Agency cut, yay or nay?

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Always yay.
(Unless at the expense of the hero cut.)

Nothing wrong with attempting to preserve your vision, when possible. It’s what future employers will be looking for when flipping through your book.

Also, with certain clients, it’s the only way to get something bookworthy, and therefore is the only way to get away from certain clients.

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Of course. You are going to look at it for the rest of your life. You don’t want to suffer through it and be all pissed at all the stupidity that eroded that film into something lesser. For yourself, do it. Also for the rest of us who get to see better work.

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If it’s actually different and better I love to make agency cuts. If you’re obsessed with one read of one line for your own vanity’s sake or something skip it.

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That’s obnoxious and unnecessary.

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Absolutely yes. The number of spots on my site that are exactly how they ran is approximately zero. It shouldnt be SUPER weird and obvious that you just did your own thing, but shorter VO, no god damn legal copy, alt takes or jokes or endings from what the client made me go with is my right as a red blooded American. 🇺🇸

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Nay

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Yay

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It’s unfortunate that some clients don’t get it, but as a creative you should put your book first. So yay 😐

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Always yes. Always. But, it must be meaningfully better than what resulted from client changes.

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Always yes!

Yea. I have a few in my book. But when someone has a :42 version of what's obviously a :30, it says to me you can't cut (or sell) a usable version.

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