4-STAR Productions is full service from Pre-Production thru Post Production
Pre-production: From conception to scripting, 4-STAR Productions can help create a project strategy to achieve your video production goals, whatever they might be. We’ll consult with your key people to determine objectives, concerns and possible approaches. Then we’ll develop a production strategy that incorporates everything you’ve told us. Once the concept is finalized, we provide a detailed script and budget so you know exactly what you’re paying for without any surprises.
Pre-production services include:
• Project development
• Script consulting**
• Script writing/editing **
• Casting **
• Location selection and planning
• Shooting schedule
• Budgeting*
**Once a project is approved 4-STAR Productions will hire these positions according to you budget and needs.
*Budgeting: There is no "rule-of-thumb" when it comes to budgeting videos, nor is there a pre-determined "cost per minute" of finished video. Budgeting a video is not unlike budgeting to build a house. Do you want brick or wood? Will it have one bedroom or three? Do you want one story or two? What you want determines what it will cost.
We consult with you and help you define what can be expected from your proposed project based on your target budget. This consultation yields a production whose budget fits within your means. This way, there are no surprises.
Once the budget is agreed upon, we will not deviate from it unless the parameters are expanded by you, the client, during production. In such situations, any budget revisions are determined and agreed upon before any work is done and any money is committed to the expanded production.
We deliver on time and on budget.
Production: This is where all the pre-production planning comes together. 4-STAR Productions is responsible for every detail of your video production, using equipment packages appropriate for your specific project. Whether you're a producer or an agency, we offer complete production services or handle specific tasks suitable to your individual video production needs.
We’ll report to you with production schedules, shot lists, script changes, video footage -- whatever you need to make certain your project stays on schedule and on budget!
Production services include:
• True 16:9 SD format
• Standard 4:3 SD format
• 60i / 30p / 24p frame rates
• Direction
• Single & multiple camera setups
• Lighting
• Audio recording & dubbing/mixing
• Complete production management
Post production: This is where we sculpt the raw video material into a beautifully finished program. Our digital, non-linear editing system enables fast turnaround and total quality control of the image. We use advanced special effects to explain complex products and features, highlight capabilities or just to add excitement and impact when appropriate. At 4-STAR Productions, you can be as involved as you want, sitting in on the editing process or just viewing rough-cuts and providing feedback.
Post production services include:
• Digital, non-linear editing
• 2D & 3D graphics
• Stock & original music
• Duplication
• VHS to DVD
Streaming video: Do you have a website that needs streaming video but you're afraid you couldn't afford it? You can now! 4-STAR Productions has the facilities for converting your existing video into streaming media for viewing and/or distribution on the World Wide Web.
We can provide you with true full-motion video with stunning clarity. Your video message will be available to Internet viewers across a range of delivery bandwidths and formats. We now use Sorenson Media's professional video codecs to compress and deliver the highest quality video with the smallest file size you will find anywhere for the Web and CD.
Sorenson Video 4 Pro is the professional's choice for delivering high-quality video compression. This is the same professional codec used by Hollywood studios to create the eye-popping trailers you see on Apple's QuickTime Movie Trailers web site.
The video clips on the showcase page of this site were encoded using Sorenson Media codecs.
We can provide video output for all popular formats including:
QuickTime, Windows Media, Real Media, Flash, MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4.
