Hi Sarah:

You make a good partial point, but I don't think any Ms. Fish's previous experience was in financing 
a project. The artistic responsibilities and skills are very different from the financial. Me 
personally, I don't think the project is without merit, not in the least (to re-spin the double 
negatives -- I think it's a fabulous topic for a documentary). However, I am concerned that Ms. Fish 
may not fully be up to the task for the financial skills required by an executive producer. The more 
we discuss this, the more it worries me that she quotes a decent-sized "price range" for the 
editing. She should have nailed down a firm quote with a post-production group she's comfortable 
with before seeking funding. I wouldn't want to donate money to this project until Ms. Fish produced 
a firm line-by-line budet and timetable. What is difficult about that? Professionals are required to 
provide firm price quotes and timetables all the time. And by the way, if she did this, given the 
excellent subject matter and track record in the artistic end of the business, I don't think she'd 
have any trouble raising the funds she needs. If she did so and then delivered on time and on 
budget, she would be a stand-out in the crowd-funding world.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sarah Bryan" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 7:56 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] W.C. Handy Docu


> I'm taken aback by list members' seemingly automatic assumption that this
> producer doesn't know what she's doing. What is this based on? If you think
> the project is without sufficient merit, don't donate to the fundraising
> campaign. But if you look at Joanne Fish's professional history, you'll see
> that this "want-to-be-producer with good intentions" has in fact been a
> producer for more than thirty years, and has been nominated for seven Emmys
> (and won one). I don't know her personally or know anything about the
> project beyond what I've read online, but I suspect that someone who's been
> in film and TV production for more than 30 years, including for major TV
> networks, probably has a pretty decent idea of what editing costs.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 7:29 PM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Based on the few video-production projects I've worked, high-quality
>> documentary post-production and editing is some of the slowest going. Even
>> the best modern computers need grinding time to render the HD video, and
>> even a super-efficient editor gets slowed down by his or her machines.
>>
>> Someone who contemplates participating in this crowd-funding campaign
>> might ask if the woman is GUARANTEED the 15-18k price by the
>> editor/post-production crew. Will they CAP it at 18k? If not, she may well
>> need more money. A true professional hates to cap a labor-intensive
>> project's cost, but we all do it to get the work.
>>
>> -- Tom Fine
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Radlauer" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2015 7:05 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] W.C. Handy Docu
>>
>>
>> Studio rate say $175/hr.  For PROFESSIONAL work is 125 studio hours,
>>> perhaps including the requisite post-production sound editing, sound
>>> design
>>> and narration work, also not cheap for PROFESSIONAL services.
>>>
>>> For a creative production with major release ambitions, a pittance.
>>>
>>> She'll need more.
>>>
>>> Dave R
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Aaron Levinson <
>>> [log in to unmask]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> There most certainly is. Someone is taking her for a ride.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> > On Sep 11, 2015, at 6:30 PM, John Haley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Wow.  She wants to raise the $22,000 largely to pay for editing the
>>>> film.
>>>> > That has to be a cheaper way to edit a film like that.
>>>> >
>>>> > Best,
>>>> > John Haley
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> >> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Dave Radlauer <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Hi --
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I know the producer, Joanne Fish.
>>>> >> https://www.indiegogo.com/individuals/11426512
>>>> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9E_ZDTIjRU
>>>> >>
>>>> >> She's a want-to-be-producer with good intentions striving to develop
>>>> and
>>>> >> make this doc.
>>>> >> https://www.facebook.com/MrHandysBlues
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mr-handy-s-blues-a-musical-documentary#/story
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Dave R
>>>> >>
>>>> >>> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 9:27 AM, David Lewis <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> First of all, I have nothing to do with this campaign; the link was
>>>> sent
>>>> >> to
>>>> >>> me courtesy of a librarian friend. It looks like a very interesting
>>>> >>> project,
>>>> >>> yet her campaign seems not very close to its goal.
>>>> >>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/mr-handy-s-blues-a-musical-documentary#/story
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> best,
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> David N. Lewis
>>>> >>> Hamilton, OH
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >> --
>>>> >> hm# 510-848-8323
>>>> >> cell# 510-717-5240
>>>> >> www.JAZZHOTBigstep.com
>>>> >>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> hm# 510-848-8323
>>> cell# 510-717-5240
>>> www.JAZZHOTBigstep.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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