TV programming budgets
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I just started working for a branded entertainment and alternative marketing production company. We have access to a series of concerts and we want to find a sponsor to pay for us taping the shows, and then sell the taped concert series to a local tv station. To do this, I was asked to find out how much it costs local station like KTLA or KCET to produce a similar show, a reality show perhaps would be equivalent to this.. Does anyone have any ballpark range of the buget for tv programs?
What is the concept?
Taping a concert with a nice jib and 3-4 other cams (shooters with their own gear), live switch to tape or hard drive, ISo records for editing, 24 channel audio split for sweetening, pre-pro, engineering, 2-4 grip/tech people, producer, DOP, and director can cost a bunch.
Minimum for SD quality record: 25-35K
Minimum for HD record: 45-55k
Bummer here is that this does not include post and mastering.
I’ve done a lot of this and I would not do it for less than 25k for the shoot alone (totally bare bones)
What do you other COWers think?
peas,
Joel Jackson
http://www.creativebloc.com/port.html
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