Ask the production manager about the station’s rates, too. Usually, commercial production departments in TV stations charge a fraction of what professional production companies do. In part, that‘s because a production company will more likely have highly experienced people and the TV station is getting by with youngsters who work for cheap. But, they’ll probably still know what they’re doing.

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Here’s an explanation of the three phases and you decide which you want to outsource.

Pre production includes all planning.
Who is your audience?
What do they want/need to know?
What do you want to shoot to illustrate this?
Where do you want to shoot it?
How will it be pieced together? Editing is usually planned (at least somewhat) before shooting ever begins.

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