college recruitment videos

Steve Laramie

Steve Laramie

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I have a friend who wants me to film a college recruitment video for his son for a lacrosse scholarship. It is a very rich school and would involve me shooting about 5 2-3 hour games, a sit down interview, and editing a lot. What is a fare price for this? I am thinking about giving him a discount if he can get me work from other players as well.
 
The problem with friends is they expect a deal, if not for free. Consider barter perhaps if he does or has something useful to you. I have done this with friends, especially basketball and soccer. I shot one game free, give them a time coded DVD and tell them to provide me with in and out TC #s, very simple edit. These videos must be SHORT and straight forward. If we make them too slick it will have the exact opposite effect that the parents want.
 
Steve Laramie said:
What is a fare price for this?
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A fair price would be your rate times the number of hours you put into the project. Charging more than that would be unfair to your client. Charging less would be unfair to your business.

I edited one of these about a decade ago. The production company spent 2 days shooting. One game day shoot and a shoot on the practice field with the coach running the player through drills plus interviews. We cut the video in one day. The client was happy and I charged my full day rate (a fair price) so I was happy as well. I don't know what the production company charged or if they made a profit.

Shooting 5 games??? That's a major investment in time and expense for the client.
I would come up with a price per game to shoot iso footage of the player. If the player has an outstanding performance during the first game that you shoot you'll have all that you need for the edit. If the player goes into a slump and it takes 6 or 7 games to get enough highlights then at least you'll be compensated for your time.

Steve Laramie said:
I am thinking about giving him a discount if he can get me work from other players as well.
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NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!
Never ever do business on false promises of additional future business. NEVER. It rarely works out that way. And the end result is that you build a reputation for providing cheap services. Which in turn draws cheap clients. When you attempt to raise your rates the cheap clients run like rats from a sinking ship. It's an unsustainable business model.
 
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