Resources
Video Presentation
Producer: Mark Henry
Phone: (717) 774-4400 Ext. 301
Email: mhenry@abwe.org
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View Video Production Costs
View Video Production Requirements
Strengths
- Strong emotional impact
- Most accurate depiction of distant places & peoples
- Dimensions of motion & synchronized sound
- Program contained in very compact & convenient package (video cassette)
- Presentable by people other than the missionary
- Equipment is relatively light, easy to carry & setup
- Equipment can also be used in on-the-field ministry
Production Time
Missionary's time:
- Script writing
- Acquiring lots of good video
- Logging all original video
- Creating an edit decision list, indicating which video segments fit specific parts of the script
Media Department Time:
- (3:1) 3 hours per each minute of the final presentation time
Missionary time in Harrisburg: 10 days
Weaknesses
- People evaluate video quality based upon what they see on TV & in other movies; thus, a poor video is worse than no video
- High cost of a good video camera
- Greater commitment to training, time & effort to shoot good video
- Must buy a good projector or be at the mercy of what the churches have or don't have
- Requires fully darkened room for projection
Costs
Production costs depend on:
- $20.00 per finished minute
- $.50 to $5 per graphic
- $5 to $20 per second, if stock video needs to be acquired from another agency
- $350 estimated cost for avg. 15 minute presentation
Equipment:
- VCR: $200-$500
- Projector: $1,800 - $3,500 (ABWE leasing available)