Video Production Benefits from Smaller Cameras and Cool Toys With the smaller cameras, come cool toys and tools that can have a great impact on your production value. As of late, there has been a huge boom in sliders. I know I’ve been using them the last year or two– to the point where it goes out on every shoot. Sliders are a simple basic replacement for dollies. Now film and video productions can get great smooth right and left movement for a fraction of the cost and manpower. You can even truck in and out with them and in some extreme cases, you can crane up and down. At SFilms, we use a basic Glidetrack. And recently, we bought a Slyderdolly from Digital Juice that has been pretty impressive. It’s robust, strong, sturdy and comes with features and accessories…
“How long is a piece of string?” One of the most common question we get from potential clients is “how much would a video cost?” As you can imagine, there are so many variables that go into this answer. So what we do is ask a series of questions to figure out the elements, time frame, use, etc., that can help us give an accurate estimate. Here are some factors that greatly impact cost of a corporate/commercial video: Talent — Using a professional spokesperson, or a handful of actors, or even a voice talent can be expensive. We use both union and non-union talent and have relationships built with the talent agencies. Days of Shooting — A big cost for us is a day of shooting. So if the video requires two days of shooting, that line in the budget…