I'd have to second Mike Smith's suggestion...and I'd avoid using "per second or per frame" rates. Using that formula usually ends up putting the cost prohibitively high. As an example....call NASCAR or NFL Films and ask them what it costs for a 10 second clip of a game or race. In both cases it's something like $10,000..which is quite ridiculous. They obviously don't charge networks that since they're promoting their product and have already paid rights fees to broadcast races, so I'm not sure exactly who's paying these ridiculous fees for 10 seconds of footage.
But in my experience, per second or per frame rates always end up being or sounding unreasonably high. Just figure the time & cost it took you to shoot the thing then lower it some and ask then for that amount. How can they object to that?
Chris Blair
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