[daydream]

I’m doing a feasibility study prior to opening a studio. The main question at hand how many of you would rent a studio that would fit your needs if it were well priced.

Lets say there were a G5 with the entire equipment just to finish that job that needs to get done. As well as the applications, RAM, Hard Drive space, Tape decks from DSR-11 to DVCPRO, EDL, DVD Burner, Dual Layer, NTSC monitor as well as speakers to audio input to audio output to DAT etc.

Would any one of you rent a suite like this to do your work on as well as refer others as well?

[Spheric Harlot]

You might want to specify what type of studio.

Video? Audio? advertising? speech? music? live recording? mastering?

[daydream]

What's interesting about your reply I have posted on four other sites and others have suggested that I was not as clear as I could have been yet they understood by the equipment what I was talking about and the answers I received were great. This makes the third time I have come to Macnn and found that when I asked a question I was asked back what do you mean or you did not clarify your point or my question was not phrased right.

I used to love coming here I mean I was here all the time and now it’s losing it’s flame as I see that I have out grown the immature ways of learning to grow to reading from such sites as Dvinfo.net and DV.com were they really try to help and I mean they want to help you not point out at you……

[k_munic]

Spheric Harlot asked the right questions; his questions showed me, that he has the know-how to answer with a professional attitude.

you want to compete with Pixar? you need a few more G5…
you want to make voive overs for bible-tv? no need for DVPro equip…-

sorry to flame you, daydream, but specific answers needs a specific question. lots of of fun happening in the forums, but in most cases I got here valueable infos.

my 5 €cent

[Spheric Harlot]

Originally posted by daydream:
I used to love coming here I mean I was here all the time and now it’s losing it’s flame as I see that I have out grown the immature ways of learning to grow to reading from such sites as Dvinfo.net and DV.com were they really try to help and I mean they want to help you not point out at you……

Do you think that perhaps posting on DV-specific fora might have given a slightly more specific twist to your question than posting it in a generic "Digital Video AND AUDIO" forum?

Looking back over your post, it does seem to look more like video stuff, so I apologize for asking and admit that no, I definitely wouldn't rent your studio.

But I probably wouldn't rent you mine, either.

Run along now, there's grown-ups waiting to play with you.

-s*

[daydream]

Your post drips with sarcasm and I do accept your apology as it was clear to others what I was asking yet you had to make me out a fool as to make yourself better. Why I do not know I guess you live here judging all the posts you have made. I would try to help someone and ask not insinuate as you did of course I am a different type of teacher than you are….

I would like you to see the other words from pros to young kids and look at their words and their tone, as there is none.


From a person DV.com

To be honest... not really. The point of FCP and Premiere Pro and other low cost powerful NLEs is for the filmmaker/producer/editor to have their own equipment.

There are dozens of people like this and many of them are not really making a profit out of it. It is their editing skills on a freelance basis is what attracting the customers - not the equipment. People who pay for equipment tend to pay for high end gears like DVC Pro 50, DigiBeta, broadcast monitors, Avid Media Composers, Unity, room with scopes, SDI, Genelec speakers, etc.

Second, low cost NLES attracting, well... lost cost production. Meaning less money to go around for gear. So you see a lot of low offers - making it hard to be profitable and recoup your cost.

I would pay an editor a little something on top of their regular weekly [or daily] fee to use his Avid XPro to offline. With the money I save go to an experienced well equiped online facility and/or pay for a ProTools session.

There are a handful of places in NYC trying to do what you are doing. But the only thing I see people are paying for are the editors time and skills. Corporate is bringing it in-house. Independents doing it themselves and just renting a deck. Broadcast show still doing the production space/Avid renting workflow.


Another from DV.com

I've rented a couple of times during moves and when I had over flow work for a hired on editor whose equiptment was less than what i consider adequate. But I don't that often. There are several rental suites up in Denver that do good business but only one FCP that I know of and I don't know how well she is doing. Its a suppliment to her editing and DVD authoring business. The rest of the suites are AVID with a couple Flame systems.

YET ANOTHER

Yeah, it all depends on budget, time restraints, etc. It's really hard to say. If I were in the market to be able to afford it, I would use it. Especially if it came with a really good editor, or if the option to hire one from staff was available etc. I edit everything myself, but I would like to find a good one to do all my work from now on.....it's hard.

A friend of mine once asked me "what makes you unique? Why should I buy from you?" I think every business man has asked themselves that. That's what you need to find, something that makes your service unique.

Perhaps make is a "getaway" thing, there are a few other places that offer this as well, and I've always wanted to go. They are resorts where you can post your entire movie, you stay on a ranch, and edit yer film it looks like a lot of fun. Don't know if that's something you can offer, but it's something unique, at least to my knowledge.

LASTLY I RAN ALL THEM THROUGH MICROSOFT WORD AND THERE WERE COUNTLESS MISTAKE YET I HEARD WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY……


Good Day And Good Night and Finally Good Bye………………………….

[Spheric Harlot]

Well, I'm glad you found a less immature way of learning.





Mind you, my first reply in this thread meant no offense.