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]]> http://rrhobbs.com/links-for-april-6th/feed/ 0 http://rrhobbs.com/estimating/ http://rrhobbs.com/estimating/#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:28:50 +0000 R. Richard Hobbs http://rrhobbs.com/estimating/ Continue reading →]]> As a producer or production coordinator, when asked to estimate production costs for a specific shoot, there are almost always some of the basic line items that have to be covered…

The following laundry list is presented with the caveat that, every production is uniquely different and can, in fact (and often does) change on the fly. The following should be used ONLY as a very basic jumping off point:

1. assumes the shoot is for commercial / advertising or editorial / corporate still photo shoot with high production values
2. local (no overnight travel) location shoot
3. a. specific in some cases to the New York City area
4. assumes there is professional talent (models) to be involved
• Note: Does not attempt to cover photographer’s production fees or photography licensing fees.
• Rates: Fees vary significantly from market to market – if a stable of familiar crew used on past jobs does not exist, best to call as many qualified candidates as possible and get a range of day – rates.

Basic Line Items to Consider:

• Crew

1. Producer (you!;-)
a. PrePro Day(s) (research, crewing, coordination…)
b. Shoot Day(s)
c. Strike / Wrap/ Returns Day(s)

2. Location Scout
a. Research / File Pull Fees / Clearing / Permitting
b. Location Scouting – Photography / Organization / Presentation / Storage
c. Tech Scouting with Photographer / Client
d. Location Management – on set presence on shoot day

3. Casting Director
a. Research / Booking Day(s)
b. Casting Day(s)

4. Stylist(s) (Wardrobe / Set / Prop Stylist(s) as appropriate
a.Research / PrePro / Prep Day(s)
b. Shopping Day(s)
c. Shoot Day(s)
d. Wrap / Strike / Returns Day(s)

5. Hair and Makeup / Groomer
a. Shoot Day(s)

6. Digital Tech
a. Prep / Research / Rental Equipment Pickup / Returns Day(s)
b. Shoot Day(s)

7. Assistants
7a. First Assistant
a. Research / PrePro / Rental Equipment Pickup / Returns Day(s)
b. Shoot Day(s)
7b. 2nd Assistant
a. Research / PrePro / Rental Equipment Pickup / Returns Day(s)
b. Shoot Day(s)
7c. 3rd / 4th Assistant(s)
a. Shoot Day(s)
7d. Stylist Assistant(s)
a. Research / PrePro / Prep / Shopping Day(s) / Returns Day(s)
b. Shoot Day(s)
7e. Casting Assistant(s)
a. Research / Prep Day(s)
b. Casting Day(s)

• Talent
• Location(s)

1. Photo Location(s)
a. Prep / Wrap Day(s)
b. Shoot Day(s)
2. Casting Studio
a. Casting Day(s)
3. Stylist Prep Space
a. Prep Day(s)
4. Talent Holding / Equipment / Prop Staging Space(s)
a. Prep (Staging) Day(s)
b. Shoot Day(s)

• Equipment Rentals

1. Photo Equipment (often as coordinated btn and specified per photographer / digital tech / assistants)
a. Cameras
b. Computers / Accessory Hardware
c. Lighting / Grip

2. Stylist / Misc Rentals
a. Steamer(s) / Clothes Rack(s) / Hangers/ Iron/ Ironing Board/ Tools (some items may be part of kit?)
b. Folding Tables (as may be needed for equipment / props / wardrobe / catering / client workspace)
c. Folding Chairs (as may be used by idle crew / talent / client workspace)
d. Golf / Sun Umbrellas / Folding Canopies / Tent(s) (if outdoors)

• Props / Wardrobe

1. Possibilities to be either/ or purchase(s) / rentals. Coordinate with Photographer/ Stylist / Client

• Set / Prop / Model Construction

1. Set Building is more often related to a studio shoot but probably worthy of mention / consideration here

2. Prop or Model / Miniature / Mock-Ups

• Catering / Food Service / Refreshments
• Transportation

1. Motorhome (if needed)
a. Shoot Day(s)
2. Equipment Truck(s) / Van(s) Rental
a. Prep / Pickup PrePro Day(s) (if equipment not delivered by vendor)
3. Crew Transportation (Cabs / Subways / Auto Rentals as might be used by crew – could be mileage paid if crew owns vehicle)
a. Photo Asst(s) Equipment Rental Pickup / Return
b. Stylist / Stylist Asst(s) Shopping / Prep / Returns
c. Location Scout
d. Casting Director (i.e. Street Casting)
e. Talent (especially if location is outside Manhattan)
4. Trucking and Deliveries / Pickups (if not done by crew as may be appropriate)
a. Product/ Merch (if not arranged by client)
b. Equipment (Cameras / Computers / Lighting / Grip)
b. Props / Wardrobe
c. Couriers (client / crew production hard copy correspondence as may be appropriate)
d. Catering Delivery / Pickup (often part of Catering Fee from caterer)

• Misc

1. Shipping (i.e. hard drives / merch / props to / from client)
2. Gas / Tolls / Parking
3. Copies / Printing/ Misc Office Expenses (i.e sundry call sheets / production books / other office correspondence
4. Long Distance Phone Charges / Faxes

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]]> http://rrhobbs.com/estimating/feed/ 1 40.8637145 -74.163174 http://rrhobbs.com/shoot-online-publicity-wire/ http://rrhobbs.com/shoot-online-publicity-wire/#comments Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:33:55 +0000 R. Richard Hobbs http://rrhobbs.com/shoot-online-publicity-wire/ Continue reading →]]> Shoot Online has recently announced its Publicity Wire Service.

“The SHOOT Publicity Wire offers PR, marketing professionals, and entrepreneurs a powerful tool to communicate to a hard-to-reach vertical market comprised of news agencies, search engines, journalists, industry publications, customers, prospects, and influential industry decision-makers in the advertising, broadband, filmmaking, and television production and postproduction industries.”

…read more…

The $49.95 (introductory rate thru April 30th, 2008) price per release seems very reasonable.

This new service seems similar to PRWeb (which I have used) and other online press release services, however, an advantage for production industry related news could be Shoot’s close affiliation with the production industry itself.

SHOOTonline.com
• Rep Report | Friday, 30 July 2010, 12:00 am
  SHOOTonline.com, July 30, 2010 — New York-based production, post and interactive company Humble has secured Salon (Lisa Houck) for representation on. […]
• The Best Work You May Never See: Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s “Call You Back” | Friday, 30 July 2010, 12:00 am
  SHOOTonline.com, July 30, 2010 — We open on a Melbourne woman in her garden, watering plants. A narrator tells us she’s received a promise that a ban. […]
• Updated: What Recent Earnings Reports Have Revealed About Ad & Entertainment Spending | Friday, 30 July 2010, 12:00 am
  SHOOTonline.com, July 30, 2010 — Here are updated highlights of recent quarterly earnings reports from selected Internet, media and advertising compa. […]


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]]> http://rrhobbs.com/shoot-online-publicity-wire/feed/ 0 41.119893 -73.371474 http://rrhobbs.com/performers-unions-and-advertising-industry-tentatively-agree/ http://rrhobbs.com/performers-unions-and-advertising-industry-tentatively-agree/#comments Wed, 16 Aug 2006 16:37:09 +0000 R. Richard Hobbs http://rrhobbs.com/?p=34 Continue reading →]]> Performers’ Unions and Advertising Industry Tentatively Agree on Two-Year Extension of Commercials Contracts
“Joint Study to be Conducted Over Next Two Years

New York and Los Angeles (August 4, 2006) – Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) and the advertising industry’s ANA/AAAA Joint Policy Committee on Broadcast Talent Union Relations (JPC) today announced a tentative agreement on a two-year extension to the Commercials Contracts that cover advertisements appearing on TV, radio, the Internet and new media, that would run through October 29, 2008. The extension agreement must now be ratified by both unions’ joint national board and approved by both union memberships through a joint referendum, as well as approved by the boards of both ANA and AAAA.”

By way of Wheresspot and AdCritic



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]]> http://rrhobbs.com/performers-unions-and-advertising-industry-tentatively-agree/feed/ 0 34.062551 -118.353551 http://rrhobbs.com/creative-planet-websites/ http://rrhobbs.com/creative-planet-websites/#comments Sun, 28 May 2006 05:11:40 +0000 R. Richard Hobbs http://rrhobbs.com/creative-planet-websites/ Continue reading →]]> The Creative Planet websites are the online version of all those niche trade magazines you always can never resist subscribing to (free for qualified subscribers!) and often wonder what you were thinking as six months of “Widgets Monthly” piles up unread; the upside of the online versions (if you can stay your trembling hand from subscribing by email) is you can stay up to speed on your own time on the latest technologies (yup, lot-o industrial/gear/tech press releases) online -and no trees died for your sins:
• MAGAZINES
  carsound.com
  dcinematography.com
  governmentvideo.com
  medialinenews.com
  prosoundnews.com
  rentalandstaging.com
  resmagonline.com
  sportstvproduction.com
  systemscontractor.com
  surroundpro.com
  televisionbroadcast.com
  videography.com
• NEWSWIRES
  AVWorshipSystems.com
  LivefromNAB.com
  LivefromNSCA.com
  LivefromCedia.com
  LivefromInfocomm.com
  WhatsnewatNAB.com
• CREATIVE PLANET COMMUNITIES
  2-pop.com
  cinematographer.com
  designinmotion.com
  dcinematography.com
  directorsworld.com
  dv.com
  editorsnet.com
  governmentvideo.com
  hdvroadshow.com
  postindustry.com
  vfxpro.com
  televisionbroadcast.com
  videography.com
• MUSICPLAYER
  musicplayer.com
  guitarplayer.com
  bassplayer.com
  dv.com
  keyboardmag.com
  eqmag.com
  backbeatbooks.com
• EVENTS
  GVExpo
  Digital Media DC
  DV Expo
  Surround Expo
  Entertainment Media Expo
  DVD Entertainment Conference
  HDV Roadshow
• SUBSCRIPTIONS
  Digital Cinematography
  Government Video
  Medialine
  Pro Sound News
  Rental & Staging Systems
  Residential Systems
  Sports TV
  Surround Professional
  Systems Contractor
  Television Broadcast
  Videography

Feeds are available, but as far as I can tell only on the The Creative Planet websites, I wasnt able to find any links to subscribe to the feeds. It would be really nice if these feeds were rss-enabled on the public side; If they were, if you had the tech where-with-all to have (and have figured out how to use) a newsreader, subscribing to feeds to my mind is inherently a lot less painful than an email subscription when you just feel information-overloaded or grow loathe of whatever content you may have happenned to have subscribed to. A lot less potential privacy issues as well, altho admittedly a company such as CMP Media (parent of The Creative Planet websites) is by nature in the business of selling advertising based on aggregation of market research and demographics data, which is probably their reason for not offering up anonymous feed subscriptions. Just seems oh-so-old-school…oh well.

On the proverbial flip side of the burger, if you are a business in a related field, companies like CMP can provide an important outlet for announcements of newsworthy events or innovations that involve your business. As depressing as all those back issues of WidgetWorld can look piling up on your commode tank, the fact is that journalists rely on these types of periodicals and the data contained therein for background and research. You want to be sure there is plenty of positive hype about your ground-breaking widget in FindArticles as well as (obviously) on Google and Yahoo.

I personally also like PRWeb, and also NewsisFree for driving people crazy with announcements of my latest bits of news of widget of the month

About Creative Planet Communities

“Founded in 1997, the Creative Planet Communities, a division of NewBay Media LLC, offers online resources for the film and television production professional. Updated daily, the CPC sites offer news, articles and discussions forums for the creative community. The company’s network of sites includes 2-pop.com, VFXPro.com, Cinematographer.com, Videography.com, DCinematography.com and DesigninMotion.com.”

…read more…



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]]> http://rrhobbs.com/creative-planet-websites/feed/ 0 40.762694 -73.982295 http://rrhobbs.com/for-property-owners-photo-tips/ http://rrhobbs.com/for-property-owners-photo-tips/#comments Mon, 22 May 2006 16:44:44 +0000 R. Richard Hobbs http://rrhobbs.com/?p=14 Continue reading →]]> RICH’S QUICK GUIDE TO POSTING PICTURES TO A WEBSITE

also here: http://rrhobbs.com/postingyourpics.html

It’s good to know how to post pictures to a website- whether you are an artist or you have some other tangible object or property you need to illustrate. A lot of people go about this task using email, but there are a few reasons this IS NOT a always a good idea. Consider this: You have a dozen pictures (of anything) that you need to have someone see. Depending on the resolution of the pictures, you could spend HOURS emailing these pictures.

AND

1.) If you get ONE letter or number or other character in the recipient(s) email address wrong YOU GOTTA START OVER
2.) If your ISP limits the message size (my isp limits each email msg size to 2mb) and you go over YOU GOTTA START OVER
3.) If you need for someone (else) to see the pics later on then YOU HAVE TO SEND THEM AGAIN
4.)If you forgot to cc: someone YOU HAVE TO SEND THEM AGAIN
5.) If you left out a picture you have to figure out which one it was and email everybody again.
Doesn’t it make a lot of sense to only have to go thru these hassles once?

FIRST THINGS FIRST- WEB BASICS

A basic understanding of how the www works is needed. For instance, what happens when you look at a web page is that your computer (browser/client) sends a command over an electronic network (the web) to another computer(server) asking it to let you look at some files. (The computers have to understand each other but that’s a story for another day) The spot on the network AND on the other computer where the files are stored is known as a URL (Uniform Resource Locator). The spot that you are “calling” from is known as your IP address (Internet Protocol address). Provided everything goes well, you are sent the content that you requested and you will see a web page(text and/or pictures, etc.) That’s all the web is: FILES ON COMPUTERS! Proper software and hardware on your end makes VIEWING these files possible.

So the next question is: “How do I become the computer (server) on the “other end“?

Answer: Unless you are a REAL techie (in which case you would not need to be reading this) you have no business running a web server. BUT there ARE plenty of techies in this world, and there are many servers, AND there are many servers you can USE to display your info to the world. In most cases servers are Unix operating system computers with a direct, very fast connection to the web. Some are free to use, some you pay for.

Next question: “So how do I get my files to a server?”

Answer: Several ways, to start.
Since you are probably new to this you may want to try one of the many “free web space” services available. Several popular ones are: Geocities ( Geocities ), Tripod ( www.tripod.com ), I’m not going to go into detail about using these services, if you go their site(s) plenty of info is available. One way or another the files you wish to display are UPLOADED to the server (More about this later)
NOTE: The reason these services are free is because you almost always have to display some advertising on your web pages for them. Often you can pay a fee and forego this duty.
ANOTHER NOTE: You probably use an ISP (Internet Service Provider) to “get on the web”, like AOL, Earthlink, Concentric, RCN using a DIAL UP CONNECTION or maybe you have a DSL or ISDN or CABLE MODEM connection, or maybe you are affiliated with a learning institute or have a a job with a company that is “wired” and they provide you with access to the web. Anyway the point is, if you have an ISP that you pay for you often get web space to use as part of the service.
You can also get your own DOMAIN. This has a certain amount of appeal because you it’s YOUR domain, and its often easier for people to identify you, which can be a huge boon, especially if you are in business. (i.e. www.rrhobbs.com is MUCH easier to remember than www.tripod.com/rrhobbs or www.geocities.com/broadway/6247/ (these are real url’s however they have not been updated for some time) Getting your own domain involves checking availabilty of whatever domain name “dotcom, net, org” you have in mind, (i.e. rrhobbs.com), and registering the domain with the INTERNIC. The INTERNIC is: “US Department of Commerce regulated organization provides public information regarding Internet domain-name registration services.” See the INTERNIC site for all the details ( www.internic.net )

Once you have your own DOMAIN alas, you still need a HOST (a server to use). Often your present ISP offers WEB HOSTING SERVICES, and there are many companies who do nothing but web hosting. www.ispcheck.com is a good starting point for finding a web hosting service. Your web host can assist you in registering your domain, too.

GETTING YOUR FILES ONLINE- REALLY

If you get your own domain and web host, most likely the way you will be getting your files on the server is to FTP (FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL) them to the server. Your webhost will most likely have plenty of details about this (the parameters,settings and password needed by your FTP PROGRAM (your webhost will probably have some suggestions, a couple I know of are WSFTP ( www.ipswitch.com ) and Cute FTP ( www.cuteftp.com ). There are Mac OS ftp programs (clients) at www.macosarchives.com .
A user friendly way to present your pictures is to use THUMBNAILS. A program I use is Thumbnailer . It will not only create thumbnails, it will automatically generate web pages, saving a LOT of time and headaches.

NOTE:Unfortunately, (at this writing) Thumbnailer is available for Windows only. I’ve heard that Extensis Portfolio is a good thumbnailer for Mac OS. I don’t know whether it will generate web pages on the fly or not tho. You can also make thumbnails in Photoshop.

This is not, nor is it intended to be, a be-all / end-all for web publishing. In that vein, please don’t email me with questions about any of this unless I specifically requested you do so. Use your ingenuity and search for more info about stuff you dont understand or would like to know more about on the web. There’s A BUNCH of stuff! Good luck!

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