Deuce 1 #1 June 6, 2005 What was the per-second value of the footage that the television crews used that the skydivers at Byron shot? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vdschoor 0 #2 June 6, 2005 Too cheap... (at least if its true what I heard as an offer.. ) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chopchop 0 #3 June 6, 2005 $175 per station. We sold it to 2 stations. What I saw get aired was probably 10 - 15 seconds. so.. a little over $11 per second per station. Frankly, it was found money. It was a grass fire in Northern CA. Not a jet crashing into the world trade center. It's life of value is already over. We could have said no.. but then we would have valueless footage with no checks coming.. now we have valueless footage and checks in the mail.. supposedly.. The stations that weren't interested just flew their own choppers over and took footage of the burned area.. chopchop gotta go... Plaything needs a spanking.. Lotsa Pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #4 June 7, 2005 I know what you sold it for, and by definition, that is what it was worth. It's yours to do whatever you wanted with it.Seems to me getting the same footage with a helicopter with a steadycam would be a helluva lot more expensive than what I thought the footage was worth.Anybody know what it costs to run a news chopper? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chopchop 0 #5 June 7, 2005 QuoteI know what you sold it for, and by definition, that is what it was worth. It's yours to do whatever you wanted with it. Seems to me getting the same footage with a helicopter with a steadycam would be a helluva lot more expensive than what I thought the footage was worth. Anybody know what it costs to run a news chopper? I have no clue what it costs to run a news chopper but I can tell you that at least one station preferred to take chopper footage of a fire that was out than to pay $175 for footage that was readily available taken during the fire. I can only think of 3 reasons they would have preferred that.. They either thought it would tell the story better, it would be cheaper or they wanted exclusive footage. Or maybe they just had nothing better to do with their cool toy. chopchop gotta go... Plaything needs a spanking.. Lotsa Pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricTheRed 0 #6 June 7, 2005 QuoteOr maybe they just had nothing better to do with their cool toy. Or needed to be able to justify the existance of said toy...illegible usually Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
newshooter12 0 #7 June 7, 2005 QuoteOr needed to be able to justify the existance of said toy... no offense you guys, but if i was the assignment editor or manager I'd rather put our own people & equipment to work if they were available & then stick your footage in as icing on the cake if management went for it. Chop Chop - you got a pretty good penny. matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chopchop 0 #8 June 7, 2005 thanks, man, I thought so too.. chopchop gotta go... Plaything needs a spanking.. Lotsa Pictures Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
