PROFESSIONAL SERVICES OFFERED
EDITING | BASIC VFX | BASIC SOUND DESIGN
Post-Production in New Mexico
Towne Films is proud to offer post-production services and support to external projects.
Post-production expenditures are eligible for a 25% tax rebate from the state of New Mexico. This is subject to your project being registered with the New Mexico Film Office prior to post-production. For questions on eligibility, please contact the New Mexico Film Office.
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Editing
Editing is the Towne Films specialty. Whether you need help getting an assembly cut, a rough cut, a fine cut, picture lock, or the whole works through the finished product, Towne Films has plans and pricing options for you. Towne Films can also handle everything from short films, feature films, movie trailers, and music videos. Please note Towne Films does not do contracts for weddings or other similar family video projects.
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As of 2022, all projects now use DaVinci Resolve for editing. Projects can be exported fr continued work in other systems including Adobe Premiere and Final Cut.
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Basic VFX
Towne Films can also handle basic VFX shots in your footage. We can add this as an extra price in your editing package, or we can do VFX shots separately if you already have another editor on the project.
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VFX shots are subject to their complexity and require a consultation before approval of the gig. Basic VFX includes items such as muzzle flashes on guns, object removal in the background, and some compositing such as screen or sign replacements depending on the complexity of the shot. For more complicated VFX, we recommend hiring dedicated VFX houses such as our friends at Vault Studios who also offer the New Mexico tax rebate.
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Basic Sound Design
Audio is half of your movie, and nobody is going to take your film seriously if it sounds like a high school project - no matter how fancy your camera was or how impressive your footage is. With Towne Films at your back, we will make sure your project won't be grinding people's ears at the film festival. Towne Films has accumulated a vast variety of sound effects to make your project sound legit, whether the genre is horror, action, fantasy, or sci-fi.
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We can work on sound design as part of an editing package, or on its own if you already have an edit. However, it is important the film reaches picture lock before we begin. ADR may also be required depending on the quality of your sound.
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This gig is aimed at the bare bones indie filmmaker on a shoe-string budget who needs a decent stereo mix, but can't afford major surgery or the in-depth sound design you would get from a dedicated sound-design professional. However, for more advanced projects and filmmakers who plan on hiring a dedicated sound-design professional (Synthetic Films is highly recommended), we can also make their job easier for them by adding some basic layers of sound design and effects to get them started.
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Pricing
It sounds like a cliche, but every project is different. Pricing can be negotiated depending on your deadline, desired quality, and budget, as well as bundle packages to combine various offers. Special rates are available for past collaborators on Towne Films projects. Here are some general guidelines on rates:
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Film Editing
Includes assembly, rough cut, and picture lock
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$1,000 +tax per 30 minutes of expected runtime
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Movie Trailers
Includes music, sound design, and final delivery
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$500 +tax per trailer. Price may vary depending on length, and if the footage needs color and VFX.
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Basic VFX
$50 +tax per shot of basic compositing. Price may vary depending on complexity.
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Basic Sound Design
$200 +tax for the first 10 minutes, then $100 per each additional 10 minutes of runtime. Subject to additional fees if new sound effects are required for the library, or if ADR is needed.​​​​​​
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Availability and Delivery
How soon can Towne Films deliver your project, and is there even availability to do it? Please note that I work a day job at a local TV station, so this is not something where I will be working on your project 40 hours a week. Depending on what other projects I already have lined up, this will push back the timeline on when I can start working on your project. However, if I am free and available, here are some estimated delivery times based on past deliveries:
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Three basic VFX shots
1-2 weeks
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Basic sound design on a 20 minute short film
1 month
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Assembly Cut for a 40 minute short film
1 month
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Final delivery for a 3 minute movie trailer
1 month
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Picture Lock for a 5 minute short film
6 weeks​​​​