今年小笼包三岁了，春季的时候给他做了一个视频。

在甲方圈子里众所周知的一点是，做视频是个很容易的事情，也就三步

搜集素材

剪辑

导出

Done！

那就做一个吧。

搜集素材

包妈和我在相册里按时间顺序找了一些照片，加收藏，然后一起过了一遍，最终得到34张高清原片，按拍摄时间命名。

外包剪辑

正好那时候看到油管上有个视频对比上不同价位的剪辑外包效果，我也就动了实际体验一下的念头。

我找了三位不同报价的乙方来做剪辑，为了尽量让对比显得公平，我事先写了一段对视频的要求，统一发给每个人。以下是甲方（我！）的要求：

- title: "I am Ian." could be at the beginning or in the end
- running time: ~75s preferred, 90s is a hard limit
- purpose: kids self-intro to his teachers
- orientation: landscape preferred, but portrait is okay to me if the choice is limited due to the portrait footages
- resolution: 1080p ( I can re-encode to lower resolutions on my own)
- music: up to you

I'd like to make a video for my son, Ian, as his self-introduction to the kindergarten.
90 seconds is the upper limit. I wish it could be around 60~75 seconds.

I have prepared some footage. Check the following link:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/*****************/*****************?dl=0

Initially, I thought of making a video strictly according to the date photos or videos are taken. Then I thought maybe it would be better if I organize the footages by topics. I came up with this:

1. I grow up: align the footage to where the face is located. quickly flash photos to show the 3 years changes.
2~10 different interests or skills of Ian. Slightly more focus expected on music and learning.
11 shows that Ian has a good relationship with his friends and family.

It would be nice to end (and optionally start? don't know whether this looks good) the clip with a caption "I am Ian." since the whole point is to introduce Ian to his teachers.

How long does this editing currently take considering your schedule? I need this to be done by 23:00 pm April 16 China Standard Time (GMT+8).

分别发给了以下三位剪辑师（其实是4位，其中1位初步沟通后，交期不满足要求，了）。分别都对初稿提过一次修改意见，以第二稿完成交付（现在这个年头，我这样的甲方已经不多了啊）。

他们交出的答卷分别是

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实话说，作为甲方，我看了之后还是不满意。怎么办呢，只能自己操刀了啊。

你行你上

4月16日一大早开工

4月19日凌晨完工

整个时间轴控制在90秒以内，轨道也不算多。

最终形成本文开篇的那个视频。

本来想花钱买轻松的，结果赔了钱还花了时间。总结经验教训的话，一是钱没给到位，二是钱没给对人以后有机会的话，我可能会试试万能的淘宝。

各位看官觉得哪个外包版本比较好呢？下篇揭晓外包实际价格。

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