I feel Like now a days everyone thinks they have the eye for everything and don’t understand simple things like rule of thirds or color theory, and it’s hard to give a quick lesson so they understand because they retain nothing 🙃 I just fold and give them what they want, its their brand not mine lol

@@thejamfam_ I do to most times.. even though i try and give creative feedback why their idea might not be the best. Of course the client needs to give feedback because at the end of the day it is their brand and video, but my experience tells me when the client has too much creative control there's a tenancy for the project quality to go down.

Just say “so if I took longer to deliver the video back to you, you would be willing to pay more?”

@@CompoundProjects Hahahahaha :) I’ve done that on a couple of occations when delivering earlier than promised and the customer tried to talk the price down (not on video’s but other projects ;) The problem is of course certain clients equaling time spent to a fee, not considering the *quality* if that hour or time spent. The general problem is often customers who f.ex compare hourly rates between price estimates from different providers, or demand hour breakdowns pr. task for their estimates, which is still a thing, as if an hour of person x’s time is equal in competence and skill as an hour of person Y’s time. And that approach is understandable from a clients point of view, they want something tangible to understand and to explain to their bosses again. In general having a good dialogue with the client about these things and only give hourly estimates for activities that are based on actual hours like f.ex studio rental or gear rental or hours spent on a set. ideation, creative processes etc is usually better done as a lump sum with some additional headroom for changes etc, as long as x amount of changes is priced accordingly, and adding headroom for re-scoping the project and added administrative time spent on handling those changes. This is of course much more prevalent when dealing with smaller more price sensitive clients, local shops, startups, businesses and people trying to always «strike a good deal» … for them, shopping around for the cheapest and not always best solution - which again is totally fair, just have the desency to *not* re-negotiate during or at the end of the project unless results are *way off* what was agreed upon ;)

everybody is doing it. atleast with him i think we would get real information

That'd be great :)

That's probably why Storyblocks extended their free trial 😂 A.I. is gonna completely rinse these stock websites of half their business in the coming years.