Re: [FCP-L] Rant: Presumptive Clients

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On Nov 11, 2009, at 12:01 PM, "conigs" <paul@conigs.com> wrote:

> First, backstory: I am primarily a commercial editor & motion
> designer. But sometimes I do off-projects such as color grading &
> design for local docs. I freelance at facilities or occasionally
> work from home, where I have minimal gear.
>
> One project coming up is just such an off-project: color grading a
> doc destined for the local PBS station, which is happening in a
> couple weeks. It is a small outfit with a couple of MacPros, an
> HDTV, small SD broadcast monitor (no video cards, though), and a
> couple HVX-200s.
>
> <rant>
>
> Today, I received this in an email:
>
> "I'm hoping I can get you to help us output HD files to HDCam tape
> for Public TV. Can I ask when you might be able to do that anytime
> after 12/19?"
>
> I'm hired on to color grade, and now I'm being asked to arrange HD
> output to a deck which they don't have through a video card the also
> do not have. Knowing the discount I am giving them, I know they
> don't have the budget to rent a deck, nor do I know of facilities in
> the immediate area who both have an HDCam deck and would be willing
> to donate the time necessary to arrange output. But somehow it's
> presumed I can just take care of it.
>
> At least this is coming up now and not on my second-to-last booked
> day with them.
>
> I understand that one can't be expected to fully knowledgeable in
> every aspect of (post) production, especially in a small documentary
> outfit, and maybe I'm making too much out of it, but it drives me
> nuts when things like HD deliverables aren't thought out before
> production starts, when the choice to shoot and post in HD (720p,
> actually) has already been made.
>
> </end rant>
>
> <<If my client finds this and is reading it, I'm sorry. But we've
> probably already talked this through.>>
>
>

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