that in exchange for the discounted price, we had to make every minute count and that we needed to work with the decision maker to keep redos to a minimum. They were quite happy with that arrangement and said that we would conduct all business through e-mail.
Having thought about it a bit more and having read the other posts, you kind of have to play it one client at a time. Just be conscious of those who want to meeting you to death and then they don’t do the job or they hire someone else.
If you’re just getting started, brown nosing is a critical part of the relationship. My wife is very good at it and we should have done an instructional video years ago.I, on the other hand, have to really work at it.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
[Todd Terry] “we will gladly go to their place and dance in a grass skirt”
Yep, I knew it.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
With us, it depends on the annual revenue that the client pays. If it’s the type of client that always needs us to trim the fat, we start by conducting most business with them through e-mail. In our billing structure, we have a line item for “administrative”. We throw in a 30 minute consultation for jobs over a grand or so. Our top clients get the platinum treatment. These are the guys that NEVER ask for a price ahead of time unless they have to arrange a mortgage to pay us. Then, we figure something out on paper. We’re in the middle of a rather large job right now that we never met the client till the first shoot day.
And on really large quotes that take days to figure out, we charge the afore mentioned admin charge. At the end of the job, we normally roll it into the price somewhere.
A few years ago, we did an estimate on how many hours had been spent on client meetings over jobs that we never got and it was shocking. We know that quite often, we are called in to give someone a price and all they’re really looking for is to check to see if their regular vendor is being fair on price. These guys are a form of “grinder”.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
Mike who?
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD . -
We just rented our studio, complete with green screen, and one of our EX-1s to a couple doing a pilot for a children’s program. When we returned at end of day, the Diva 400 mounted on the floor for the background light, had tipped over and the light was turned way down. The screen was sitting at 22% luminance. Also, they had a talent wearing a greenish/yellow dress. Knowing they were screwed, we imported the clip anyway, into Combustion and to our amazement, pulled a perfect key in under 30 seconds. The clip was EX codec and pulled from the card, not the SDI port.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD .