David Wolfenden Productions

Video, Film & DVD/CD Imaging and Narration

Services & Production Pricing

The road to a finished production is not littered with a lot of materials costs but it can be lengthy from a time standpoint. Most of that time will usually be spent at the editing workstation taking the raw footage or data and turning it into a usable and interesting product. And until the material is “captured” to the hard disk, the editor is working in real time. In short, if you’ve got an hour’s worth of video it takes an hour to get it into the computer to be worked on.

Today’s Non-Linear Editors (NLE) are a dream because an editor can jump to and from any point in the footage with the click of a mouse button or a few key-strokes. You can try an effect or a cut or a transition and, if you don’t like it, simply undo it. It’s much faster than the old A/B-roll method so here we save time. And time is money.

Narration is another real-time part of the project but, again, once it’s on the hard drive it can be digitally edited. Ten minutes of narration might take thirty minutes to get just right. Contact us here for a quote on separate voice talent only.

And then there is rendering. That’s what happens when you add an effect or a process to the video. It has to be applied to each frame and, depending on what is being done together with the speed of the workstation, it can be time consuming. That’s why we have one computer set aside for rendering.

Finally, disc-to-disc duplication is done in quantities up to 100. For larger runs it’s more cost-effective to have a commercial replication house do the job and we’ll be glad to recommend one. If you already have the disc we simply make the requested number of copies from the original at $15 each. If the original material is on tape, then it must first be captured and the hourly studio rate applies. However, once the first disc is produced, all subsequent copies are made from that at duplication speeds of more than 4x and the $15 rate applies.

Contact us by phone or e-mail to discuss your particular project.

 

SERVICES

 

CD

 

CD (120 mm) burned and direct surface printed/coated in clear plastic slimline see-through case – Minimum of 100.

 

First   200                       

201 – 300                       

301 +                              

 

CD/VCD video or data Business Card (up to 50mb). Surface printed/coated Hockey Rink style in clear plastic sleeves. Holds approximately 5 minutes of mpeg1 video. Play on set top DVD player or PC. Minimum of 50.

 

First  100                       

101 – 200                       

201 +                              

 

DVD

 

DVD (120 mm) burned and direct surface printed/coated in clear plastic slimline see-through case. Chapter points every 5 minutes. From VHS, SVHS, Hi8, Mini DV & Home Beta. Direct 1-to-1, no editing – Minimum of 5.

 

Video length:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Client to provide art for disc printing or a generic background will be used.

2. Client to provide title and copy for label.

3. All printing is in full color, waterproof and UV-protected.

4. Business Card copy, logo and art to be provided by client or an additional charge for production will apply.

5. Prices DO NOT include production of content, titles and DVD authoring which will be quoted separately if required.

 

TV SLIDE SHOW

 

A continuous DVD show of 35mm slides including segment titles, main menu and direct surface printed/coated label in slimline see-through plastic case. Two DVDs are provided. Additional at $15 each.

 

 

500 Minimum

501 to 1000

Over 1000

 

 

 

 

Slides must be ready for scanning when received. Music provided by the client may be added at additional charge.

 

 

 

8mm FILM to DVD

 

Converting 8mm movie film to DVD is a four-step process:

 

· Project through a diplexer and record on digital video tape.

· Capture the tape to a file on the PC hard drive followed by some light editing.

· Write the video timeline out to a file for DVD authoring. Add titles, menu buttons & chapter points and burn the DVD.

· Make copies and direct surface print and coat the labels.

 

Because of the many variables associated with these conversions such as the number of reels, small versus spliced large reels, breakage and condition of film, an estimate will be provided based on an hourly rate. The final DVD can hold approximately 4 hours of film.

 

Studio Rate :                                $60 per hour

 

Additional DVDs                $15 each

 

EVENT & VIDEO PRODUCTION

 

 

MiniShoot

 

One camera, single location, two hours, lightly edited with Open and Close title. Two DVD w/generic background, direct surface printed label. Additional at $15 each.

 

Flat rate:   $520            Additional Hour:    $100

 

Field Shoot

 

One camera - $110/hr      Two cameras - $210/hr

 

Post Production

 

Includes editing, titles, DVD authoring, graphics, audio, disc burning, mastering, voice-over.

 

Flat rate:    $65/hr

 

NOTES

 

· Canon XL1 digital cameras with wireless mics

· External lighting where required

· Direct recording to DVD also available

· Rule of Thumb: General cost of a five minute finished DVD program from shoot to burn is approximately $1000.

 

Special requests quoted separately.

Phone: (401) 847-8417

E-mail: info@davewolfenden.com

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$1.86 each

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   1 — 30 minutes

  31—  60

  61—120

121—180

181—240

 

$8.95 each

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10.95

11.95

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