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Posted by Steve King on 05/06/06 00:22
"Martin Heffels" <mot@sneeuw.nl> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 4 May 2006 22:40:13 +0100, mv@movingvision.co.uk wrote:
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>>What's so 'uncool' about asking who works with and/or owns what?
>
> Hmm, I usually rent or borrow the tools the tools. It's nowadays mad to
> own
> anything, because it will be outdated or out of favour to use, before you
> know it :-)
>
> cheers
>
> -martin-
I tend to own some basic kit: a PD150 & VX2000, a Lowel light kit, several
wireless mics, a Sennheiser 416 shotgun, and so on. I can get a two person
crew on a job without much (any) notice. Otherwise, I'm with Martin; I rent
professional cameras, when I need them, hire gaffers with light trucks, hire
sound mixers with full kit. I have essentially no video post-production
equipment of my own save a Sony DCR-11, Sony Industrial monitor, plus DVD
burners, VHS, etc. In the audio area, because of my on-going voice-over
narration business (discounts and free auditions offered to newsgroup
members incidently), I have a few pre-amps, a few good mics, and a Mackie
mixer, which primarily serves as a playback mixer. I consider myself to be
a low volume/high profit production company. I've learned through past
experience that the process of creating corporate video programs often
involves a lot of "consulting" to help clients articulate their "message".
I've learned that it is actually more profitable to charge consulting fees
for that part of the creativity process. That puts me in a postion to work
with the client to budget actual productions for the right equipment rather
than the equipment I own.
Steve King
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