Package Deals
Package Deals are complete 'off-the-shelf' production packages designed to give you a realistic 'one stop' idea of exactly what a video programme will cost. Package deals are heavily discounted from our 'rack rates' and are fully expandable to meet your needs. Please note that package deals ONLY include the items specified. Extras such as presenters, bespoke music, complex graphics, excess travel and accommodation etc. are always negotiated separately as they are not always required and are very much options which you may not need or want!
Special terms and conditions...
1) Package deals are subject to crew availability and a minimum of 6-weeks lead time between your booking the programme (i.e. paying your deposit) and filming taking place. Depending on the complexity of the programme delivery will take between 2 weeks (for a simple programme) to 8+ weeks for more complex pieces. We can deliver on a shorter lead time (our shortest being 24 hours!) but this will be by negotiation & is not included in as a package.
2) Package deal prices are based on discounted rates which are conditional on all deposits, stage payments and final invoiced being settled on time. In the case of a default FULL RACK RATES apply!
3) In all other respects our package deals are subject to our usual terms and conditions of trade.
Package Deals - What you get...
ALL programmes are fully scripted and project managed to broadcast standards by an experienced broadcast professionals. For your legal protection a full audit trail is maintained and your programme is professionally rights-managed.
Your programme is shot in full 1080i High Definition.
Your programme will also be delivered in SEVERAL formats.... AS STANDARD....
1) A basic standard DVD ready for playing on the average DVD player and for desktop or professional duplication. You get 6 copies of your programme on DVD as part of the package.
2) AVCHD Disc for playback on most good-quality Blu-Ray players in full 1080I High Definition...
2 copies supplied.
3) A computer compatible DVD ROM with your programme in .wmv and Mpeg formats ready for inclusion on your webpage. Again we supply 2 copies as standard.
4) Flash format for delivery via your website. We can integrate the flash player & host the video content at an extra charge if required. Please Ask.
Three months After-Sales Care free of charge: We'll work WITH your web design and/or exhibition team to get the very best out of your programme. AND we'll give impartial advice when it comes to purchasing Audio-Visual equipment and duplication services - we can even help with duplication in house for small quantities if required.
Remember! If none of the packages below exactly fit your requirements, they can always be modified or extended to suit. We are happy to work on a bespoke package rate for any production, please get in touch with us...you might be surprised how little it costs to produce your programme!
Package 1 - The Three Minute Webcast - £380 (ex VAT & expenses)
Ideal for all sorts of trades and industries from small manufacturing firms through to high street trades such as Hairdressers, Dance Studios, Solicitors, Furniture and Kitchen outlets, Clubs, Bars, Restaurants....
These programmes are primarily intended for webcasting via a site such as YouTube although you can, of course you can embed them directly into your own site. The programmes are also supplied on DVD and Blu-Ray compatible disc making them ideal for exhibition use too!
Webcast gives you a half day, single camera shoot at a single location, up to 8 hours in Post-Production, Stock Music and simple roll-in graphics created from your existing logo or artwork. Made to a standard format, Webcast puts you (or a member of your team) on-screen to demonstrate or just talk about your company, product or service. We creatively cut this with shots of your process or facilities, professionally produced music and graphics to make a truly professional presentation you can be proud of.
Package 2 - Webcast+ - £570 (ex VAT & expenses)
Webcast Plus! extends the basic webcast package by allowing you a full day's shooting at up to two locations (within 50 miles of each other and within 125 miles of our base) and giving you 10 hours post-production time. This is ideal for slightly more complex programmes or projects up to five minutes in length.
Package 3 - Exhibition \ Point of Sale - £1270 (ex VAT & expenses)
The basic Webcast packages are shot to a 'template' script which isn't suitable for every use.
When you have a product demonstration to make or need something a little more dynamic it's essential to create a bespoke script for your programme. Creating this bespoke script and planning your programme involves additional work.
The Basic Exhibition package is suited to creating a fairly brief, 3-6 minute company profile or product demo suitable for use at an exhibition, for point of sale use or for use on a website. Location wise it's practical to cover a maximum of two sites within about a 50 mile radius of each other with this package and we assume that there is a minimum of lip-synced sound to be shot on location; the main audio being voice-over plus music. For example if you wished to use a presenter or interviews, this package would not be suitable
In this situation we do not normally require a specialist sound recordist or specialised sound kit; which means the Director/Cameraman can operate on their own. We're assuming here that any graphics already exist in the form of company logos etc. And that any voice over can be done by a member of the client's staff, although a professional voice-over artist can be provided at extra cost.
Specifically you get:
1x 2 hour meeting with director producer to include a site tour/recce
12 hours scripting/pre production
1x 2 hour meeting with director to finalise script and shooting schedule
1x 7 hour day shooting with solo Director/Cameraman.
Location voice-over recording (done after the initial edit is approved)
18 Hours in post Production which includes:
10hours editing followed by an approval (offline) disc.
4 further hours editing and audio dubbing prior to final approval.
4 hours final preparation and encoding
Library music fee
Package 4 - Exhibition+ - £1570 (ex VAT & expenses)
Extending package 3 to a rather more 'corporate style' and more complex programme, we're assuming here that interviews will be shot and/or more diverse locations will be involved. Using a presenter (which costs extra!) or delivering set lines will absorb more time than simply taking 'open' shots, in essence this is what we're allowing for here.
This time we have a two person crew shooting over two days, with a sound recordist and specialist microphone kit included. Because of the extra complexity of the shoot expect to generate about the same amount of footage, therefore post-production options are the same as in the basic package..
1x 2 hour meeting with director producer to include a site tour/recce
12 hours scripting/pre production
1x 2hour meeting with director to finalise script and shooting schedule
2x 7 hour days shooting with cameraman and audio assistant
Location voice-over recording (done after the initial edit is approved)
18 Hours in post Production which includes:
10hours editing followed by an approval (offline) disc.
4 further hours editing and audio dubbing prior to final approval.
4 hours final preparation and encoding
Library music fee
Package 5 - BlueChip - £4700 (ex VAT & expenses)
For a really slick presentation you may wish to use a professional presenter and voice-over artist as well as modern 3D motion graphics. This approach can produce extremely prestigious results on a par with those normally associated with blue-chip organisations. Of course that adds complexity to your programme.
The basic blue chip package allows for more time in the planning and pre-production stages. It also includes an extra day shooting, more post-production time and the services of a junior presenter (typically a recent Drama graduate or final-year student) and professional voice-over artist.
1x 4 hour meeting with director producer to include a site tour/recce
20 hours scripting/pre production
1x 4 hour meeting with director to finalise script and shooting schedule
3x 7 hour day shooting with cameraman and audio assistant
18 hours editing followed by an approval (offline) disc.
Location voice-over recording
4 further hours editing and audio dubbing prior to final approval.
4 hours final preparation and encoding
Library Music Fee
Animated Graphic (i.e. your logo animated for TV)
Presenter's fee
Voice-Over Artist fee
Our Rack Rates
Our "Rack Rates" our our full, non-discounted rate for services - we use them to calculate the default costs & rate before discount of all packages which we provide. These rates are generally only applied to very short notice productions, productions outside of the UK or involving large distances of travel within Europe & accounts in default. We also use these rates to calculate overtime & time "out of hours" for packages, although in this case we will always apply a discount. Our policy is always to minimise the number of crew & time required for a production & pass those savings on to you. Agency discounts are available, special terms apply, please get in touch. All rates exclude VAT & expenses such as accommodation, equipment hire fees & subsistence.
Rack Rates - Pre Production & Administrative
Script Development:- £55 per hour
Research & Other Admin:- £40 per hour
Standard hours are 0900-1600 Mon-Fri. Out of hours work charged at 20% premium.
Rack Rates - Location Services
Single Operator:-
Experienced Director\Camera operator, equipped with HD filming kit, basic sound & on-camera lighting
£120 per hour/£650 per day
2 Person Crew:-
Experienced Director\Camera operator,
HD filming kit, Plus sound recordist & advanced recording equipment.
£150 per hour/£800 per day
Additional Sound recordist:-
For productions such as concerts etc. Excludes equipment hire fees.
£90 per hour/£350 per day
Additional production staff:-
Required for various additional staffing of larger productions. Rates vary
£25-£75 per hour/£100-375 per day
Our standard filming day is 7 hours, with an hour for lunch & 2 rest periods. The timeframe is flexible to suit the requirements of the production & can be moved around up to 2 hours as required at no extra charge. Location crew time is calculated from time of departure from our base until return & we can reach most UK locations within 3 hours. Enhanced rates operate for out of hours work.
Rack Rates - Post Production
Editing (DV\HDV & After Effects):- £85 per hour
Editing (Other Formats):- £100 per hour + facilities fee
CD\DVD Authoring (Additional to package or standalone service:-
£75 per hour
Updates & Modifications:-
Your programme can be easily updated, re-worked or altered at a later date.
This is subject to our standard edit rates & a minimum fee of £150.
Rack Rates - Fuel & Travel
We routinely cover the whole of the UK, but due to current government policies and taxation on fuel we regret that we are no longer able to freely 'factor in' the now very significant cost of UK road fuel into our prices without causing a severe disadvantage to the majority of our customers who are based within 125 miles of our locations in England & Northern Ireland...
We were faced with a choice of either raising our prices for everyone or introducing an additional mileage charge in respect of road miles outwith what we consider a 'reasonable day's drive'. We decided that the latter course of action was fairer on the majority of our clients.
Package prices and location day rates include the cost of road travel to locations within 125 road miles of our bases near Peterborough & Belfast. In practice this means we cover most of England & Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic and Isle Of Man and parts of Scotland without incurring any extra travel costs.
Work that accrues more than 250 road miles in any day or involves working outside the 125 mile limit will generate an additional mileage charge of 65p per mile; this figure having been calculated to take into account the actual cost of running our vehicles as opposed to the complete fantasy figure put forward by the government!
London Surcharge
Thanks to its combination of transport policies (congestion and parking charges etc. Basically legalised protection rackets - you pay us a large sum & we wont force you to pay a larger one!) and red tape surrounding the simplest of film or video shoots on its streets, London has become one of the least practical and most stressful places to film in the UK. It's not that we don't like London or Londoners, we love it there & our favourite cafe (Patisserie Valerie anyone?!) is in the heart of the West End. But frankly, we feel Boris and Co have continued where mad Ken left off and made it a hellish and unwelcoming place to get through a day's work!
Working in London is always now a stressful experience for our crews. And where once a London shoot was something to look forward to it's now something of a nightmare that people dread to the extent where we need to pay more to persuade crews to go down there.
There is, therefore, a £350 per day surcharge for each crew of up to two people engaged on a shoot that takes us into the London congestion charge area and an additional charge of £125 per day for each extra crew member.
That's IN ADDITION to the congestion charge itself and also in addition to any parking charges or fines, charges the local authorities might make in respect of permissions or admin plus our administration fees. That surcharge also applies to pre-production activities. Please note that we will not operate without all appropriate permissions, permits in place nor will be operate outside any legislative requirements. Crews are instructed to comply fully with the requirements of police and other officials and if a crew is moved on their time remains chargeable. The over-zealous position of the authorities is not under our control (if only!) & we cannot be held responsible. If this policy seems harsh then we're sorry.
We apologise to the landlords of the pubs we won't be drinking in. Owners of cafes we won't be eating in, shops we won't be shopping in and hotels we won't be sleeping in. We'd also like to express our sincere regrets to the London based runners and production assistants we won't be hiring as a result of this policy. But we're sick and tired of our crews being abused by the London authorities and the petty officials on the streets who have made working in London an utterly soul-destroying experience. When London re-thinks its attitudes to business in the city we'll happily re-think ours!
Finally - We'd just like to say - we're really looking forward to working together on your programme!
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