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Jul 23, 2003, 2:08 AM
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: Hello all...I need help. I have been asked to film/edit a 30 second commercial to be aired on TV for a finance company. My question is should I charge by an hour rate or charge a flat rate for the finished product?? And what should my rates be?? I live in the Athens, Ohio area. I will have no out of pocket expense except for the DV tapes that I use to film...it will be a basic commercial filmed on location 3 miles from my house. The company is providing the "voice" for the spot, so basicly I will be out the $$ for the blank DV tapes and my time that it takes to film/edit project. Any help on pricing would be greatly appreciated...I don't want to overcharge/undercharge for the project and lose their interest in my services. Thank you in advance.
: Larry
First of all, if you going to use MiniDV format, then you are going
to tape a commercial not film one. You can always who is new in this
business, by the terms they use.
Oh, I can hear the hate mail now. Hey be easy on the new guy. Why
should I? Are the clients going to be easy on you and expect anything
less than a professional looking commercial. To some business owners
having a commercial produced is run-of-the-mill SOP. For others, the
money they spend for production is just as important as the air time.
Who wants a shotty, amateurish looking spot. Image is everything. Your rates should be
reasonable. Do you have a lot of experience shooting commercials.
Why should they pay you X dollars for shooting their commericials?
There's more to video production that having a camera and a PC.
And a lot of TV stations that use DVCPro also have adapters that playback
MiniDV tapes. There's also a setting in the menu of DVCPro decks
that set between, DVCPro, MiniDV, and DVCam tapes.
Hope this helps.
Keith Wilson
Prestige Video Productions
Wintersville, Ohio
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