Posted by Richard Crowley on 05/28/06 16:19

"jho" wrote ...
> Well i would like to thank you all for your input. It seems that video
> production is kind of like a car show with regards to who thinks what
> is quality. One thing it seems is definitely a certainty and that is
> 35mm is the highest quality. I think that i will 1. right a script, 2.
> hire an actor, 3 buy 2000 ft of kodak tungston vision 2 line 4. rent a
> camera for the day 5. hire a camera assistant. 5 shoot the film and
> sound in a studio 6 send it to fotochem. 7 get it transferred to dvd
> and hope that it was done right 8 edit add final pro 9 cross my
> fingers. here's what i think cost would be. $650 camera rental. $1210
> film. $250 process. $40 prep. $600 transfer. $500 actor. $300 cam
> assistant. $400 sound. $200 lights. $800 studio. $1000 for final cut
> pro graphics. Total +- $5950. So what do you think i know its not
> $2000
> but does this sound realistic? 30 second commercial.

Based solely on the information you have written in this
dialog, you are in way over your head and about to waste
thousands of dollars. Good luck.

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