Legalize in FCP

[Walter Biscardi]

[Chi-Ho Lee] “I believe Walter is in the Atlanta region – so I was wondering if the cost was lower down south.”

I’ve been quoted from $250 – $750/hour+ depending on the location.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Shane Ross]

[walter biscardi] “I’ve been quoted from $250 – $750/hour+ depending on the location.”

Interesting…same pricing structure as out here. I haven’t seen $750/hour all that often, but I have seen it.

How else can the front lobbies be polished mohogany, the conference room designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and catering done by Wolfgang Puck himself?

Shane

Littlefrog Post
http://www.lfhd.net

[Rob Gardner]

I wanted to thank everybody for all the thoughtful input. I also wanted to make clear that the work we are doing is in HD. Maybe the filters work better in SD. My understanding is that the legalizing filter has to be applied last for it to be effective, but I think we will start doing tests.

Regarding color correction, our shows are very carefully lit and are produced in feature film style with a unit of about 60 people, shooting in Europe. We use geared heads, Steadicam, a jimmy jib and full lighting truck and lighting crew every day of production. Color correction is done in FCP and it is minimal. To be honest, unless you are dealing with a lot of stuff shot under very different circumstances, and with a lot of exposure and contrast problems, I think expensive color sessions are a big luxury.

But the legalizing issue is a big one on this job because this is series, delivering in HD and SD, and every added technical step outside of our editing rooms means another dollar not earned. Every cost is multiplied by 13.

And here is what may be an unpleasent truth about the future of what used to be television: Budgets are not going up and many things in the production/post production work chain that were once considered essential are going to fall by the way. On-line suites and that entire business are vanishing as the work is done more and more in the computer. The producer that will survive is the producer who can deliver more for less, even in big markets. It’s a hard old world out there and the decisions that relate to what is considered quality are being measured with more and more scrutiny.

Thanks

rob