Is it typical for your clients to request an itemized estimate for a video shoot production from the directors you've engaged in the bidding process? I.e, the costs/fees associated with each individual component of the production, vs a few larger buckets where one is "production" and it's a lump sum? Trying to get a feel of what's normal for others.

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Not typically the main clients but often the client side has a cost consultant type person who does see full production breakdowns. Usually they’ll just be like yea this is normal to the main clients in my experience

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Hooray 3rd party “cost” consultants!

Curious what they charge to drag on pre-pro so it costs more.

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We always show them detail, in our own spreadsheets. Does not matter if they have cost consultants or not.

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Yep, sounds like your client has a production cost consultant. Not always customary but pretty standard stuff on the whole.

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They are buying so they have a right to see the line by line. Should be easy to explain any call outs if every line is true.

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Do you have a cost consultant? If so the client should work with your producer directly during the bidding process. Otherwise this is not normal.

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I’d say about 1 in 4 clients I work on ask for this and we always give it to them without hesitation. You shouldn’t be hiding things there anyway.

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It used to be common to share an AICP bid. This sounds like a cost consultant. And they will be the bane of your existence.

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Our cost consultant is awesome fwiw so I think there definitely are good ones out there too

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We always itemize. Cost consultants or no.

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