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I'll try to keep this as sane as possible. I've done video work in the past but have been out of the game for about 3 years now.
My company has charged me with producing product training videos to distribute to sales reps and other companies (they serve dual purposes - to sell a product and to train someone on it within the one message). Nothing big, probably 7 or so initial videos spanning 5-10mins each in length. Our company has never done anything like this nor has anything to it with (equipment-wise).
I want to get a green light on a budget to bring in some Mac computing power so I can do this easily - I've used it before and know the quality product I can produce with it. I'm not familiar with PC editing and my initial bias would probably get the best of me should I be forced into learning. However, I need to present comparisons to help my argument.
With that in mind I have 4 options I need to measure in dollars:
1) Buy Mac and edit in house (already measured)
2) Buy PC and edit in house (already measured)
3) Rent equipment and edit in house
4) Outsource to a local production company to produce entirely
I'm almost positive I can have something Mac and in house for less than $4,500. I've seen weekly rentals starting at that price and I'm sure a company would charge a pretty penny to have them shoot and edit - even if we were able to have it all shot in a couple days.
If anyone has any insight to this it'd be great - I'm making some calls to local companies today - so that may answer my questions - I just wanted to see what the pro's say on this board.
Thanks!
My company has charged me with producing product training videos to distribute to sales reps and other companies (they serve dual purposes - to sell a product and to train someone on it within the one message). Nothing big, probably 7 or so initial videos spanning 5-10mins each in length. Our company has never done anything like this nor has anything to it with (equipment-wise).
I want to get a green light on a budget to bring in some Mac computing power so I can do this easily - I've used it before and know the quality product I can produce with it. I'm not familiar with PC editing and my initial bias would probably get the best of me should I be forced into learning. However, I need to present comparisons to help my argument.
With that in mind I have 4 options I need to measure in dollars:
1) Buy Mac and edit in house (already measured)
2) Buy PC and edit in house (already measured)
3) Rent equipment and edit in house
4) Outsource to a local production company to produce entirely
I'm almost positive I can have something Mac and in house for less than $4,500. I've seen weekly rentals starting at that price and I'm sure a company would charge a pretty penny to have them shoot and edit - even if we were able to have it all shot in a couple days.
If anyone has any insight to this it'd be great - I'm making some calls to local companies today - so that may answer my questions - I just wanted to see what the pro's say on this board.
Thanks!