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TRAVIS JOHNS: Hi. I'm Travis Johns with Expert Village, and I'm going to be talking to you
about preparing for projects in your video post-production studio. At the beginning of
a project, you need to assume that any and all eventualities could happen. The client
could ask for anything, so you want to make sure that you're ready to handle any request
that they're going to make based on the project you've signed on to do. A couple of things
you're going to need to focus on: 1.) Take detailed notes when you're having any conference
calls with clients or individual phone calls, e-mails, any sort of communication. Make sure
you have detailed notes so that you don't miss anything when it comes to the very end
of the project. Also, you want to make sure that you have adequate drive space and media
storage for anything you're going to need. You also want to make sure that you have all
the media that the client has provided for you so that you can start the project. Any
graphics request, you want to make sure that you have those in writing. A specific tip
would be if there are any nameplates involved and any interview-style videos you'll be creating,
make sure that they send you the exact spelling of the name of anybody who's going to be onscreen
so you don't get to a final project and they call you saying, "Oh, we misspelled the name."
That way, you can make sure that you get it all done once and the client is happy.