From the course: Budgeting Video Projects
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Estimating production
From the course: Budgeting Video Projects
Estimating production
- Let's move on to taking a look at the actual production stage. Remember, the production stage is when the shoot actually occurs. In this case, it was a two-day shoot for the nonprofit client. A lot of things were provided to us which really helped us keep the budget lower. Some of the on-camera talent, most of the locations, and this really helped us save money because it was a nonprofit. For this particular project, our client decided to use non-union actors. This is partially because they're a nonprofit and they were looking to spend a bit less on their budget. They were also unsure of their distribution plans for the public service announcement. Often, if you're hiring union actors, you'll need to negotiate their rate based upon where the commercial's going to play. Our client wasn't prepared to do that so they favored working with a non-union approach. Whether your productions use union or non-union talent is…
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