FLASH: Today's Humor (was: Need Flashmaster ASAP)

[Marc Hoffman]

I occasionally follow job leads even if the prospect of work is dubious.

This is one of those examples, a request for a "Flashmaster" that appeared

on this list a couple of days ago.  Below is the response I got.  As you

can see, it's a pairing of glowing compliments and a request for lots of

unpaid work with the prospect of some paid work for the lucky winner.  Once

upon a time, I would have taken him up on his offer.  Now I submit it to

you so you can be on guard for this sleeze.


THIS IS A QUOTE.  I RECOMMEND YOU NOT WORK WITH THIS GUY.


-Marc H.


PS: I do like his signature line, however :-)


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Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 00:50:17 -0400

From: Michael Channing wilson <

webmasterlucidmind [dot] com

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Subject: Need Flashmaster ASAP Update!!!

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I really appreciate everyone replying to my post for help with Flash. I

must say that most of the work I reviewed was outstanding and took me a

couple of days to look over! Below I am going to outline the specs for

what my client has in mind. [ as best I can ] If anyone feels this out

of their "area", I will understand and appreciate the honesty. There is

a 2 week deadline on this part of the project. I would love to see a

quick clip of what anyone comes up with to kind of get the ball rolling

on making my final selection on who get the project. 


The scene will be of an American Bald Eagle. The whole animation should

be quick and have a fairly good download time. If there is any confusion

based on what I give out below, please send me some mail or better yet

call 704-393-8874 (home) or 704-395-0937 (office). Heck, call collect if

you have to.


Specs:


The whole animation is based on the spiritual Eagle (indian stuff)

becoming the life eagle. Hopefully I will explain what I mean here

better below.


The animation will be 99% illustration with a photographic ending. Sort

of a morph between spiritual and real life.


Size: Min. - 400 pixels wide X 300 pixels high   /   Max 600 X 400


Running Time: This should be pretty quick, say about 30-40 seconds or

so.


The client wants a "loading screen" intro. We would like to see a "Dream

Catcher" as the opening graphic on a very dark "morning sky" purple

colored background. A star twinkling here and there every now and then

would also be great. The words "Please wait while this site loads"

should be displayed at the bottom of the animation.


Opening scene: The Dream Catcher fades out and the eagle, very small as

if pretty far away begins to fly in from the top left corner getting

larger and more centered very quickly, sort of swooping through the air.

[The background should still be a morning sky type color, just before

the sun rises, with a little orange light to keep the eagle visible.

Think shadowy. I had to watch some serious National Geographic to get a

clear idea of what this should look like.:) ]


Moving on: We then would like to see the eagle swoop downward turn from

the left of the screen to the right and the upward and away to what

seems to be a tree on the right in the distance. [ At the start of this

sequence the tree should be sort of vague in the distance and become

clearer as the eagle gets closer. The tree will need to be a dead old

tree with a branch hanging out for the eagle to land on. It should also

only be visible in part, as if half out of the scene from the right]


Next: The eagle should turn and come back at the viewer and land on the

branch facing the viewer, sort of shudder, spread it's wings and screech

then, lower it's wings.


Ending: The eagle would then look over it's left shoulder and the sun

will begin to rise on the viewers right hand side of the animation. At

this point the eagle will turn from the illustration to photrealistic.

It would be great if the morph from illustration to photrealistic would

start at the top and work it's way down as the sun falls across the

eagles body, but it is not a big issue if it adds to much download time

or increases the cost dramatically.


The final image will be provided and the entire illustration should

conclude with an illustration of this image morphing in some way to the

photograph and then freeze. 


The words "At Last..." should fade in, in the top left corner and should

be underlined. Not real big, just think 1/2" in print.


There will some text that will fade in, in he bottom right hand corner.

This will probably occupy about a 4" wide X 2" tall space and has not

yet been determined, but will by the time we choose the Flashmaster in

question.


After seeing the clips and quotes for completed work, we will decide on

which designer to go with. We Feel 50% up front and the balance upon

completion is a fair deal. We would like to see the quotes first and the

clips asap afterwards. Please keep the deadline in mind. This, I am sure

will lead to more work, including the Digicom Design [

http://www.digicomdesign.com ] flash site in the near future. I am

looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with.


Again I would like to thank you all for your time and interest, you are

truly great.



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Michael Channing Wilson

Digicom Design

1521 Browns ave

Charlotte, NC 28208

704-393-8874 [ home / office ]

704-395-0937 [ office only ]

704-514-9198 [ pager ]

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It seems my hypocrisy knows no bounds...

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Web Site design & Hosting

http://www.digicomdesign.com

infodigicomdesign [dot] com

webmasterdigicomdesign [dot] com

ICQ UIN - 18180955

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Marc Hoffman

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