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Sorry if this is answered somewhere else, I went through the mega thread and most of the websites didn't have BJD blind boxes.

I've been getting super into BJDs but I'm too broke to buy custom ones and not artistically inclined enough to make my own so I've been looking into blind boxes. The thing is I dont know what are and aren't trust worthy websites and brands. If anyone can give me some insight id greatly appreciate it :]

This is gonna be a LONG post but if you're new to doing business with people online completely solo without the protection of a company or studio it may be a good read for you.

There are a LOT of posts on this reddit where people say that they sent a client a video and the client is only willing to pay a fraction of what the editor expected. I feel like there's an easy fix to this but given that a lot of people are either new or just inexperienced with doing buisness online a lot of people don't know how to avoid getting scammed.

Mandatory disclaimer so no one gets mad: This is my opinion and my personal solution to the problem. I am by no means a full time professional editor yet, I intern as a videographer and editor for a companies marketing team, I have also done some small freelance work in the past. I have however commissioned many artists in my time and this is how we handled things and I never was displeased and the artists was always well payed.

Agree on prices BEFORE you start work. If you are an editor it is extremely important you have some proof of previous work. Make sure the client likes your editing style, this doesn't have to be aggressive or harsh at all! I usually say something like "Hello thank you for reaching out. I'm very interested in hearing more about your project. Here is my portfolio, feel free to give it a look and let me know if you think I'm a good fit."

As bizarre as it may sound some people will just reach out to people who post saying they're an editor willy nilly and not actually look at said editors content, I've had this happen a few times with older folks and businesses. So it's important that you urge them to actually look at your work so they can see if you show case the skills they're looking for. This leaves you from any culpability if they end up later saying they don't like how you edit and try to undermine your skills, they've seen your skill set already and decided themselves that they wanted to hire you.

Once they confirm they want to hire you and you get all the project details and confirm its something you want to do, then talk about pay rates. I suggest you always have your pay rates in writing/text, if its a verbal agreement then it becomes a "he said she said" situation. This means you can have the conversation over text or get the client to e-sign a simple contract that confirms the price you agreed on. I know something like a contract sounds scary but even a text saying "Yes I'm okay with those rates" is considered a contractual statement as long as both parties follow through with the parameters of the agreement (I.E: You finish the edit and they pay you the intended price.)

The purpose of this is so that if you do send them the final product before payment (which I don't recommend but I'll get to that in a second) they legally cannot publish your work. Will you be out of time and money? Yes. But they won't be able to use your hard work anyways without risking legal action.

Now about the actual rates themselves. I've personally seen it done 2 ways, either hourly or per project. If you're talking to a creator and they offer to pay you based on how many views the video makes don't even bother, walk away imo.

Hourly while it does make sure you're paid for every single minute of your time, it may be a bit more difficult to track and get your client to agree with. I'm not sure if there's programs that track your active editing time or not (if there is please comment it below that'd be awesome) so the client would have to trust your word and even though you know you're not lying if the time it took you to do it is higher than they expected then you might face some sort of push back. If you do hourly I would personally ask them if they have a hard limit first. For all you know they may be hiring you thinking that a project will only take 3 hours when in reality it'll actually take much more and when you give them the bill they're not willing to pay it. I had a guy reach out to me once that was adamant that it would only take 2 hours to edit 16 hours of footage... I wish I was kidding.

A base rate for the whole project is what I usually see the most on posts looking for one off editors, people who are looking for someone new that they may not have enough report with to fully trust to do hourly, or for projects with a set budget. If they ask you how much you'll charge for the project make sure you have literally all of the small details first, including the amount of footage, if the audio needs to be edited at all, if it needs to be color graded, if the audio and video are synched already, if they want motion graphics if so how much, and also ask for an example showing what they're aiming for. With that make an estimate on how many hours you think it'd take you and multiply that by your hourly rate and give them that as you base price. Of course there's always the possibility it can take longer or a freak accident happens and you need to start everything over but it's kinda the risk you have to take when doing a set rate. If they offer you a price themselves do the same exact thing and get all the details then decide yourself if the price they offered is close enough to what you charge hourly to be worth it.

I would also make sure to include with both hourly and set rate if you offer free revisions. If you do let them know how many rounds of revisions you'll do for free. If you don't offer free revisions for hourly you don't really need to change anything or let them know, just add how long it took you to your time sheet and charge that price at the end. If its a set price however if you intend to charge per revision you should let them know before hand, or if you want to avoid any head ache that may potentially cause just take into account revision times when you're first setting the price/considering their offer.

My last piece of advice is DON'T SEND THEM THE FINAL PRODUCT WITHOUT PAYMENT FIRST. You may be asking yourself "well how will I get revisions if I don't send the final product?" Simple! Slap a BIG water mark across it. Obviously make it so the video can still be seen underneath the water mark so they can properly give feedback but just make it so they can't take the video and run without payment. Let them know ahead of time at the beginning of your negotiation that you won't send a video without a watermark until you're paid. That way they aren't blindsided when you do send them the draft. Make sure the watermark is somewhere in the middle of the screen so they can't cut it out.

That's all the advice I have! If you have any questions, disagreements, or recommendations feel free to leave them below. Remember this is just personally how I opperate and it's worked wonderfully so far so I wanted to share. Remembering to look out for yourself and don't let anyone under value your craft!

I've noticed in my time editing both in school and on the internet that people really like the tough love approach. Where feedback is often harsh and people don't tell you what you did well on top of what you can improve. I feel like this can lead to a lot of (especially younger people just starting) getting discouraged and refraining from asking for feedback and critique. I firmly believe feedback shouldn't be a public humiliation ritual even if the product isn't great, unless it's something outwardly harmful of course.

If anyone wants feedback on a project but are too nervous to post feel free to leave a comment or send a DM. I'm definitely not a master at editing myself, I've been editing for 5 years but I'm only now trying to learn more complicated skills like motion graphics and color grading! But I definitely can assist with a second opinion if anyone wants it.

Let's make getting feedback a positive experience :]

My original price estimate by the automated system was $500 dollars for the tattoo because of the size I picked. After getting more details from the artist and down sizing we agreed to do the tattoo for $350. But since the system still had my estimate down as $500 my deposit was $110.

Well I got the outline done and because of how late it was we decided I'll do the coloring a different day after the outline heals. She asked if I'd want to pay in full now or just do half and half, and I just decided screw it I'll just pay the full thing since I had the cash on me and I hate carrying around that much cash. She said I owed her $300 because my deposit was $50 which was wrong, but I was honestly very overwhelmed and just gave her the money saying I'll tip next appointment. She didn't seem bothered by it but when I got to my car and did the math I realized I technically already tipped her 17%.

Would I be an ass if I don't tip next appointment? I originally wanted to tip 20% so I was thinking of maybe bringing a $20 next time and just giving her that? What would y'all do in this situation because I don't wanna leave a bad taste in this artists mouth if she thinks I didn't tip or that I tip cheap even though I technically did everything right.

Potential TWS: Sexism, Abortion, and Mental Health.

A big reason I am CF is because I truly believe that if I was to have a child it would not only ruin my life but also give that kid a terrible life. I grew up in an environment with a neglectful parent due to mental health struggles for a long time, I have many of these same issues as well as having Narcolepsy which makes it so I would never be able to have the energy to take care of a child without severely putting myself at risk. I am also deeply terrified of the idea of carrying a child, to me its like body horror and I know for a fact that if I were to get pregnant if I couldn't terminate it I would not continue living.

I follow women's rights/Feminist creators that talk a lot about any updates on reproductive rights and honestly with this administration I can only see it getting worse. I live in the US in a conservative state where the abortion laws are already strict. They're trying to make it a law now that even a fucking embryo is considered a human life which is ridiculous. Many states also have it in place that even SA victims aren't allowed to have abortions. And seeing all this shit about the government saying women need to have more kids makes me feel like they're gonna work on doing even more nefarious things.

Thats why I feel like I have no option left but to get sterilized. I honestly don't feel like I'll be free to have bodily autonomy over whether I want children or not until I make it impossible for me to have a natural pregnancy. Its an incredibly depressing feeling, that such drastic lengths are needed to be taken just to live my life with a piece of mind as a woman. But at the same time I know it'll feel so freeing to just have the possibility of pregnancy completely removed.

I feel quite lucky that I have insurance that will be forced to cover it 100% in accordance with the ACA, but I'm mentally preparing for the fight I'll have to have with the scummy insurance because they frequently try to scam women out of what's their right by the law. It just upsets me so much that in this world it'll quite literally take me getting surgery and fighting a multi billion dollar insurance company just to get a semblance of peace in my body, and many women aren't afforded that option.

Tldr at the end because I yap.

So for context I recently graduated in May and jumped into this internship immediately because I was desperate for work. Its a marketing internship but I joined specifically to work under their Videographer to get more hands on shoot experiences.

That did not happen. Ive been here since May and I've recorded with their Videographer once on something very simple. I've mostly been doing some very simple editing (which i dont mind i love editing even if its simple and i plan to do editing full time one day) and data management grunt work. Its been quite unfulfilling and I wish I got to work with their Videographer more because he was very nice and experienced and could've probably taught me a lot.

Well I come into work today and I'm told he quit. My boss let me know that I'm going to be taking over an important project of his that's only partially finished. It'll be mainly editing because they think he got all the footage but we're not sure. A major issue we're facing is that he didnt use our company cloud like he was meant to so all of the project files and raw footage are on his account which is password protected so we have to wait for IT to be able to let me in somehow. I won't know the scale at which its finished until I can get into his account.

Anything thats unfinished is now my job, and he was saying he may have to reshoot something before he left and my boss said he doesn't even know what he was talking about specifically so I may be responsible for that as well. I'm only allowed to work 20 hours because I'm an intern but my boss said if it looks like most of the job is unfinished he may talk to HR and see if they can change my hours to full time.

Here's the thing though:

I'm an intern so I only make $15 an hour (a dollar above my states minimum wage). I don't know how much he was making exactly before he left but I know my companies starting pay (for everyone but interns) is $20 an hour. If they move me to full time I will be doing his work for at LEAST 5 dollars less than he was being paid. I understand I'm an intern but that just doesn't feel right, on top of this they expect me to keep working on certain intern projects as well (all data management stuff). They also want me to go through all of his files, hard drives, and SD cards to see what's left behind and bless this guys heart but judging on how unorganized his desk set up is I'm quite worried how his computer files will look. ALSO ALSO Because they never had me work with the videographer outside of 1 instance I am completely unfamiliar with the gear they have and no one here will be able to train me on it because the guy who was meant to do that months ago is gone, so I'm likely gonna have to train myself!

Honestly the project doesn't seem too difficult editing wise and I feel fairly safe in it if he has all the footage. Videography wise though I'm still quite new I've only been at it for about a year and a half, I'm kinda really nervous if they're gonna have me operating a shoot with gear I'm unfamiliar with (i cant use my own gear its against company policy.) They also haven't mentioned anything about hiring a new full time Videographer so theres a part of me thats worried that they're not going to hire one and once I finish this one project they'll just continue giving me what wouldve been his work load and I'll be stuck till the end of my internship doing a full time job for minimum wage.

Any advice on what I should do/what would you do in this situation?

TLDR; Videographer at my job quit and they're giving me his unfinished projects. I only make 15 dollars an hour which is at least 5 dollars less than he was making. They may want me to take on full time hours to finish his projects but they haven't said anything about a wage increase. They also did not train me on any of the equipment before he left like they were meant to so I'm likely going to have to teach myself. What would you do in this situation?

A bit of a vent post that I'd like some advice from :].

I feel like all of us here know that this isn't an industry that is easy to pursue. I specifically dream of being an editor in post production but as time goes on it just seems impossible to get any entey level roles, even in non film industries like broadcast news or commercials. All entry level positions I've heard back from are unpaid but still full time which I physically can't do if I want to survive day to day. I won't yap too much and talk about my personal struggles in detail but juggling some really tough personal things on top of doing work either for free or ridiculously cheap has made me feel so discouraged.

The only thing that's kept me going is that I know I dont have it in me to work an uncreative job. I'm currently an internship in a marketing department for a company and when I'm doing the normal uncreative marketing work I actually feel my soul draining.

I know this is probably a very common feeling but how have you coped with it? What changes did you have to make in your life?

Posting this as a warning to people who are on anti depressants to be very mindful of their medications and to never stop cold turkey.

For context I've been on anti depressants for about 12 years now and the specific anti depressants im on right now is Venlafaxine at 225 MG which ive been on for nearly a year now. I've been struggling pretty bad recently and falling behind on things, one of those being getting my refills. The pharmacy was giving me issue with getting it filled and once they did fill it they didnt notify me and filled only half of my dose. I should've handled this WAY before I ran out of my anti-depressants but I just didn't have the energy to at the time and waited till last minute.

This caused me to be without my meds for a decent while, stopping cold turkey essentially (albeit not intentionally). I started experiencing symptoms of withdrawa onl Saturday. I was extremely irritable, couldn't stop crying, increased anxiety about EVERYTHING, i literally felt like I was dying. Im so thankful my partner was coming to see me for the weekend because I honestly don't know what I would have done without him.

On Sunday I was originally doing better than the night before but as the day went on I started to feel even worse. I started having full body tremors/twitches that were so bad i was essentially convulsing, I was non stop sobbing and hyper ventilating, I was having hot flashes and getting nauseous. It honestly scared the hell out of me because I was worried I was going to have a seizure. I was also having what i now have learned is called "brain zaps" which are extremely disorienting. I woke up through out the night to random tremor attacks and there are muscles on my body that are sore that I didnt even know I had.

I slept probably a total of 12 hours today because of how exhausted I was. And today I started feeling the "flu like" symptoms they warn you about. I was afraid to even drink water because of how bad my stomach was. I was so lucky that my partner took off work with me to help me recover because he went and picked up my meds. Now that I've had my dose I'm feeling much better but I'm still dealing with residual effects just at a less severe level.

So if you're on anti-depressants please PLEASE never go cold turkey. I know its hard to keep up with things sometimes with how hectic life gets or maybe you don't like how something is affecting you and just want to stop it, but please be more vigilant than I was. Because honestly if I was alone I dont know if i would've been able to get through it without serious harm.

I know it may seem silly to be nervous over a relatively small position but I get super bad anxiety over potentially messing things up and asking for advice always quells my nerves.

This is for a small unpaid short film shoot but I know no one thats going to be on the cast or crew so I'm very anxious and want to make a good impression. The director reached out to me to originally do general PA work but instead asked if I could be a script supervisor and opperate the Slate. I've never been a script supervisor outside of following along on the script for short films I've directed myself. And same with operating the slate for myself and some friends short films while I did other roles on set but honestly we weren't from a traditional film program that used slates so I'm not sure if we even filled them out and announced them properly.

Is there specific things I should really know before going on set? Im already going to be printing a few copies of the script to follow along and I wasnt aware if theyd have a Slate on set so I bought a quick cheap one to be safe.

I don't know if this is a common experience but its happened to me 3 times now and I keep wondering how it happens.

Ill get a text or phone call from some generic sounding company in my area saying that they're responding to apparently my application to their job posting and want to schedule an interview. Its always been for a marketing position and while thats not my main area of expertise I'll sign up to some very specific creative Marketing Positions that are looking for a videographer or video editor to join the team. Each time I've immediately noted that the company doesn't sound familiar then I'll do some simple Google search and immediately get a post from this sub.

But that got me thinking, how are these companies getting my information and know I'm job searching? Let alone that I'm open to marketing positions. I was thinking LinkedIn because my resume with my phone number is attached but I dont even have the "Searching for employment" thing togeled and one look at my account shows I'm not looking to work in marketing.

I'm genuinely curious to people know how they choose who to contact and how they get your information?

TLDR at the end cause I yap.

I'm 23 and I want to get sterilized before I get removed from my dads insurance, I have till I'm 25 but I know appointments and scheduling stuff can take forever so I want to get started now and I also want to be off birth control ASAP.

A little background on me: I've never wanted children, even as a young child, and my mind has never changed. I have a lot of conditions that are genetic and I would hate to ever pass them down to a child who didn't even agree to be taken into this world. I also would just feel incredibly selfish bringing a kid into this world given how everything's gone to shit, especially when theres plenty of children in foster care and adoption centers that desperately need homes that I could take in if I ever miraculously decided I do want to raise someone. I also have extreme anxiety about pregnancy, to the point where I've had paranoid episodes when I've had scares. I had to get on birth control just so I could be intimate with my partner without going into paranoid spirals, but I'm not a big fan of birth control due to all the side effects and the interactions it has with some of my other medications.

For potential issues, I'm not exactly worried about any social repercussions or struggles. My family is luckily not very opinionated on the subject, outside of some weird comments I've gotten from certain family members, no one really cares enough to make it a big deal. And most importantly to me regarding my family, my Dad (whose my primary parent) doesn't care and never really minded that I don't want kids. My long term partner also doesn't mind as he wants to be child free as well and even considered looking into a vasectomy.

When it comes to finding a doctor that will approve the surgery I am a bit nervous about wasting my time and having to pay the copay for a useless doctor's visit but I did research on the Child Free reddit and specifically only chose doctor's who've operated on people around my age with no issues so that helps quell some nerves.

The thing I'm absolutely terrified about is the price. Like I said at the top I do have insurance, and it is ACA compliant so it theoretically should be covered 100% by insurance. Im going to call tomorrow and see if my plan covers both Tubal Ligations and Bilateral Salpingectomies, if they do I'll get the bilateral salpingectomy but if they only cover the Tubal Ligation I'm fine going with that as well. What I'm worried about is that some people despite having ACA compliant insurance say they've still been charged and I cant have that happen. I'm extremely broke, just graduated college, the most I can spare for this procedure is like 300 dollars max. So it's extremely necessary that I get the full coverage.

For anyone who has been through the procedure how did you get full coverage? Was it truly full coverage or did you have to pay for things like hospital fees and anesthesia?

TLDR: Im looking to get sterilized and i want advice regarding the process especially the financial/insurance parts of it. If you got full coverage for the surgery how did you make sure the insurance covered it? And was it actual full coverage or did you need to pay hospital fees and anesthesia?

So for a little background I just graduated college so I'm finally going out and doing shoots on my own but I have a condition that causes me to have hand tremors, especially when I'm straining muscle for too long. I've struggled with this for years now but I refuse to let it stop me from doing Videography. I've found when reviewing footage that you can see a bit of my shaking during certain shots.

I have a tripod already but I need something that I can specifically use for hand held shots. I was thinking a gimbal but some people pointed out that the weight of the gimbal may still cause some tremors as well and still be visible so I was wondering if there are other things people may recommend trying. And if you're a videographer with a tremor as well Id love to hear your story!

This is a question for everyone in the community as well as well known names in the industry that I may not be aware of.

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I'll go first: I'm a newer film maker that dreams of going into a post production editorial role. I'm trying to get into the industry but its been a challenge. I have Narcolepsy and a hand tremor that cause some major issues. But despite that I'm still trying my hardest to pursue Videography and Editing professionally!

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Now for you guys: What has your experience in the industry been like? How has your illness affected your experience in the industry and how do you work to over come it? And are there success stories that inspire you?

Representation in media and feeling seen is so important so I was wondering if there is anything in media that has ever made you feel understood, even if thats not the original intended meaning of the piece.

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This could be a song lyric, a character in a show/movie/book, a painting, anything! As long as it resonated with your experience.

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I'll give an example:

Two Birds by Regina Spektor

I'm not sure if its the true meaning of the song as many people have viewed it as 2 people in a relationship conflicting about where they want to go in life, I personally viewed it as 2 conflicting inner monologs. One who's extremely passionate and wants to grow and the other thats too tired, too stagnant to change. This resonated a lot with me as a creative with a lot of dreams and passions that are often held back by my type 2 Narcolepsy.

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This lyric in particular hits:

Two birds on a wire

One says, "C'mon," and the other says, "I'm tired

The sky is overcast and I'm sorry."

I'm new to doing Videography on my own and I definitely need to upgrade my rig but I plan on doing it over time as I don't have the funds right now to buy everything I'll need at once.

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My issue is I have no idea where to start and what I should be looking into first. My thoughts right now are torn between either getting a monitor or a gimbal, the only reason I'm putting so much importance on a gimbal is because I have a hand and arm tremor and when straining my muscles for too long my hands can start to shake extremely bad either causing the footage to look bad or if I'm able to suppress it, it can cause a lot of pain. So a gimbal would help me a lot. But at the same time i know theres a bunch of other stuff I need.

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Is there an order of importance that I should go based off of or is it more just based off personal preference? Also are there any rig building websites? Kinda like how theres pc building websites.

I've been diagnosed with Narcolepsy type 2 for about 6 months but I've been treating the symptoms for probably over a year now. Before I was diagnosed my Psychiatrist gave me medications to manage the symptoms to the best or her ability without me having a proper diagnosis. I tried medications such as Methylphenidate (Ritalin), Armodafinil (Nuvigil), and Auvelity (dextromethorphan and bupropion, its an SSRI but it also has some affect on energy supposedly). None of these medications worked at all with helping my symptoms but since i saw my psychiatrist every 2 weeks we were able to monitor and change around medications with ease. So at least I felt like there was effort and care.

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I finally got a sleep study done and thats when I was diagnosed with Narcolepsy and my medication management was moved away from my psychiatrist to my ENT. The issue is here they've been extremely slow with trying medications. I was on Sunosi (solriamfetol) for a while with no affect then they moved me onto Wakix (pitolisant) which has been nothing but a head ache to get my hands on but has also just been completely useless, I might as well be taking sugar pills. The frustrating thing is my last appointment I told them the Wakix hadn't been helping and they doubled my dose and told me to wait 3 months till I see them again. Well to no surprise the wakix still isn't working. I had to reschedule my appointment because I got a new job and one of the days I work is unfortunately the same day as when i had my appointment scheduled, now I have to wait till August to see anyone.

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Im starting to get really frustrated because my main issue for my mental health is my narcolepsy, I sleep all day when I'm not working and I can't bring myself to feel motivated at all. I desperately need some type of support and I just feel like I'm not getting anything while my life just keeps falling apart. I'm extremely medication resistant and looking into getting genetic testing done to see what medications may have a better chance of helping. I'm just getting sick of this process of waiting nearly half a year to try something new when I told them that the medication wasnt working within the first 8 weeks of taking it.

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Am I overreacting is this how it normally is or should I just look for a new doctor?

Hi I've been editing for 6 years, I primarily use Adobe Premiere and I'm planning on learning DaVinci Resolve and After Effects. The thing is I feel quite stagnant in my skill level and I'd like to know how others feel like they improved their skills significantly.

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I'm curious to hear your stories! Did you just churn out tutorials and practice a bunch, did you take online courses, hell did you even read books about editing or study media to see how its done professionally? I'm super curious to get other perspectives.

Im a recent Grad from a non film but still media related program (I was too broke for film school LOL). My program wasn't the best and everything I've learned about editing has been self taught. I've been editing for 6 years now and I still feel like I have a bunch of room to grow.

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My dream is to get into a post production editorial role, but I have no idea where to even start. Since I'm so fresh I've just been trying to connect with other film makers anyway I can, including doing on set work that doesn't really have anything to do with editing. I live in such a small area where there aren't many roles opened especially editing roles, I've seen videos online saying the best way to get into Film or Television editing is to be a Post Production Assistant but that role is essentially non existent where I live. I've taken to doing Videography work and editing for extremely cheap or even doing post production work on small indie shorts for free, just to get my name out there in my community.

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I'm at a point where I'm not sure I'm going about things correctly so I wanted to reach out and just ask, whats your story? If you could go back in time and give yourself one piece of advice what would it be? How'd you learn the skills you know today?

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I'm full of questions so if anyone is willing to answer them I'd love to chat!

I don't mean this to be controversial or seem mean spirited at all! This is a legitimate question and I'm trying to see if what I've experienced in the area is a normal occurrence or if I'm just down on my luck.

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I'm a recent graduate and I've been trying to get gigs on film sets, in Videography, and Editing! My dream is to go into post production full time but I don't wanna hold myself to one thing while I'm still a beginner so im trying to do as much as I can wherever I can. The thing is I've run into some let's say interesting people...

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I've had multiple people attempt to get me to produce essentially their entire project (Im talking casting, crewing, storyboarding, Videography, Editing and time management) and when I express that I am only looking to do Videography and Editing I've been told things like "Oh I guess you're just not ready for the challenge".

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I had probably the most bizarre message reach me yesterday where the director of a film was extremely aggressive saying hes sick of paying editors rates, said he was hiring an editor but wanted me to edit IN HIS HOUSE and bring my equipment with me (which is an entire pc set up with 2 monitors in my case), and said he didn't have time to be teaching me anything. He also freaked out at me in the same message for telling him my rates and said that I need to agree to his rates (I charge 15 USD an hour btw, which i know is significantly less than some people). He also demeaned the short films in my portfolio but still reached out to me??? I didn't bother responding and just blocked the guy.

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I just keep running into people who are extremely rude and I'm wondering is this a universal experience? Is there something I need to be doing differently, am I being too sensitive?

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I will add that i live in a state where film isn't exactly a viable industry so the film community is quite small. Most of the stuff here is commercial Videography or broadcast. So maybe that could be a contributing factor?

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I also want to add not all my experiences have been doom and gloom! I've had great set experiences on smaller productions with people around my age group. And the one solo Videography gig I did was with some very kind people. It just seems like i run into this issue of running into some less than savory individuals when I start trying to branch out.