Re: [Avid-L2] OT: Did you really need to tell me that

You've described my world last week. I received footage to edit a recap of a
corporate sales competition, one of a series of regional contests. The
client's normal crew was tied up on another shoot, so the shoot was cobbled
together. Interviews shot on a badly-lit green screen in the middle of a
product fair - on a Flip camera. Unusable because of the audio, and hey, the
green screen was no picnic either. Other B-roll also shot on a flip, shaky
and badly composed. Strangely, there was also material shot on P2.

"So, we have the P2 for the presentations. We can save some money and just
shoot the rest on Flips." Ugh.

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John Heiser
o2ideas
birmingham, alabama, USA

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Michael Towe <L2mail@m2digitalpost.com>wrote:

>
>
> I just love how the falling cost of gear, and accompanying influx of
> people who have no idea what they are doing, has changed the way
> clients think of video professionals. I just received some
> requirements from one of those clients and it included the following...
>
> "Both cameras will need to be on tripods and aimed at the person being
> interviewed..."
>
> Really? aimed at the person being interviewed? Now that's a novel idea!
>
> "Audio will need to be of high quality and only of the person getting
> interviewed and no background noise. To achieve this, crew will need a
> well positioned lapel microphone."
>
> How about we use a "Well positioned lapel microphone" and a hard wired
> boom just to be on the safe side? Oh, and can you call the building
> engineer now to see if he can shut down the air conditioning for us?
> No we won't be to long. Yes the rest of the building might get a
> little warm, but it won't be to bad.
>
> "Clear concise responses from interview talent is required (talent may
> repeat answers many times over in order to get good take)."
>
> Hold on... belay that last order. We may be there all day. Better give
> everyone in the building the day off!
>
> However my favorite requirement was that this North American company
> want's to shoot 25fps for web delivery. I am going to assume this is a
> typo and they meant 24fps.
>
> It's stuff like this that makes me wonder who they have hired in the
> past.
>
> Have a great weekend kids!
>
> Mike
>
>
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