I would never do that either, Bob... at least not more than twice daily.
We have one particular commercial client, who after seeing my edit, or take selection, or effect, or some such visual decision,
always gives us the "Hmmm... instead, what if you tried....?" which leads to three or four different attempts at something different. After which he
invariably goes back to my first edit, with a "Yeah, you were right." Invariably. Never
once has one of the "What if you tried...?" stuck.
On the downside to
him, his edits sessions take about three times as long as they would if we were just left alone to cut it solo.
On the upside to
us, his invoice ends up being about three times as much.
For
exactly the same results... right down to the frame.
Some people just have to put their hands on things, no matter if they are qualified to do so or not. A million years ago when I worked in broadcast television, we would purposely build in a "mistake" or an obviously needed aesthetic change into a production because the general manager was never satisfied until he had made his one "suggestion" after seeing the otherwise-finished project. "Just change so-and-so and it'll be great." Unbeknownst to him, his "suggestion" probably had already been made on the
real master he hadn't seen. :)
T2
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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com
