On 27/10/16, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: >A friend asked me to photograph his daughter's bat mitzvah this weekend. >He'd like to have video of the ceremony, put a camera on a tripod and >let it go. I've got a 15 year old JVC, also a K-3 and a K-3 II. I >know that the early pentax SLRs would only video for a few minutes >before having to stop and restart.
Holy shit. A locked-off camera on a single shot of the whole thing?? How long does it last? Is the area of interest a small confined area or is it spread throughout a room? Is there more than one speaker? How will sound be recorded of that (those) speakers? Sounds like a GoPro set to medium shot clipped onto a nearby convenient mount would be best here for budget, do-with-it-what-you-will video >By the way, I'm willing to do this as a favor for a friend, he's willing >to pay me. Neither of us have any idea what professionals charge. >It'll be about 6hours with ceremony, dinner and party. Anybody have a >rough idea what it would cost him to hire someone that does this for a >living? Sure. Just shooting with no editing, anywhere from 250 to 650 USD for the day (plus any travel expenses) depending on level of production, kit required, experience. If an edit is required as well to produce (say) a 30 minute video then basically you're looking at the number of days it will take to produce the finished item. For a 30 minute video, that's easily a week's work and (including the shooting day) I would be charging about 3500 USD. If the video required was a much more watchable 10 minutes, you're looking at about half that (from me). Caveat: I only work to broadcast standard as it is the way I was trained, and know of no other way. Assume that any freelancer who works on broadcast TV shooting and editing is at the top of their game and will produce a guaranteed end product that will be adored by all who watch. Sure, you can get specialists who concentrate on weddings, bar mitzvahs (and even bat mitzvahs) but unless you watch a showreel of existing work, it's an unknown punt. There is nothing worse than hiring someone to produce something that looks like it will be amazing, to find that it turns out cheesy and labored to the point of boredom. Especially at eye- watering prices. Beware also the man-power required. A troop of half a dozen video wedding specialists (aka students) roaming about seemingly capturing every single angle of the action non-stop is absolutely no guarantee that a watchable product will result. I can guarantee you that I would rather hire one single broadcast shoot/edit (with documentary or news experience) than that mob-handed brigade. Ultimately, you get what you pay form but there are plenty of sharks being paid too much for the shit they churn out. The viewer will decide, but an expensive way of learning you've got a lemon! Bottom line if commissioning: VIEW THE SHOWREEL ! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) | Web Video Production ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
