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May 16, 2003, 8:42 AM
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Re: Shooting a karate training video. How much to charge for starts.
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David,
A couple of things come to mind after reading your post. Are you selling the videos to the students or is the school paying you a flat fee to make a master tape? If you're selling the videos yourself you need to know how much do students pay for each class session and see if there is a market for the videos. Assume that I, as a student, pay $35 for each lesson. If I miss a lesson and I really want to make it up, can't I simply take the lesson again and pay $35? If so, why would I want to buy a video for $15-$20 when I can get actual "hands on" training for a fairly cheap price. Now, if the lessons cost $100 ea, and I can buy a video for say $20, then it might make sense to purchase the video instead.
If the school is paying you to produce a master tape then you can figure a bid two ways, actual time spent or by the project. If you bid on actual time then your client pays you your rate, $45 an hour, for each hour spent shooting and editing. Don't forget to include tape stock. If you bid on the project, you need to have a firm estimate of how many hours you anticipate the job will take, add 10-15% to that number, and bid the job. Make sure that you and the school agree on the number of expected hours/days of filming. The last thing you want is to bid a project for XXX number of hours/days and have the client add more shots/scenes/locations, etc once shooting has commenced. Also, make sure that you and the school agree on ownership of the master tapes, whether or not music or graphics will be used, and finally, to protect yourself, have any student and instructor sign a release before you start filming.
Good luck on your project.
Sincerely,
Jim Colman
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