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I just shot a three week job for a guy with an EX-1 and he wants to buy a used Mac G-4 laptop with Avid Express HD to edit at home.
Will this work? If so, exactly which Avid version will he need?
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 . -
Micheal meant to say that it does work under those conditions.
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 bought a reader at Fry’s Electronics but it did not work. Someone claimed in a post a few months ago that they knew of one but I never saw a follow up.
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 can chime in on that one as I’ve shot lots of NASCAR. They like positive promotion unless you are cashing in on the NASCAR name. Better yet, you can interview a driver and use the word NASCAR (no logo though) driver to promote your show. Ever notice that, when referring to the “Super Bowl” that it’s referred to as The Big Game?
Indy Car is the opposite. That term is owned by Tony George, who also owns the Indy track, and you can’t even say INDY CAR at your house without Tony’s permission. We could do it for news coverage but nothing else. When we’ve had NBA ball players in the studio for post game interviews, they are not allowed to wear any team branding and we cannot use logos in the lower thirds. Pretty dumb if you ask me.
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 . -
Sam
Here’s a thought;
1. Sell the footage.
2. Let us know what happens so when the next guy asks, we can give him the correct answer.
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 . -
She is a famous public figure. That’s how paparazzi make their money.
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 . -
Ryan
A long time ago, being sort of new and having a very cool office, I kept a lot of tapes in a shelf unit, in the office, with clients names printed boldly on the labels for everyone to see. Sort of a “Look who I’ve got for a client” kind of attitude.
A “friend” of mine used to visit my office once a month or so just to kind of pick my brain and we’d exchange ideas.
I started losing those brag clients, one by one. Hmmmmm. I started to ask around and discovered that my “friend” had several of my big accounts. It turns out that he knew my rates and knew who my clients were and he went to them with a “better offer” and some of them were stupid enough to take it. Two of them were PetSmart and Blue Cross – Blue Shield. His quality and experience were far less than mine but he had a better price.
All but one of those clients came back.
I keep my rates to myself.
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 . -
Well Tim, we’re just replacing one task with another and I don’t believe in charging less money as time goes on.
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 . -
Some people like to keep their rates a bit of a secret. So, all you have to do is call em and ask what their rates are. I don’t quite get it. But, I think what Greg was saying is to charge whatever your rate is, whether that’s $20 an hour or $200 per hour.
For a 30 second spot, I would charge $ 50, same as if I was laying it to a BetaSP. They pay it or move on. No deals. We compress it and upload it to our server and send an e-mail to the recipient with a url and a password. So easy, even a caveman could do 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 . -
Can you describe what you want to do in a little more detail? I would call the promotions departments of the studios and ask them. it’s surprising what they’ll part with. We have posters in our studio from all of the movies shot with an F-900 HD camera. And, the posters came from Sony. Star Wars, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Sin City, Collateral, Sky Captain and a few more.
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 .