Hello all,
I recently wrote and directed a short (on RED Epic). I'm now in the post stage. I'm an editor so I did that myself, but when it comes to VFX and color grading my experience is limited and I don't want to do it myself, wasting hours of learning programs when I'd much rather prefer a specialist to do it.
The short runs approx. 26 minutes.
For VFX, if worse came to worse I could do some of it, like eye replacements, some object removal, etc. in AE, but again would rather hire someone.
For grading, that is going to be a little more complicated, meaning it's not a general CC in Premiere or FCP. I need some scenes to be relit and corral some of the light. Also need to deal with some noise from underexposed shots.
Now all that being said, I'm trying to find out how much these things typically cost, or more importantly SHOULD COST. I'm talking to a few people, and the biggest issue is (especially for color), I don't know what people should be charging or what is a fair price for me to offer up when they ask what my budget is as this will be coming out of my own personal finances to a large extent.
Obviously this depends on how labor intensive the grade is, and their quality of work, etc.
I'm leaning toward more expensive people, so it'll be a quicker turn around and done correctly.
So if anyone out there is a specialist in grading, or has paid for these services before, advice would be great! I'm not looking for a generalist who produces, writes, directs, edits, vfx, grades, dps, etc., etc., etc. I'm not knocking people who do that but I'm definitely looking for someone whose focus is on grading or in that realm and has experience with the more meticulous side of that art.
Thanks everybody.
I recently wrote and directed a short (on RED Epic). I'm now in the post stage. I'm an editor so I did that myself, but when it comes to VFX and color grading my experience is limited and I don't want to do it myself, wasting hours of learning programs when I'd much rather prefer a specialist to do it.
The short runs approx. 26 minutes.
For VFX, if worse came to worse I could do some of it, like eye replacements, some object removal, etc. in AE, but again would rather hire someone.
For grading, that is going to be a little more complicated, meaning it's not a general CC in Premiere or FCP. I need some scenes to be relit and corral some of the light. Also need to deal with some noise from underexposed shots.
Now all that being said, I'm trying to find out how much these things typically cost, or more importantly SHOULD COST. I'm talking to a few people, and the biggest issue is (especially for color), I don't know what people should be charging or what is a fair price for me to offer up when they ask what my budget is as this will be coming out of my own personal finances to a large extent.
Obviously this depends on how labor intensive the grade is, and their quality of work, etc.
I'm leaning toward more expensive people, so it'll be a quicker turn around and done correctly.
So if anyone out there is a specialist in grading, or has paid for these services before, advice would be great! I'm not looking for a generalist who produces, writes, directs, edits, vfx, grades, dps, etc., etc., etc. I'm not knocking people who do that but I'm definitely looking for someone whose focus is on grading or in that realm and has experience with the more meticulous side of that art.
Thanks everybody.