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Brain Farm hits close to home with their breathtaking demo reel.

This vid has been out there a while now, but Ive been away for a long time so it’s new to me… I’ll let the video do the rest of the talking. Full screen and decent speakers are recommended.

http://www.brainfarmcinema.com/

Excerpts from inexperienced creative buyers.

Anyone with experience in this business knows these types of people. They usually have no real business experience, especially in the creative industry, but have confidence in spewing non-sense at you assuming you will bite. For those of you who are unaware, save yourself the humility and educate yourself on the prices and ethics in the creative industry before you try to “swing a deal”.

For example, creative services range between $85-$300/hour or flat rates based on usage. Flat rates range from $600/single creation, to upwards of $500,000 for a national/global campaign package. Any creative worth his weight will tell you the same thing.  Anyone who comes in under above mentioned, is either desperate or inexperienced. Either way you get what you pay for.

Now enjoy some actual situations between creatives and half witted clients.

2010-08-16
Client: ”I sure like dealing with you Australian guys, I love the accent! Which part of Australia are you from?”

Me: “I was born in and grew up in Scotland. That’s where the accent comes from!”

Client: “Oh my goodness, I’m sorry.. But you speak English so well!”

2010-08-15
“Our bottled water is better than Perrier. And so we don’t think that we need a Perrier-like budget to advertise. It will become a market leader simply because it’s better.”

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Well, I guess we’ve paid all the important people. So I guess we could look at your invoices at some point.

2010-08-14
We find E-mail unworkable, time consuming and awkward. We prefer to work via focused conference calls. We don’t type.

2010-08-13
I keep looking at this website and it just isn’t blowing my skirt up for some reason. Can’t really explain why. Let’s start over.
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Why the heck should I pay for the domain of my company’s website? I own the company and I came up with the name!

2010-08-12
But I really love your style, I don’t think I’ll get that from a beginner. Can you recommend someone who does work just like yours but for the price I’m offering to pay?
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We want a photo of large sunny happy smiling faces on the cover of the booklet. But it should be done so that nobody can recognize their race or sex.

2010-08-11
Can you make the site loader slower? We want it to feel more elegant.

2010-08-10
Just spray your creative juices all over it!

“If I’m the user, I want to have to search for the caption while the slideshow is playing. Users like a puzzle, a mystery.”

“I want something like Facebook. And don’t try to rip me off, I know that Facebook is free.”

Me: “How can we demonstrate to the consumers that your product is better than the competing products?”

Client: “Are you calling me a liar?”

Stars are not equal to dinosaurs

Client: “I want you to make a map of the different constellations found in the southern hemisphere. Please include some random stars – around 250 – that blink and which users can click on to donate. I need this done by the end of the week.”

On Thursday evening I receive the following email:

Client: “I’ve changed my mind. Please change the stars to dinosaurs instead. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow afternoon,”

[Client sent me some complex logos (as JPEGs) in order to vectorize them.]

Client: “What exactly is taking so long? If I knew it would take so long, I’d have done it myself.”

Me: “Vectorizing the logos takes some time because—”

Client: “Time? Renaming files from *.jpg to *.eps takes time?!”

To see more go to http://www.clientsfromhell.com

Here is another common problem: (Do yourself a favor and get half up front and half upon file handover.)

CEO: ”Hi Michael, we wanted to talk to you in person (over the phone) to resolve the question of payment.”

Me: “OK.”

CEO: ”Let’s forget all of the stuff that has gone on in the past with this project. Let me put {Accountant) on the phone.”

Accountant: ”What we’d like to do is offer to pay $XXX for the project. Based on what you billed us we think $XXX is a fair amount, minus what we’ve already paid you, minus the recruiter fee.”

Me: “So you’re ‘offering’ to pay me half of what is still owed on the bill for the work you hired me to do.”

Accountant: ”Well, based on the total cost we’re willing to pay, minus the recruiter fee…”

Me: ”A simple yes or no, will suffice. If you owe me $XXXX and are ‘willing’ to pay $XXX, if my math is correct, and I believe it is, I can redo it on my calculator if you’d like, you’re ‘willing’ to pay me half. Even though I rushed the work and everyone was thrilled with it.”

CEO: ”Well… yes, I guess, you could say that is half…”

Me: ”I do.”

CEO: ”Look, I’m sure you just want to put this behind you…”

Me: ”Actually, no. I want to be paid in full.”

CEO: ”Well, this is all we’re willing to pay.”

Me: “You know you signed a contract right?”

Accountant: “Well, we had several conversations via email and in person about this…”

Me: ”Yes, in each you tried to weasel you’re way out of paying me…”

CEO: ”I think this is a fair compromise.”

Me: ”I think you’ll be hearing from my lawyers.”

To see more of this please visitL http://www.clientsfromhell.com

A Soldier, A Dress, and a 5,500 year old Sneaker.

http://www.designboom.com

This 5,500 year old sneaker was found in Armenia back in June.
Considering this style dates back to the beginning of civilization, not much has changed…

Read the full story here:

http://www.ecouterre.com/18813/5500-year-old-leather-sneaker-discovered-in-armenia%E2%80%94worlds-oldest/#more-18813

Some Decent Photography from Eric Gustafson

Landscape photography with a tasteful hint of HDR.

To see more of Eric’s work go here: http://www.antilimit.com/

Velkommen!