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Old 31st October 2008   #24
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Originally Posted by philper View Post
If they don't want to send a DVD, or don't have one, then they aren't serious or ready to talk about post audio. After I look at the cut I can decide if the project looks like something I want to do, and tells me a lot about their "ability to pay", general film making experience, and the ambitions of the project and the people.

Philip Perkins
I often can't get a DVD or video, as many directors are certain that their films will be the next Blade Runner. They're convinced that the scratch audio, AVR-3 video off-line will end up in the markets of Ulaan Baatar, this wiping out their profits. I must make due with an Avid cutting room screening, the worst possible environment for track assessment (aside from, perhaps, an aircraft carrier). Such is life ...
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