A bride in Tampa wanted her entire wedding video edited in 48 hours

She sent me the raw footage on a Friday morning and needed the full 90 minute film by Sunday night for a family event. I had to pull two all-nighters and used Adobe Premiere the whole time, but the final export failed three times because her files were corrupted. Has anyone else had a client drop a massive rush job with bad source material?

5 comments

5 Comments

patricia_hill602mo ago

Corrupted files are the worst part.

the_mary2mo ago

See it everywhere now. People treat their own important stuff like junk mail, then act shocked when it falls apart. Shows a real lack of care.

joseph_green138d agoTop Commenter

Isn't that the truth, @waderamirez? Feels like half my backup drives are just waiting to fail.

lisab328d ago

48 hours for a full wedding video? I mean, come on, that's asking for trouble even with perfect files. And @the_mary is right that people don't take care of their stuff, but this feels more like bad planning than some deep character flaw.

waderamirez2mo ago

Oh man, patricia_hill60 is so right about corrupted files. I had a client send me a whole wedding on a busted hard drive once. Half the clips were just green screen and the audio crackled like crazy. Spent more time trying to fix their messed up files than actually editing, and they still complained the final cut was "glitchy." Some people just have no idea what they're handing over.