• my recent pitch and my confusion
  • client doesn’t have an idea of what they want
    • like i need to introduce the current status quo to them
    • their aesthetic makes me …= =b
    • due to lack of understanding, he’s modifying the scope of the project a lot
    • fragmented communication
      • actual client (the dj girl) - shawn (the middle man, POC for us) - henry - me
    • ask gpt - “make this email less passive aggressive”
      • you tell me are you happy with the aesthetics? what do you speciifcally like about it? (the lighting? the moment of xxx? maybe they don’t like the whole thing)
      • work with midjourney (client aesthetic + my aesthetic) find a middle way
      • show them “i was thinking more like this” + listen to their feedback on it
      • asking them to be specific
    • scope - align my team, timeframe
    • pitch - time spent on the pitch
      • fast turn around, “1 month” keep track of me
      • we’d love to get this started, when can we go to conrtact and NDAs? if we can’t move on, we have other clients
      • 1k asset
      • i have the portfolio they like, otherwise they wouldn’t talk to me at the first place
      • 500 client will NEVER become 5000 client - it will never happen
      • mo-cap included: 50+ 75-100/hr
      • exposure: am i having my name on it? mentioned? or just shawn’s agency? what am i getting out?
        • communication scope up - 10 hours of no direct communication w the client
        • actual scope breakdown
        • shoot day 8 hr, clean up 8 hr, look at finals - split to 2 ppl (10% add up on the hours)
          • mocap - 1 ppl? 10 ppl?
          • be specific on the contract
          • what’s the line item? it’s easier for them to sign if we have line item
          • out of scope section: if you need these xx day rate will apply
          • and don’t do hourly
        • if already lowballed - this is what you getting with this price, these are the items you didn’t get
  • client is lowballing me obviously and how can i get around with that?
  • whats the best time to talk about budget and timeline
    • if it’s beyond this date - you need to pay me day rate (if you didn’t give me feedback on time)
    • lock in iteration - above this charge more
    • we will deliver on xx days, you have xx time range to provide feedback, you can’t give feedback after xx date, if you don’t give feedback 2 days after receiving, I will not be able to work on time.
    • beginning: send things daily; middle - specific range of feedback period and working period.
  • lets do meetings when all 3 of us are here?
    • pre-veting dates, i need to hear from the actual client..