Lightengine Films

innovative affordable music video production throught the UK and Europe

What ever your budget, our aim is always to give the very best value for money and put as much of your money “on the screen”, as possible.

We have many ways to produce extremely effective videos on relatively low budgets - We have put together a guide to keeping your costs down.

As a lot of our clients are either independent record labels or unsigned they tend to be working on tight budgets, and a firm idea of cost is very important - we have put together a few benchmark options to give you some idea of what you can get for your money.

Special deals on March and April shoots - Call Dan for a no obligation free consultation on 07973543609

Option 1: Basic Performance Promo : £500 (plus travel expenses*)

This is our bargain basement credit crunch busting option and is a great basic showcase, especially for solo artists. This is a 3 hour shoot at a single location with basic lighting - it is simple, but effective. During the edit process 1 single set of amendments can be made to the edit.

Option 2: Performance Music Video - £800 (plus travel expenses*)

This option gives more of an edge and better production values. This is a 6 hour shoot approx, with basic lighting or haze if necessary - 1 generator would be provided if needed. Generally you'd be looking at a performance based video- but with more takes, thus improving the level of performance that could be captured, .This option also gives you more editing time and the opportunity to produce something a bit more polished. During the edit process 2 sets of amendments could be made.

Option 3: Multi- take, Performance & basic cut away Music Video - £1200

This gives you up to 8 hours shooting with more lighting, tracking or camera crane and a far greater amount of editing time, which you will need for quick/slick cutting effects and grading, giving you a more polished looking video and include a format for TV broadcast. This also gives you more scope for basic storyboarded cut-aways and would enable you to produce something that could gain airplay on the Music TV channels. 3 sets of amendments could be made to the edit.

Option 4: Crane/ steadycam with cut-aways - £1500

This gives up to 12 hours shooting time and more pre and post production. This option enables more sophisticated storyboarded concepts to be shot and produced to a lot higher level - You also have the option of extra lighting, camera crane, tracking and Steady- cam if necessary as well as some basic set building and use of our mobile green screen. This option gives you the opportunity to produce something original and memorable that can get you a high level of both Internet and TV exposure. Upto 4 sets of amendments could be made to the edit.

Option 5: Special Pop/R&B / Hip Hop Green Screen Studio / Animation Package - £2000

This is a complete package that provides you with everything you need to produce a very slick Pop/ hip-hop/ R&B studio based video complete with a custom made CGI back drop. The price includes studio hire that can be in Central London or at any of a number of studios nation wide including make up artist and models.. The result would be a very polished contemporary looking music video ready for TV broadcast.

Option 6: Two day Multi- location shoot - £2000

This gives the option of up to 24 hours shooting spread over 2 days at a up to 3 locations including mobile green screen with “off the peg motion graphics” or as option 4 but with the addition of high end CGI effects/ motion graphics or 35 mm lenses for a real big budget look. This option also allows for a higher degree of set building if necessary and/ or acquisition of specific props, and use of special cars etc. This option has in the past gained many artists inclusion on TV play-lists along side major artists.

Option 7: Over seas shoots -from £2500

You may think that it's only the likes of P- Diddy who can afford to shoot overseas - but that's simply not the case. We are now able to organise shoots throughout Europe and beyond for the price of a decent holiday!

Video shoots in the South of France….Click here for details

Option 8: Higher Budget Shoots - £3000 and over

We can cater for bigger budget and more elaborate shoots where a greater intensity of work over longer periods of time is involved, this can involve multiple locations (including over seas) with the option of Steadicam, mini-helicopter cam, pole camera, underwater cameras, Red One, specialist lenses and sophisticated CGI and motion graphic effects. We would need to discuss your requirements in detail before arriving at a costing.

* travel expenses vary depending on where in the UK or Europe you are, the size of vehicle required and the budget of your video. Typically an option 1 or 2 shoot in London would involve £50 travel expenses, South of England and Scotland may be up to £100.

On all of our productions we use the latest HD cameras that are full HD 1080p, have 35mm film like lenses and give a very cinematic film like look and all are of broadcast quality. The prices quoted are full packages -this includes equipment as stated, director, editing and mastering as a data file, DVD and Blu-Ray also conversion for Internet streaming such as YouTube, (Digi-beta and other formats available at extra cost POA). Intial prices quoted do not include charges made by third parties such as actors, for locations or any additional equipment that is required unless pre-agreed. All these things can be arranged by us if necessary.

Please bear in mind that the prices quoted are only a rough guide, If your budget is between our options, we can work around that, also remember that the payment is usually made in two instalments (more than two instalments can be arranged) allowing you to spread the cost.

For artists who wish to shoot a number of videos, we give great price breaks especially if all the shooting can be done or at the same time at the same locations. If you wish to discuss the costing of a project, for advice on how you can keep your costs down call Dan for a chat about your project on 07973543609.

Ask about our special deals on March and April shoots!

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