May 3, 2007

Production Costs

1.       Concept & Treatment

Your church or non-profit ministry tells a unique and powerful story. I use creativity and digital technology to distil that story into a DVD production that communicates your story to your clients, supporters, and ministry partners in a matter of minutes. I rely on the passion of your people, rather than scripts, actors, or voice-overs. The result is real, honest, and intimate. Though I use professional equipment, the most important gift I offer is a passion to listen and watch carefully for the theme that emerges from the stories of your people.

Cost: $1000-1500, depending on project complexity – flat rate

2.       Filming & Production

After consulting with you, I will develop a filming schedule that maximizes the number of persons interviewed and the taping of B-roll (supporting) video.  The production schedule involves half-day and/or day schedules, including travel, site survey, equipment set-up and breakdown (lighting, cameras, sound and power) and all media. I will also use still photographs I take during production to supplement the production, and can scan or convert digital media provided to me by you or by people in your organization to enhance the production.

Cost: $1000 for half-day or portion (up to 4 hours); $1500 for full day (5-8 hours)

3.       Post-production: digital non-linear editing

In this final phase, I review all footage and develop a list of scenes to capture from tape to hard drive, where I manipulate audio and video to weave together your video story.  I will develop a unique sound track theme that will link the statements of vision, experience and meaning gleaned from the interviews. Rather than showing a progression of talking heads, I cut from interview video to B-roll footage that compliments the interview audio. Your project may also involve computer generated animation (using After Effects), if I incorporate still photos.

Cost: Billed hourly at $100 (2-3 hours per minute of production, depending on project complexity)

4.       DVD/Web mastering and delivery, travel and media

Once your production is complete, I will master a DVD and/or prepare it for web delivery (Flash or Quicktime. I can also arrange to deliver a master to a reproduction facility for multiple copies.

Cost: Billed hourly at $75 (travel is $25 per hour plus .45 per mile); media is $10 per tape/DVD

5.       Guaranteed price and delivery

I will deliver the project on time and at the price you authorize to begin work. You must pre-approve any change in the scope of production that involves additional costs or time.

6.       Consultation process and payment schedule

I do not charge for any consultation, including all consultation after you contract with me. I encourage you to communicate your needs and ideas to me in person, over the phone, or via e-mail, and will keep you updated on the project throughout the production and post-production process.

After my initial consultation with you, I will develop a proposal for your production, which becomes our contract when you sign it, and includes a description of the treatment and scope of work, a breakdown of the cost of the entire project, the production schedule and delivery date.

After reviewing this proposal, your signature authorizes me to begin work on your production for the price indicated on the proposal. The proposal will indicate the payment schedule, typically 1/3 due five working days after authorization (signing), 1/3 due by the date filming begins, and the final 1/3 due five working days after you receive the production from me.

Any changes you authorize to the production will be reflected in an updated, signed change order to the original proposal, which will specify a revised payment schedule.

7.       Filming & Production equipment:

Sony PD-150 & TRV-900 3-CCD DV cameras (Sony studio headphones)

Century Optics 2x teleconverter and .65 Wide angle lenses for PD-150

Canon EOS Digital Rebel  XTi (10.1 MP) with 18-55mm and 70-300mm lenses for stills

Bogen Fluid head tripod and Glidecam 4000 Pro & Smooth Shooter Vest/Support Arm

Lowel DV studio light kit (Pro, RIFA, Omni, and Tota tungsten lights -1750W total)

Sennheiser ME66/K6 shotgun microphone (camera or boom mounted)

Two AudioTechnica Pro 7a condenser wired Lavalier microphones (for interviews)

Azden 200 UPR wireless UHF receiver and two 10BT wireless Lavalier microphones

Two ElectroVoice N/D 267 performance vocal microphones (for interviews)

8.       Post-production digital non-linear editing hardware & software:

AMD Athlon64 X2 Dual Core 4200+ 2.2GHz computer with 2GB RAM and 2 TB hard drive storage

MATROX RT.X2 SD PCIe video capture CODEC

Sony WV-DR7 Digital Video Digital Video and Super VHS Tape Deck

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium (After Effects CS3 Pro, Premiere Pro CS3, Photoshop CS3 Extended, Flash CS3 Pro, Illustrator CS3, Soundbooth CS3, Encore CS3)

SonicFire Pro royalty free soundtrack collection (Adobe Audition for audio editing)

Behringer MX802A and Yamaha EMX2000 mixers

Shure KSM-27 Studio microphone

9.       Consent and Copyright

a.       For interview subjects and ministry participants involved in events that I film for your production, participation in the interview or ministry event constitutes consent to be used in the production. I will provide copy for you to use to make people aware of this implied consent, in the case of ministry event participation.

b.      You are not limited in the number of copies you make of the production, or in the ways you can transmit it. I will retain rights to (and archive) all original footage for potential future projects for your ministry, or for promotional purposes.