Story Telling Estimate

Let’s do this . . .

It was nice meeting with you all a few weeks ago. I really look forward to working with the ECLC team, and I’m honored you all would consider me. I love telling stories and know you all have a number of life changing experiences we can share with the world, and hopefully impact it for good.

Production is scalable. . .

This is what I tell all of my clients. Costs depend on the number of crew required, gear rentals, number of shoot days, and post production (editing, color grade, audio mixing, and music licensing). I’ve included three bodies of work that visually show the differences in story telling.

One man band

Here is a story I did for Habitat for Humanity. I served as the director/cinematographer due to budget constraints. Projects like this fall into the three to five thousand dollar range.

The approach is simply to do an on camera interview with the subject to capture the story in their own words. This, in turn, drives what the b-roll for the story should be. These productions typically shoot in one to two days.

Small crew

The project below, We the People, relied on a director/cinematographer plus two crew members: an Assistant Camera person and a grip/swing to help with lighting and sound on the interview. These projects can run between five and twelve thousand dollars. Due to more preproduction work, these budgets can climb quickly. If the story calls for a preinterview and then a script, more time is involved and costs increase. However, it sounds like we plan to do a scripted voice over which negates an on camera interview, which will save on cost.

Midsized Crew

This project, To give is to Receive, required a larger crew and a more detailed treatment. This means more time for lighting and more specialized b-roll. The director will hire a highly skilled cinematographer. This doesn’t necessarily mean the video will look “slick”, but can be more stylized. There are at least five crew involved. This also requires more time in preproduction for planning and refining the story. These projects can run twelve to twenty thousand dollars.

conclusion

Based on what we talked about in our initial meeting, I think what we want to produce falls into the five thousand dollar range. This would allow me to hire an assistant and light interior scenes appropriately. However, I can give a more thorough estimate after receiving the script. If I can be of any assistance with the script please let me know.

Please reach out with any questions. I look forward to working with you all.