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Architectural drawings are covered by instant copyright and intellectual property clauses. Now there’s another can of worms.
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 . -
There’s two sides to everything and sometime we just have to look at it from the other point of view.
And. look at it this way: They might need “just a little change”, three times a week and then three times a day and it would be a pain to do it and then to charge for it. You’ve probably kept your sanity by making the decision that you did.
It’s the Unanswered Prayers syndrom. My high school sweetheart now weighs 300 lbs. And I hope she doen’t follow this forum.
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 . -
That’s a lot of cards. You might look at a download during intermission or download during the performance.
If you move the event to Phoenix, I’ll come help you with 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 . -
Did you have the output of the mixer set to match the input of the cameras. When possible, use line level because it is more flexible.
– Make sure that the input of the mixer is set to “mic” if you’re using a mic.
– Set the mixer to “line” level out.
– Set the camera for “external” feed and “line” level in.
– Output tone from the mixer. It should read “0” on the mixer level.
– Set the input level on the camera to -20.This should sound clean.
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’ve thought about this for several days. I’m going to approach this as a person who doesn’t work on either side of the fence:
Why do you consider this “cheeky”?
It’s not your baby. It’s theirs.
So what if they want the editable file?
What right do you have to expect them to pay you every time they have a small change?
Charge them a fair amount for what you do and make yourself available should they discover that they don’t really have the talent to make updates.
Should website designers be the ones to do all of the updates?
If I had to pay someone every time I wanted to post a new clip on my website, I wouldn’t be able to afford it.
Not to come down on you but you need to look at it from the client’s side. Be glad that they’re having you do the basic work.
If you hired a guy to build you a house, should he be called if you want to paint a room or enclose a patio? Same thing on a larger scale.
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 . -
Pay the money and get the “B” version. These cameras are real money makers. Very dependable.
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 . -
Not only do we use the 83 minute tapes but we put the camera in LP mode and run them over two hours. We have never had a problem.
Your results may vary.
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 . -
This happened to us a few years ago except with a Sony DHR-1000 tape deck. Cleaned the heads and nothing recorded after that.
This has happened to others so when we record something important in DV, we record a back up in a second deck or straight to a computer.
I would drive the two hours with the camera in hand and see if, by chance, it does play in the unit that recorded it.
As for PRESET and REGEN time code, you use PRESET to set the TC to whatever you want. For REGEN, when you have something already recorded to tape and you stop the tape, remove and replace the tape, or power down the unit, you push the “rec chk” button on the right side/top of the camera and the tape will rewind a few seconds and then play to the last frame of video. The camera will lock onto the timecode and continue where it left off.
I’ve got my fingers crossed for you. Good luck!
There is a chance you’re ok.
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 use a regular flash camera.
Rewind the tape in both cameras even if it’s new.
Set the TC to Record Run.
Start both cameras with a remote.
Let them run for 20 seconds.
Snap a flash on something that both cameras can see.
In post, line up the flash.
Your TC should be pretty closeSteve 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, something like this happened to me a while back (2002).
I shot a feature film for a bunch of yahoos and they owed me $ 2400 at the completion of the shoot. I knew they were getting their money in chunks and they asked me to wait for my balance so they could get the edit started. They used someone else who quoted a price of less $$ per hour. This doo-da spent 100 hours reviewing the tapes. I knew where every single good take was. We had copius notes on everything because we had a superior script supervisor. Doo-da did not understand the notes and threw them away. He didn’t put them away. He threw them away.
In one scene, one of the lead actresses started the scene with the wrong blouse, white instead of brown. The first two takes had the white blouse. We caught it and the rest had the correct brown blouse. The rough cut that doo-da showed us had the actress wearing both blouses. I asked if there was anything that looked odd to him and he said, of course, “nope”.
As time went on, doo-da lost interest and handed the hard drive back to the director who decided that he would get Premier and throw it together himself. He got a message that said something about the drive nearing it’s capacity and that he needed to clear some space to make room for more renders (“what ever those are”), and he just started deleting files. he promptly deleted 50% of his movie.
Now, after all these years, they’re back, without my money, because I have the original tapes in my possession. Giggle giggle, he said!
I know it’s not very similar to your story but once again, they all come home sooner or later.
When you’re writing your contract or agreement, give them a price that has a volume discount based on the total job with maintenance and updates and then an hourly rate for initial design and intellectual brain usage. Be completely upfront with your feelings.
We all put up with this kind of “I can do it myself and save money” mentality all of the time and there is always going to be some company brown-noser that wants to be the company hero by saving them $50. Let them swim in their cesspool of stupidity while you remain on the sidelines ready to jump in and professionally save the day.
I recently did a similar deal on a new website design because I have an in-house guy who is a programmer but isn’t that sharp on the overall original design. It’s been sitting in a half done state for 6 months and I lose money every day that it languishes in the construction zone. Yes, I too, am an idiot at times. Please don’t rub it in. http://www.controversial-pictures dot com
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.