BuyerZone users' video production requirements

We ask users of our quote request service to describe their video production purchasing requirements in detail so the vendors we match them to can provide customized information in response. Now we're sharing these buyer requirements with you.

We hope these user comments help you get a sense of what types of video production companies other users are choosing and what considerations are important to the average buyer. Take a look and you'll probably see some responses that are relevant to your business.

BuyerZone user comments: video production purchasing requirements

"My Opthalmologist would like to make a 15 minute video to show patients in his waiting room about what they should know about cataract surgery. He will be on camera the entire time. As far as I know,he will not require any charts or other material. The projuct price will need to include editing and one, maybe two DVDs that can play on a monitor in his office in Oxnard CA."
-- Buyer, Education, Oxnard, CA

"We would like to make a dance instruction video. We would like to film it at our location."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Education, Shawnee Mission, KS

"We are looking for a estimate on the cost to produce a 5 min video for our Operation Santa Claus Program sponsored by the Mental Health Assocition Of Forsyth County (non-profit organization). We will need 500 copies of the 3 min to 5 min video. As a non-profit, we must seek prior approval for any expenses. It is quite a process.At this point, we only need a ballpark estimate."
-- Buyer, Non-Profit, Advance, NC

"We are looking at covering three sites covering South Lake Tahoe, Palm Desert, and Newport Beach."
-- Consultant, Travel/Hospitality, Santa Ana, CA

"We are a federal government agency (General Services Administration)and we would like this video to be engaging, memorable and one that makes the newly hired employee feel good about their decision to work for us."
-- Buyer, Government, Auburn, WA

"Need to re-edit material from existing project created in Final Cut Pro."
-- Partner/Principal, Other Business Services, Altoona, IA

"I am creating a press kit for a client. They have some footage that will need to be included."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Consulting, Stockbridge, GA

"This video is a tribute to one of our church members who passed away. We have a anniversary for the chuch in Feburary and we wanted to also to do something special for this persons family and the church also.We would do mabe three or four "short" interview's speaking about this person, then we would do a collage of photos to a song we have then end with a picture of this special person."
-- Buyer, Non-Profit, Stroudsburg, PA

"In studioSimple single cameraEither speaker or "live event" taping with participantsmust have a very clean professional lookincluding excellent lighting and sound."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Education, Loxahatchee, FL

"I am interested in creating a stress management DVD that offers practical strategies for stress reduction.Would like video production to have music played in background at certain intervals. Not really sure of anything else right now."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Consulting, Beverly Hills, CA

"Testimonial video shooting in studio forCorporate Local Network spot and promotionalDVD."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Advertising/Marketing/PR, Washington, DC

"This will be a short 3-4 minute talk about a website and what the services will provide the perspective client. for the first role out, I am looking at a budget presentation that can be improved in the near future. There are several websites planned for the future which will require several different video clips."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Advertising/Marketing/PR, Portland, OR

"Need a :43 show opening for a pilot children's program. Have the theme music and can email the graphic elements. Would like a soft look, like Sesame Street, prefer soft glows in After Effect. Need in 5 days!"
-- CEO/President/Owner, Advertising/Marketing/PR, Atlanta, GA

"I am not sure what else is needed. This is the first time that I am making an infomercial."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Beaumont, TX

"The Women's Health Specialists, a women-run health clinic, is looking for a Pro-Choice experienced video production company to assist in the creation of a DVD that illustrates how our busy clinic runs so efficiently and meets the needs of all women seen. Partial script and idea already on paper. We are seeking someone to assist in the filming and editing of the project from start to finish."
-- Marketing/Public Relations, Health Care, Sacramento, CA

"A corporate video that is to be about 8 to 10 minutes in length describing what our company does, we build residential homes and we want the video to describe what the process is in finding land and developing a home. We don't need actors but someone narrating over images."
-- Buyer, Real Estate, Minneapolis, MN

"Simple acting of a simple script with some voice overs and some creative ideas for some graphics when discussing call my office for more details on how people can sell their houses through an auction."
-- Office Manager, Real Estate, Tempe, AZ

"Must shoot the video this Saturday 1-26-088:00am-Noon. Gainesville,VA....editing and DVD production within 2-3 weeks.This is a 4 hour fitness seminar that includes 1-hour lecture, 3 hours of actual testing and training. I need it edited into a DVD for a marketing/sales tool for potential corporate and government buyers."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Other Business Services, Warrenton, VA

"It is a 45 second instructional video with 2 actors envisioned in the role. I'm just trying to firgure out ho wmuch the whole shoot will cost including equipment, etc."
-- Engineer/Programmer, Transportation/Logistics, Arlington, VA

"Produce 60 second, response-generating direct response television ad for product."
-- CEO/President/Owner, Retail, Brentwood, CA

"I need a short ( Aprox. 60 sec) clip for my website. I need one main actor with a professional voice and another secondary actress as support. I need the bluescreen so that the background can be changed."
-- Office Manager, Consulting, Covington, GA

"I need a 5 to 10 minute long electronic press kit to promote a band."
-- Buyer, Other Business Services, Hannibal, MO

"These are 16 interviews, approximately 45-60 minutes in length, with various icons of The Counter Culture & the musicians and music that defined it."
-- Consultant, Media/Entertainment/Publishing, Mount Sterling, KY

"Want to have short TV commercial, maybe 30 seconds, for Comcast in Miami for my Restaurant located in Downtown Miami."
-- General Manager, Restaurant, Miami, FL

"I'm really just looking for hourly rates for videography and hourly rates for editing."
-- Partner/Principal, Advertising/Marketing/PR, San Angelo, TX

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