Hiya,
I'm making some headway into creating an EPK for a good friend. I'm in the position to have the tools to get it done well, and I want to go easy on the guy's wallet, but I'm stuck between thinking what a "fair" cost would be, and not knowing whether I'm pricing myself too low or high.
So, hypothetically speaking, I'm thinking of around $1,500 (if this strikes you as ridiculously low, please say so but also remember he's a friend and this will be very KISS driven). This price includes:
1) Basic website based on Flash -- I have the experience and code down to do this site pretty quickly -- it would basically be contact info; an image slideshow; some background music streaming with a simple on/off switch; maybe some embedded video. All of this stuff is within my grasp already: e.g. http://melinahammer.com or http://craveus.com
2) DVD which pretty much is an extension of the website, featuring a similar layout and some similar content -- just higher res and portable, for any of his potential backers. This would mean my interviewing him, and doing a sort of "profile" spot, cutting it with existing road footage, titling, etc. But, again, simple and short (well under 12 minutes)
3) General material prep for use with his MySpace account -- compressing audio and video clips, maybe even monkeying around with the look and layout of his MySpace area.
I think this is just about the better part of two week's work in my off time -- i.e. one or two days per week, 4-6 hours per day. Even if I'm off a bit, the pay scale is looking like $40-50/hour.
I feel kind of good about this, but I just figured I'd stop by here to see if this elicited any responses like: "$1,500 -- are you on crack? A typical EPK is $800-1000 and no more!" or the reverse, of course :)
- jim
I'm making some headway into creating an EPK for a good friend. I'm in the position to have the tools to get it done well, and I want to go easy on the guy's wallet, but I'm stuck between thinking what a "fair" cost would be, and not knowing whether I'm pricing myself too low or high.
So, hypothetically speaking, I'm thinking of around $1,500 (if this strikes you as ridiculously low, please say so but also remember he's a friend and this will be very KISS driven). This price includes:
1) Basic website based on Flash -- I have the experience and code down to do this site pretty quickly -- it would basically be contact info; an image slideshow; some background music streaming with a simple on/off switch; maybe some embedded video. All of this stuff is within my grasp already: e.g. http://melinahammer.com or http://craveus.com
2) DVD which pretty much is an extension of the website, featuring a similar layout and some similar content -- just higher res and portable, for any of his potential backers. This would mean my interviewing him, and doing a sort of "profile" spot, cutting it with existing road footage, titling, etc. But, again, simple and short (well under 12 minutes)
3) General material prep for use with his MySpace account -- compressing audio and video clips, maybe even monkeying around with the look and layout of his MySpace area.
I think this is just about the better part of two week's work in my off time -- i.e. one or two days per week, 4-6 hours per day. Even if I'm off a bit, the pay scale is looking like $40-50/hour.
I feel kind of good about this, but I just figured I'd stop by here to see if this elicited any responses like: "$1,500 -- are you on crack? A typical EPK is $800-1000 and no more!" or the reverse, of course :)
- jim