Ed, Brian, et al:
If folks would like to discuss how to move this into as more serious stage
regarding logistics, costs, replication, etc., please contact me. Yes, I own a
corporate video production company based in the Twin Cities with some worldwide
clients. Two years ago, Ken Zieska of the Pines and Prairies Workshop and I
began work on a "History of S/50 Years of NASG" DVD which will premier at the
NASG Convention in Duluth in 2010. As part of that videotaping, we have
visited layouts of Frank Titman, Ed Loizeax, Bill Fraley, Dave Jasper and
others, as well as conducted interviews with all living NASG presidents save
one. I have also provided some production consultation on the Buffalo Creek
and Gauley DVD of Brooks Stover.
After 35 years in the business, I pretty well understand what it takes to make
interesting programs and the costs involved - and they are not inexpensive.
Alan Keller, I suspect, has pretty well streamlined his field production and
editing into a formulaic process, but depends on large sales volumes to offset
costs. I also suspect he's not getting rich on the efforts either. Not sure we
could sustain that in just the "S" world unless we charged a fair amount of
money per disc ($100+???), and to appeal to the larger modeling world we might
need other scales represented on the DVD.
The question is - and I don't want to necessarily start a poll here - is there
sufficient interest in our world to have 3 or 4 of our most famous layouts on
each DVD in Scale, Flyer and Hi-Rail to sustain the effort in a profitable
manner?
We'd all be interested in knowing. I'm off on a 10-day video shoot in China
tomorrow because Baby needs another new brass engine and I've got to chase the
buck wherever it leads me. Ken Zieska can field all the emails in my absence.
As a former Army Artillery officer, he's really good at firing pinpoint rounds,
then ducking and covering!
Steve
www.stevedoyleproductions.com
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