{"id":3641,"date":"2009-09-30T17:21:59","date_gmt":"2009-09-30T22:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/?p=3641"},"modified":"2023-10-18T23:48:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T04:48:10","slug":"outsourcing-a-video-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.videoproductiontips.com\/outsourcing-a-video-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Outsourcing a Video Project: How to Find and Manage a Crew"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sometimes the most practical way to get a video project off the To-Do List and actually DONE, is to call a professional crew.<\/p>\n
The purpose of this blog is to teach people how to make their own videos, but I am practical enough to realize that sometimes the most efficient thing is to hire someone who already knows what they are doing. I always warn people not to spend a ton of time and money learning how to make video if all they want is a few marketing videos.<\/p>\n
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Start by finding the right crew for your project.\u00a0 My guess is you don’t want to spend a fortune.<\/p>\n
What sort of crew you need is largely determined by your budget and their style level, which is related to quality in a way, but not completely. The world’s greatest wedding photographer could never charge as much as a huge video company that specializes in music videos for big stars. That’s because he won’t have the capacity to do what the expensive crew could do, but he still produces an incredible video, and it might be just what you need.\u00a0 In fact, anything more might be overkill.<\/p>\n
Video has a reputation for being expensive, and there’s good reason for that.\u00a0 Video production can be incredibly time-consuming and require lots of people.\u00a0 On the other hand, it’s possible to do excellent videos with smaller crews, too.\u00a0 Many production people wear multiple hats.\u00a0 I always did.<\/p>\n
So you do not necessarily need a high level, complex video production that uses a huge crew to still get professional quality.\u00a0 Honestly, experience has taught me more than once that people without any experience in video production usually grossly underestimate how long videos can take to create, so they will dream up ideas that are impractical.\u00a0 You can avoid that by using the tips below.<\/p>\n
Prices for video production crews vary, of course.\u00a0 No doubt you’ve read about big-name projects that cost a staggering amount.\u00a0 That is real.\u00a0 I have seen novices rack up ginormous bills for what might be argued is a paltry amount of work.\u00a0 Let me give you an example.<\/p>\n
Most of my career was in Nashville, TN.\u00a0 I remember a hopeful country music wanna-be spending his entire inheritance, 20K, with a crew used to producing music videos for big stars.\u00a0 I heard the director complaining bitterly backstage about the budget, and how he felt it was not enough to even make a video.\u00a0 The finished project was embarrassingly horrible, IMHO, uninspired and dull.\u00a0 I felt sorry for the guy and thought he would have been better off hiring someone who didn’t feel it was beneath his dignity to do a 3-minute music video for JUST 20k.\u00a0 Trust me, there are plenty of such video crews, you just have to have the right perspective on the budget relativity of video making.<\/p>\n