Questions & Answers
Budgets, shoot days, crew, kit, post and delivery.
Estimates & Budgets
Shoot days times the crew size at an average of $650 a person, the camera package by the day, edit days at $900, grade days at the grade's rate, the extras, then a 12% production fee and a 10% contingency. The Shoot Estimate page adds it up as you go.
$6,400 a shoot day: a crew of 7 with the Anamorphic Package. The edit and grade come on top, priced from the days they take.
No. It covers weather, overtime and the unplanned. What is not spent comes off the final invoice.
Yes. Tell us the number and we will shape the days, the crew and the kit to fit it, in the estimate, before we start.
The Shoot
Call at 7:00, wrap at 19:00: twelve hours on set including an hour for lunch. Overtime is agreed on the day, never assumed.
A director, a director of photography, a first AC, a gaffer, a spark, a grip, a sound recordist, a producer and a runner.
Most of our documentary work is on the road. Travel days are estimated on their own line.
Yes. The kit list shows what each package carries, so we can price only what you need.
Edit, Grade & Review
We suggest 2.5 edit days per shoot day for a commercial, 1.5 for a music video and 4 for a documentary, and you can change it on the estimate.
In the Client Review Room: open it with the code from your producer, scrub to the frame and pin a note to its timecode.
A standard grade builds a look and matches every shot. HDR & Deliverables adds an HDR master, an SDR trim and every version a channel asks for.
Delivery & Rights
The master, the cut-downs, subtitles and a still library, plus the project archived on two drives for five years.
You do, once the final invoice is paid. Music and talent rights follow the licences agreed in the estimate.
Building 77, Brooklyn Navy Yard, 141 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205.
Yes. The production office is open Monday to Friday 9:00 to 19:00; ask for a visit through the contact page.
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