Steve Wargo
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I have been the “good guy” for many years and have the outstanding invoices to prove it.
Our new policy is the same as driver’s ed…
“Go on Green”
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
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As far as walking around untethered, we use a Lectrosonics plug in transmitter, pligged into the board, and send to a Lectro receiver.
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
Sony EX-1 on the way. -
You need a non-compete contract. See a contract lawyer and expect to pay $200 to $500 dollars.
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
Sony EX-1 on the way. -
You should have taken a deposit of 50% and gotten a credit card number for the balance. If you don’t take cards, plan on losing other business as well.
On the other hand, never trust anyone for money, unless it’s 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
Sony EX-1 on the way. -
Or, can the camera be operated upside down?
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut Pro systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck -
[Bryan R] “excessive wear and tear on these master HDCAM tapes jogging back and forth”
Don’t even give that a thought. Sony selected 1/2″ tape for HDCAM because they are tough enough to take it. Back when we edited tape to tape, in the previous century, we would shuttle those tapes for hours at a time. In fact, if you look into the specs on tape decks, you shouldn’t leave VHS in pause for more tham 8 minutes, for HDCAM, it’s something like 23 hours. Something that a lot of people don’t know is that you should never load or eject a tape that isn’t wound to one end or the other because that is when they get scratched.
In the field, our shot logger grabs TC on “action”, not “roll camera”. Then, she grabs TC at “cut”, knowing that we roll tape for three more seconds. Then, in post, we enter TC from the sheet or an electronic tape log.
Those tapes and tape heads can take it. That’s why the decks and tapes cost so much. That and the fact that they know that they have us over a barrel and can stick it to us. It’s funny how BetaSP was $1 a minute until we didn’t need it anymore. Now, we can buy BetaSP 30s or $9. Just like our F-900s that cost $102K until they had competition.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut Pro systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck -
Try going into your tapes and selecting in and out points rather than the method you’re using. Make sure that your In point is 6 seconds past your time code breaks. FCP is very finicky about time code. It drives us nuts sometimes. We have had this problem with tapes shot with time of day time code. This is why we roll 6-8 seconds before “Action”.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut Pro systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck -
Use you camera money to hire a shooter with gear. Come up with a plan for your demo reel and go shoot those specific things.
Offer to trade editing for a day of shooting. “Borrow” some clips from someone. Buy some Art Beats clips.
But, before anything, outline a plan for your finished product and determine who your audience is. Never try to be all things to all people.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut Pro systems
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Can you give us a little more info on the camera?
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Get a motor home or a private jet. A large military helicopter might be just the trick, also.
Here is the way to do it: https://www.all-in-one-truck.com/
This guy’s name is Kelly and he has it all in a big box on wheels.
Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It’s a dry heat!Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut Pro systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck