Hey Kats -
Uh, 'unusual' request: need to 'buy' some good-quality video of 'aerial' / beam-fx laser show... Kinda like these (attached), but must be at least 512 pix X 160 pix or wider... 640 x 480 or above would be great....
'Content' can-be varied, but what is most important is:
- NO 'images' - aerials / beams only - fans, sines, cones, tunnels, sheets, etc, etc - all-good.. but 'Zeus' has to stay-home on this one...
- Good Color and modulation-variety is required - again, see the 'samples'... NO monochrome-only submissions...
- Must be at LEAST 2 -3 minutes long (typical song-length) and variety in 'pace' and visuals is important - Client would like plenty-each of 'slow, medium and fast' parts, to 'cut' / use...
- Can be Quicktime or DV-format, but MUST BE UNCOMPRESSED, other than straight 'DV' or 'Raw' - NO H264 or mp4 or avi or mov WITH codecs...
- Must not contain any 'copywritten' stuff, per-se, at least nothing that any Co would 'object' to having you use / sell - in other words, please don't offer something you ripped from someones website or Yucktube page, w/o express-permission, and/or, it's your-own, dig?
- CAN contain 'people' (ie: shot in a club) but no one 'recognizeable' or that would require 'model-releases' / fees, etc - no $$ for that sort of thing... and no-ones / Co. logos / brands / club-names, etc, etc in the shots... And, probably best to not use any 'famous' or easily-recognizable venues / ones where the owners would WANT to 'authorize' such footage being sold, etc...
- Don't want a 'clubbing video' - don't wanna see bouncing-boobies or foam-party shots or sexy-chicks dancing, etc (well, at least not for this purpose.. - if shot in a club, must MOSTLY > ALL-be lasers - Client is NOT interested in lot of other lights, pyro, etc - Again, see these 'examples' - (they'd be perfect for him, but we don't have anything larger than the 320 x 240 size... - and MUST BE tripod-mount shot, NOT 'hand-cam' (ie, he liked this clip, http://www.youtube.com/dslasers#p/u/11/cJfKvLT1F6w but rejected it because it was hand-cammed...)
- If this is YOUR co footage, there can be no 'Co. logos / watermarks', in the footage... you have to be willing to let it be 'anonymous' - and - FOR THE RECORD - this will NOT, I repeat, NOT be used for ANY of DSLI-promos / marketing / website, etc - I think most of you 'know' that I take explicit-pride in everything WE do, being OUR own work or partnerships, etc - you'll NEVER see this show up on our YouTube channel or website - and that's, here, IN PRINT.
whew.
This will be going into a 'documentary' about 'human-interaction', or some other smack, as a 'backdrop' for a section in it - this is not 'our' project... Already 'tried' recommending us doing
a custom-shoot, for them, but no time and no $$..
Need this ASAP (...like, tonight / tomorrow am, latest...) and we can FTP or other, and I can arrange to pay via PP...
Client is offering $150. for the clip-useage but it's straight 'pass-thru'... We're not 'custom shooting this' cause I'm slammed, and the 'budget' just does not warrant it, knowhatimean?
Any other ??s, PM-me, I'll be off for awhile, but will check-in, asap... you're also welcome to call me 818.358.8716... Thanks, ya'll
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