Tom Sefton
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Do your project settings match the footage that you have on the timeline?
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hmm – don’t think that is what I had in mind. I thought there had been an advert with this concept that I could send them a link to. I seem to remember it being a skit on one of Q’s walkthroughs for James Bond – an actor filmed on chroma key who directly addresses the audience whilst interacting with his rapidly changing background environment.
I think I’ve had an odd dream.
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We found out the expensive way after creating a multilingual, subtitled DVD with a BSL version too. Some of the languages were Hindi and Gujarati.
We used the CS2 version of Adobe Encore, which was mind numbingly rubbish.
Thankfully CS6 is much improved!
One option is to film the sign language expert on chroma key background and then transport with a transparent alpha layer…
When you cost, I’d allow for plenty of review days with language experts if you do end up doing it yourself!
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Hi Martin,
What is the delivery method for this? Are you supplying DVD’s or is it solely for web?
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I’d echo everything said here.
If you really want more work from them, you won’t win it by complaining about the standard of the footage that the in-house guy is shooting. Either they will see the added value in using you because some of your work looks so amazing next to theirs, or they won’t. Either way, a delicate delivery of a recent showreel to the right person (to show off a new camera or rig or something)is as far as you can possible push this without starting to annoy them.
They give you work and they pay on time – I guarantee that there is someone within 50 miles of your business that will take this client for that description only.
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Paul – I’m really no expert on Red. We’ve hired it in and shot with ready supplied kits before but not looked at purchasing.
If someone went for the Red One MX package, how much extra would you have to spend to start shooting?
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Search through this and the business and marketing forum and read pretty much everything that Bob Zelin has written.
There isn’t an easy way of winning corporate clients – sometimes it is being in the right place at the right time, others come through months and months of phone calls, emails, flyers, targeted video approaches and direct meetings.
A quick suggestion is;
Go through your local business directory. Find out the names of the heads of marketing, heads of sales, heads of internal comms etc. Spend a few days writing a checklist of things that you can sell your business with; some targeted to their firm in a very specific way (you will need to research them and their clients), others that are generic offerings that will bring you business (limited price offerings, quality offerings, experience etc). Use this checklist like a script and trust your business when you are speaking to them. Don’t hesitate in selling the virtues of what you do, but NEVER run down another AV firm in trying to win work.
Whilst doing this, work on your website and its google ranking, use linkedin and facebook and twitter as much as possible.
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Is your client expecting a buyout fee?
Whenever we hire voice talent, actors or musicians we have to pay buyout but whenever we are hired to produce something we are paid for the job and that’s it. Buyout fees for VO, actors and musicians tends to be 100% of the project fee and we can use it in perpetuity. If they do meet your buyout fee then they will expect to use it whenever, wherever and for as long as they want though…
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This is an awesome thread, filled with practical and grounded advice.
I don’t really have much to add, other than to say, it’s 130am on sunday and I am laid in bed checking a quote that has to go out on Monday am. Whilst reading the cow and checking the blackmagic forums to see if there is any news about when my damn camera is going to be built/tested/shipped/delivered. Being a freelancer is way harder than being the guy who turns up 9-5. But it’s more rewarding, and if you have to ask the question to see if strangers on an Internet forum think its a good idea for you to take the plunge….well you can see where I’m going with that. Your daughter is the biggest thing in your life and that is wonderful-make your decision around maximising your opportunity to provide for her, not around when you could take time away, because every afternoon off in the week is a weekend you lose. I can already see how much it sucks when decisions about freelancing are affected by healthcare. God bless the NHS!
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Eddie-if a job will take 9 hours do you charge £450 or a day rate…?