Wolfram Business Documentary Style Promotional Video Production Sample Costs #1

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Non-Profit Production Costs

What Happens
Eric Wolfram and his wife, Kate Lydon, arrive at your camp with a production sound engineer to work with a contact on your staff to capture the live sound and images to be included into the video. They will then edit a draft of your video, submit it for one round of written feedback, and then address those concerns and present the final draft for approval.

What You Get
Friendly non-intrusive documentary video production for 5 days. 30 labled VHS copies of the finished documentary. A master copy of the finished tape so you can make more copies (or we will make them for you.) You will get detailed log notes of all the footage so that the footage can be easily repurposed in the future. Plus, you get streaming video web files

Summary of Production costs
(The costs of shooting are $450 per 12 hour day -- including production sound, and editing time @ $30/hour. Tapes are $8/hour. DVCam tapes are $25 each. Duplicates VHS are $5 each.)

Pre Production
8 hours of pre production phone meetings and preparation -- $200

Filming Costs
5 Full days @ $450 = $2250

Editing Costs
Logging - 40 hours @ $30/hour = $1200
Editing - 120 hours @ $30/hour = $3600
Editing Subtotal = $4,800

Supply Costs
30 VHS Duplications of final -- $150
25 MiniDV Tapes -- $200
3 DVCam Tapes for Final Masters -- $75
Batteries and Tape -- $25
Total Supply costs = $1800

Transportation Costs
(One round trip to a location 350 miles from SF.)
400 miles * $.50/mile = $200

Web Files and Streaming Video Hosting
Convert the video to streaming web files = $200 Host the video for a year so you can link to it from your site = $600

Total Cost -- $9,950

Assumptions

• Eric Wolfram is Director of the project. He is responsible for camera work and for knowing when we have shot enough video to finish the film. Furthermore, he is responsible for processing the raw video into the final edited film.
• The proposal does not include the costs of a producer(s) to specify the length and general subject matter of the film before production begins. The film maker collaborates with the producer, generally provided by the camp, in all phases of production to facilitate ultimate success of the film. The producers are not only responsible for administrative tasks like scheduling where we shoot, transportation of crew and gear to locations, getting subjects of the film to sign release forms; but producers are also responsible managing artistic and business choices like who we interview, what subject matter we film, and which story directions we follow as situations develop. Furthermore, the producer is responsible for viewing some of the daily footage to oversee progress, and finally, the producer offers constructive feedback on selected shoots and upon one screening of first-draft sequences.
• These costs include the costs of a production sound intern -- a person who hold the boom microphone and otherwise assist with shooting.
• We estimate that 3-4 hours of video will be captured during each 12-hour call. We estimate 3-4 hours of editing time per hour of footage shot. This proposal specifies a total of 25-35 hours raw captured video. Exceeding that estimate may have timing and cost implications.
• Camp provides lodging and food or business class per diem expenses.
• Extra revisions that cause extra editing work can have timing and cost implications.
• Shooting extra days can have timing and cost implications.
• Sign off on the final video -- Eric Wolfram will present a draft video. Client will have one round of written feedback. Mr. Wolfram will present the final video for approval. Further revisions may have timing and cost implications.