Rolling out a Monster Rig Revisited
After the recent post about our Monster Video Production Rig several asked about the budget for the project so I have compiled a rough list of the costs.
Final Cut Computer:
Hardware:
- Mac Pro including – ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT 256MB (Two dual-link DVI)
- 8GB (2X4GB) PC25300 ECC Third Party Ram, not buying it from apple saves a ton (A TON of cash).
- 2 – Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP
- Wacom INTUOS 3 6×11 Wide Format USB Pen Tablet PTZ631W
- Logic Keycaps
- Tannoy Reveal 5A – 5″ Biamplified Nearfield Monitors
Hardware Total: $7311
Software:
- Adobe CS3 Suite Production Premium (2 year updates)
- CHV Shine + Magic 3D
- Digital Heaven Plug-ins
- Final Cut Studio 2
- Flip4 Mac Studio
-Futurismo Backgrounds
- Mac Office 2008
- Natress Big Box of Tricks
- Noise Industries FXPro
- Snap Z Pro
- Volumetrix FX pack
Software Total: $2749
Total Cost: $10,232.73
Seeing your Media Director Smile and act almost giddy, Priceless
Michael Foster
07.24.2008 5:07 pm
This is wonderful information. It is eye-opening for us as a church since we farm out all of our video production stuff. Bringing this kind of stuff in house will save money in the long run for sure but you better be prepared for initial investment for hardware. If you are starting from scratch you will also need to include some numbers for a good DV camera, lights, and backdrops.
Thanks for the post JL
John Howell
07.27.2008 10:50 pm
Great insight into what you’re putting into your computers – I’m sure that your media guy was totally stoked! I’m sure that if I pitched this to our media guy – he’d wet himself in excitement!