scrow9
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Oct 24, 2004, 9:21 PM
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Re: [Videogals] Need advice on safety video!!!
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No problem! Remember, it's just my opinion...I think a lot has to do with how the business works in YOUR particular part of the country...I'm in Los Angeles so here everyone and their sister is either doing something related to media or wants to be doing it resulting in lots of competition.
One last thought...for your first time out try to minimize the risks as much as you can...don't invest too much up front because who knows if you will even like doing this kind of work and if you do go ahead, keep careful track of your time spent during each piece of the work...I always SAY I am going to do this myself but never somehow do.
In fact I am a terrible example overall...Right this minute I am trying to justify to myself spending $5,000 of borrowed money on new computer and video equipment, to be followed by another $5,000 or so next year! And this would be investment into a PART-time enterprise...money that should be going into a rainy day fund!
Anyways, (forgive the rambling!) I just wrote a very solid first draft with some storyboards for an instructional DVD project...it looks like the DVD will time out to be between 50 minutes and one hours worth of content. I probably spent 40-50 hours writing this draft which the client is now reviewing.
I've worked with a lot of Web and creative agencies in the past and I think I spent about much time as they would have but I am not 100% sure, heck not even 65% sure. I will probably be putting another 8-10 hours in it, depending upon the client feedback.
This project is being done internally within my company, I'm doing it just for the experience and so that I can have a solid demo example to show to others before going out and trying to do one for profit.
In fact I'm spending a lot of my own money, go figure!
Finally, what I wanted to say is that if I charged an average hourly rate the cost of the script would be $4,000 if I were actually charging my internal client...I wonder if anyone else could give me some feedback if this is too much for "just" a script or if this sounds about right, or even too low for Los Angeles?
Steve
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