http://www.suitetake.com/2009/04/27/keeping-your-sanitydealing-with-producers-clients-and-other-experts-at-your-job/ Post Production Technology, Reviews, Experiences & Opinion from the Edit Suite. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:52:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.suitetake.com/2009/04/27/keeping-your-sanitydealing-with-producers-clients-and-other-experts-at-your-job/comment-page-1/#comment-99 ronsuss Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:46:53 +0000 http://www.suitetake.com/?p=1886#comment-99 I am currently working on project that has seen two producers come and go, a distracted director who's wife is having a baby and the head of an agency with no creative experience making creative decisions. The job has gone way over the deadline and editorial budget. When in a situation like this it is important and crucial to keep the client informed of the overages they are racking up by continually making picture changes. This way, the breaks can be put on a runaway project and the client feels he still has a handle on the costs. If there were a producer on the job it would be their responsibility to inform the client of where they are money wise. Without a producer its my responsibility. Its kind of like saying "no" but putting the onus oh the client. Granted I will keep taking his money as long as he wants to keep screwing around, but at some point you have to say "no, enough!" I am currently working on project that has seen two producers come and go, a distracted director who's wife is having a baby and the head of an agency with no creative experience making creative decisions. The job has gone way over the deadline and editorial budget. When in a situation like this it is important and crucial to keep the client informed of the overages they are racking up by continually making picture changes. This way, the breaks can be put on a runaway project and the client feels he still has a handle on the costs. If there were a producer on the job it would be their responsibility to inform the client of where they are money wise. Without a producer its my responsibility. Its kind of like saying “no” but putting the onus oh the client. Granted I will keep taking his money as long as he wants to keep screwing around, but at some point you have to say “no, enough!”

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