OVERVIEW

Thanks for considering Hotbed Media.

Hotbed will work with you to create a documentary that highlights the good things about living in San Carlos, California.  This story will be told through interviews with Bob Bredel and other key stakeholders supported by footage of San Carlos. Hotbed will work to illicit authentic and natural responses from the interview subjects.

A Hotbed director will work with you to craft the message and will see the production through to finish. Hotbed creates documentaries with an eye for quality and that are informative yet stylistically interesting to watch. The three priorities we have while producing documentaries are content, picture and sound. We work to capture the most compelling content by preparing with for the interviews and developing the appropriate questions and building a repoire with the subjects. We use our photographic eye to make the best of the locations we are asked to shoot in. We make good sound a priority. People walk out of movies for bad sound before bad picture. We love really rich, good sound.

We will shoot DVCPRO HD format that looks great on the web. If you plan on showing the documentary on a DVD, this format works great, too. We've tested the footage on a 52" 1080p plasma screen and it looks fantastic. The format also doesn't shoot to film or tape but a "card." The all-digital work flow saves time by allowing us edit immediately. 

PROCESS

Client signs Hotbed contract and puts down 50% of production fee.

Producer coordinates with Client to schedule a shoot date with client and crew.

Director speaks with Client about shoot. Based on this meeting Director will develop approach to shoot and interview questions.

Shoot Day - Director and crew (producer, director, cameraman/sound) conduct interviews and capture B-Roll footage.

Editing Day 1 - Editor picks best takes and begins editing.

Editing Day 2 - Editor puts together rough cut.

Editing Day 3 - Editor refines cut. Delivers cut to Client via the web at the end of the day. Client gives comments.

Editing Day 4 - Editor finalizes cut based on Client comments. Editor exports final deliverables. Final Video delivered to Client.

SCOPE OF WORK

Production and Post-Production

1 prep meeting with director

1 shoot day for interviews and capturing footage of San Carlos

4 days of editing

Deliverables: 

Media Drive containing all footage and project files

Hi resolution Quicktimes

Hi resolution Windows Media Files

Web resolution Quicktimes

Web resolution Window Media files

Note: Additional digital formats are available upon request., i.e. ipod compatible video

RELEVANT HOTBED WORK

The work we've put together for you demonstrates interview driven videos. These films were not scripted but shot based on bullet points and a list of questions. The story is completed in post. These videos combine interview footage and "B-Roll" footage that supports the interviews. 

This documentary was shot in Buffalo for Witness / Diageo.

The construction footage was shot on film but the interviews were shot on the DVCPRO HD format.

Documented Riverbed Technologies symbolic move from their old office to their new.

Alice Radio's entry for their 3-minute film festival. This a comedy piece but gives you a sense of our documentary style.

This is a general documentary reel that combines footage from various documentaries we've produced. 

Hotbed directed this doc series for Jam Media and Vizio TV. The B Roll was shot on 35 mm film and the interviews HD. 

BUDGET PROPOSAL

Please download the Budget Proposal here: