Greg Ball
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I’m glad you’re doing better? Welcome back!
I mean what you’re describing can work, but really I find that rules of thumb work by coincidence only. Sometimes you’ll overestimate and sometimes you’ll be way under. What’s fair to your clients?
As i said before, it really depends on the length you expect the edited final video to be.
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In my opinion, there is no ratio. You can shoot 8-10 hours for a 2-3 minute edited video. It depends on what is included in the shoot and the edit. Are there graphics, effects, lots of quick cuts, music editing,
We determine our shoot costs, and then we base the editing fees on how long it will take to edit what we’ve shot and what the client is looking for.
You can have a 30 second ad spot take 3-4 days of editing. You really need to look at the project as a whole and determine how much you can edit in a given time frame.
Greg Ball, President
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Thanks Simon.
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Thanks Shane. I don’t believe I can move to Thunderbolt on this mac. The OWC Mercury Elite and Elite Pro drives seem to get mixed reviews. What do you know about these Glyph drives?
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1053101-REG/glyph_technologies_2tb_studio_s2000_external.html
Greg Ball, President
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I would agree with Mark, except the trademark on the door does not include the slogan.
Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
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Hi Mark,
Thanks for your input. The client just likes the style. I wasn’t impressed either, but I just wanted to be able to tell my client that these spots probably ran X-amount of dollars.
The client’s product is very different and there wouldn’t be a template available.
Have a great night.
Greg
Greg Ball, President
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Hi Todd,
Would you have the name and contact info of that Maya and Cinema4D whiz who I might be able to contact?
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Thanks Todd,
What would you think the “big boys” would have charged for these? I’m not asking what to charge this client, I’m just trying to have them understand what the spots that they sent me probably cost to produce, so they can be realistic on their budget and expectations.
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Hi Ken,
For me, taking 3 days of footage from 2 cameras and converting it all for a client is time consuming. For that much footage I would charge the client. Yes if it was just
Usually for my clients I offer them low res 640 X 360 footage with time codes. This allows them to pick the shots that the like and give me edit direction at the same time. My clients appreciate that, and I’ve never had a client not want to do this.
Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
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Ned…LOL!! That was quite something. Not “exactly” what my client’s system uses, but your video demonstrates a much more superior system by far!!
Greg Ball, President
Ball Media Innovations, Inc.
https://www.ballmediainnovations.com