Re: Never Gets Old: Value for the Price

[Paul O'Brien] "Grinner - cool you can give a quote so quick. In such a pricing, does that include all music/narration/production costs? If it does, I see those elements eating into margins/profit really quickly - do you just go in with those factored in, how do you keep those costs down?"

Yes, partial quotes do a client no good. They'll on ly make em made later when you change it or start babbling about fine print or expenses. I use dewolfe music most of the time and can pay a blanket fee for an entire production. I have not counted needle drops in years thanks to them and eager local bands looking for promotion. My VO dudes are top notch and because we such a great relationship, I can literally email a script and tag the email with how much money I have of it. They turn it around that same day and invoice me for that amount. Veeery simple.
In the case of this show, there will be no VO expenses and all of the music will be free from local bands. This was discussed and agreed upon before I gave the verbal quote in the same meeting.
This has been a great asset... being able to quote before another company gets the jump. They even commented on how easy it was and how much they are looking forward to it after wrestling with other companies that felt a need to make it difficult. I literally just look at things as a grand a day.