Hey Jay, Turnhere had a camera operator interview me and I assume he also cut the piece together.
http://www.turnhere.com/blog/favorite-videos/the-future-of-online-video-by-tim-street-part-1/ If he got $200 for shooting and editing this simple interview that took about 30 minutes to set up and shoot blocks away from his house I think it's a pretty fair deal for him. Tim On Jan 20, 2010, at 6:55 PM, Jay dedman wrote: > > TurnHere.com, who are an agency who match up filmmakers with small > > businesses, have a new promo going for US & Canadian filmmakers. > > You can offer free 1 minute videos to small businesses, and Turnhere > > will pay you $200 to make them. > > It's a very small amount of money, and is undercutting other people > > who are trying to do the same thing on an individual basis. > > But the requirements are much lower than your average bespoke video > > job. It's pretty much video by numbers. Turn up for an hour, shoot > > an interview with the proprietor, shoot some B roll, cut a 1 minute > > film, get paid $200. > > I looked into their business model. I'd want to here from video > producers who did a lot of work for them. Seems more like > http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_demandmedia. > > Ironically, Turnhere's orientation video is a downloading WMV: > http://producers.turnhere.com/orientation-webinar-video.html > Guess some there doesn't know how to do simple transcoding? > > Sorry to be a scrooge, but I hate companies that just want to profit > from other people's work. Like an Amway scheme. > > Jay > > -- > http://ryanishungry.com > http://momentshowing.net > http://twitter.com/jaydedman > 917 371 6790 > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: videoblogging-dig...@yahoogroups.com videoblogging-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: videoblogging-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
