Artist....How much would you pay
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put it like this the qualiy gota be good and camera to charge 1000 and above!!! meaning no video camera that is been bought from bestbuy or somthing i know for a fact u can rent a hd real professional movie camera for about 1000 for like 2 days or somthing!!
but real talk if u starting and want to get business you should be in the range of 400-600
if u r established and got good stuff like 600-1000 and if u even doper and it looks like somthing off of mtv then 2000 and up
but real talk if u starting and want to get business you should be in the range of 400-600
if u r established and got good stuff like 600-1000 and if u even doper and it looks like somthing off of mtv then 2000 and up
This thread is why the Bay is where it is...the bottom of the food chain. Allot of Bay artist have the mindstate of two-tracking their albums, no REAL mix or master shitty graphics and a 500-1,000$ video. This is grounds for failure and clutter in the market. If the Bay gave a fuck about quality and paying the price to present your shit on the level of other majir market artist 80% of the shitty rappers and 10% of the ok ones would call it a wrap and let the best represent the reigion. Big Rich is doing INDEPENDANT high quality videos. FAB's Ghost Ride It was goooooofy, but quality The Frontline had two HIGH quality videos on their last album and the Traxamillion, Kafani videos are worth mentioning aswell. But you have to at least try to represent yourselves well or your waisting your time and money. So save up and do it right the first time is my opinion.
Thanks for the feedback! My main reason for asking this question is because i told somebody I would do a video for them for under $500 and they told me that was too steap! I know im just startin out but I think that's still a coo price to help promote a independent release. I aint working with a $1000 camera but for the camera im working with the quality aint that bad. I feel yall on your responses and I take all that into consideration!
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so true! it seems alot of bay artists cant grasp the concept of allowing someone to make money with them.maybee its the dream deal some think they deserve, and im not saying some dont.but once again it takes money to make money and to compete with majors from production, videos, etc. you need a real BUDGET!.theres alot good artists but not many good teams or labels, imo. you may not make any money but hey who is nowadays!
so true! it seems alot of bay artists cant grasp the concept of allowing someone to make money with them.maybee its the dream deal some think they deserve, and im not saying some dont.but once again it takes money to make money and to compete with majors from production, videos, etc. you need a real BUDGET!.theres alot good artists but not many good teams or labels, imo. you may not make any money but hey who is nowadays!
cut your own video. make your stock rise by having something. don't talk about it, be about it. really tho, if you're gonna charge ANYTHING then you need to have something. I can't charge people for beats without letting them hear the beats I have. a designer can't charge for graphics if they don't show what they can do, so you gotta do the same.
You need to have an Idea before you give a quote.
ask your self
is this gonna be shot during the day or night? if night then your gonna need lights
how many locations?
You tell a guy $500 bucks then he wants to got to 5 different locations across the bay, you lose half that in gas money
is there a script? whats the Video about?
your the video producer if the artist wants you to come up with the idea, then that extra loot right there.
Camera doesn't matter much, if you have 20 thousand dollar equipment but don't know what your doing then it doesn't mean much.
as for your boy telling you $500 dollars is to steep, get used to that cause thats the bay.
Seems like the cats who haven't had much success out here think they can try to network and get shit for free. This is a business shit cost money
ask your self
is this gonna be shot during the day or night? if night then your gonna need lights
how many locations?
You tell a guy $500 bucks then he wants to got to 5 different locations across the bay, you lose half that in gas money
is there a script? whats the Video about?
your the video producer if the artist wants you to come up with the idea, then that extra loot right there.
Camera doesn't matter much, if you have 20 thousand dollar equipment but don't know what your doing then it doesn't mean much.
as for your boy telling you $500 dollars is to steep, get used to that cause thats the bay.
Seems like the cats who haven't had much success out here think they can try to network and get shit for free. This is a business shit cost money
You know what, on the low I aint chargin folks shit for the stuff that I help them do and I gotta put that shit on pause...Im tired of doing shit for free to network with artist when I know Im doing a good enough job to get paid for my time and services. All I can do is show my work which is 1 video at this time and let that speak for me. Im just startin out in this part of the game so I got some shit to learn but I appreciate the feedback and opinions!
low budget videos arent necessarily shitty, i can show you a handful of videos right now there were done for $500 or less that are well worth the amount of exposure u gain from it
and i wasnt sayin save up and spend all the money u come up with on makin a low budget video...its just one of the possible things to invest some money into
and i wasnt sayin save up and spend all the money u come up with on makin a low budget video...its just one of the possible things to invest some money into