Frame rate screw-up story time: Around 2009, my street flooded and I decided to record it and sell it to a local news station. I had one bite and I took my cam

Frame rate screw-up story time: Around 2009, my street flooded and I decided to record it and sell it to a local news station. I had one bite and I took my camera over to the TV station (CTV). When I got there, I was beyond disappointed that (1) they didn’t have an HDV player and that (2) I forgot my FireWire cable. I rushed home, imported/exported it in FCP, burnt it to a DVD and rushed back. In the rush, I forgot to ensure the right frame rate was set. When I got there, the techs were able to ingest it no problem, but my heart dropped when I noticed the import rate on a little VFD was 1080/50i. Fortunately, it worked out and when my video aired, it looked like it was from an international source because of the pulldown. I ended up getting a cheque for $135 for 8 broadcasted seconds of video and a day’s work of rushing back and forth. I’ve extrapolated it to be my most valuable piece of work at about $60,000 per hour.