The Post Production Suite – Any stories or advice??

[Dazzerman_vb]

Hi all

I am currently teaching students about Post Production and especially working in suites and suite etiquette. The infamous working room of many FX Artists. Some 5 star luxury, others a tiny hot room under the stairs.

I would like to hear from any of you who has a funny or unusual stories, advice and tips for working in this unusual environment.

What has been your most embarrassing moment in front of a client?
What would be your top 5 tips for working in a post production suite with clients?

Any comments stories or comments would be gratefully received! I will credit any I use in my lecture!

Many thanks
Darian Weir

[Anonymous]

Hi,
just quickly the most embarrassing moment.
I was working for an agency-client in my own brand-new studio. We just got the then very modern FlintRT and after hours of work that agency’s boss came to visit. He looked at the clips and then asked what the differences and advantages over a “Henry” were…
I took a deep breath and wanted to answer him, just to see the Flints screen turn blue or something and and completely crash in front of all of us. The clips were destroyed and it took me one and a half day to rebuild it all.
That was so far the worst moment…
regards
Uwe Wiesemann

[pixelmonk]

Could be the time when I asked one of my clients, (a rather largish lady) when her baby was due, to which she replied, rather indignantly , “I’m not pregnant!”
😳

[kakutarvn]

Early in my editing career, back in the days of linear editing, I had just finished onlineing a 30 min show and was just finishing up. All I had to do was to put Bars-Slate on the head of the tape before the show.

Somehow in my haste I mis-entered the TC numbers and ended up overwriting the first 30 sec of the top of the show. 😯

Took another hour or two to match frame back into it and rebuild the begining.

oops!

BKM

[Vit Sedlacek]

hi…im an english speaking editor working in a chinese speaking country…plenty of nodding and smiling helps…lol…i speak good chinese now…:)…cheers

[Matthew]

I had a client bring in a old coffee mug with a design on it that was going to form part of his brief to me. I thought he was joking and laughed. He left and never came back!

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