Mark Suszko
COW member since December 22nd 2002 from Central Illinois
20-plus years writing, directing, shooting, editing corporate video, government video, commercials, music videos, forensics and the occasional wedding.
I shoot news, documentaries, and many, many training pieces. I have some minor regional awards, also some tellys and the like. I also rent out the best teleprompter deal in central Illinois within about 100 miles of Springfield.
I work with Grass linear editing, Final Cut Pro, and Discreet Logic PC NLE editing and compositing with Combustion and Boris. I run beta and DVC-Pro cameras. I am learning Lightwave 3d animation.
I specialize in champagne looks on a beer budget, also writing great copy with an emphasis on smart humor.
My dream is to someday be known as the greatest second-unit director in the history of Hollywood;-)
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System Details: Not nearly as good as yours, I'm afraid....
Hobbies and Interests: RC model gliders and electrics. Hard Science fiction. Tiki culture. 80's Music. Animation in 2 and 3-d. Flight simming. Aerospace. Sailing.
Comments and Things Worth Noting: I like pudding!
Why is is that tattoo parlors always use really ugly, unreadable Olde English fonts for their really bad signage, all to advertise a graphic artist/design business?
Re: Broadcast Formats by Mark Suszko on Aug 20, 2008 at 7:51:38 am in the Broadcast Video Forum We're looking at this differently in my shop. For Standard Def dubs, we used to ship everything betaSp, one-inch spot reels, and Umatic 3/4 inch, according to station preference... and we still get the odd occasional order for a betaSp...
Re: Questions to ask before a video shut. by Mark Suszko on Apr 9, 2008 at 11:37:51 am in the Business & Marketing Forum Well there are two separate sets of questions to be asked, after the number one question: "how much money we talkin' 'bout?"
Set one has questions all about the needs analysis: what the customer wants and needs to convey,...
Re: Dance Recital Question by Mark Suszko on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm in the Business & Marketing Forum Look, by no means do I claim the title of professional ethicist or legal counsel.
But a major rule of thumb to look at that has always worked for me is: "did any money change hands at any point?"
If it...
Re: hourly rate by Mark Suszko on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm in the Corporate Video Forum Never charge using a flat fee. That way lies madness. Always establish an hourly rate.
You can use other folks in your area as a guide, but the first step is to calculate what it is costing YOU to edit,...
Re: Clients Can Be Dangerous by Mark Suszko on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm in the Business & Marketing Forum One of the perks of the sheer variety of work I do is I get to peek in on many other people's specialties. I have worked on video programs about domestic violence and abuse before, and listened to the experts...