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It's a very cool product, which I've only used briefly. However, product aside, their promotional videos are _phenomenal_. Not sure if they are making these in

It's a very cool product, which I've only used briefly. However, product aside, their promotional videos are _phenomenal_. Not sure if they are making these in-house or some company is putting them together, but someone is doing a great job.

robenkleene 6y ago
Both this video (https://sandwich.co/work/descript-video/ https://sandwich.co/work/descript-video/), and their original promotional video (https://sandwich.co/work/its-how-you-make-a-podcast/ https://sandwich.co/work/its-how-you-make-a-podcast/), were done by Sandwich.
- dstick 6y ago
  That's amazing, so fun to watch and feels 0% forced. I'm impressed.
- ambivalents 6y ago
  Just watched a few more of their videos and they are indeed great: https://sandwich.co/work/category/featured/ https://sandwich.co/work/category/featured/ But--potentially dumb question--where the heck would you encounter these videos in the wild? These sadly aren't e.g. the types of video I see as Youtube ads.
- simonmales 6y ago
  Could anyone spit ball the cost of such a video? I'll try: $100k (USD) Higher or lower?
  - tehwebguy 6y ago
    Depends entirely on who you hire and how much you let them know about your budget. I am confident that I saw a HN post years ago that mentioned Sandwich starts at $250k but again client work is almost always very negotiable.
    - andy_ppp 6y ago
      Wow, it’s good but $250k is a shedload of cash, you could hire 3 people in this field for a year for that (certainly in London). They could do all your training material too...
      - simonmales 6y ago
        I'm sure it blows up when you need actors and studios.
        andy_ppp 6y ago
        I’m not sure you’ve noticed but there are more actors than there are jobs. The actual shoot time for something like this is what 2-3 days. Let’s budget a crazy $50000 for those things (reality - you’d be hard pushed to spend $20k).
  - lukestevens 6y ago
    From their FAQ [0]: “Typically, $200K is a good starting point, though we’ll also work with a lot more. If you’re a startup with an idea we absolutely have to get behind, we can get creative with equity.“ [0] https://sandwich.co/faq/ https://sandwich.co/faq/
  - robenkleene 6y ago
    The FAQ answer that says $200k should probably be authoritative, but... I'm just guessing Sandwich is actually surprisingly flexible about budgeting. They do have a series where they shot three videos at three different budget levels ($1k, $10k, $100k) for the same product (https://sandwich.co/clients/wistia/ https://sandwich.co/clients/wistia/). Take from that what you will...

robenkleene 6y ago

Both this video (https://sandwich.co/work/descript-video/ https://sandwich.co/work/descript-video/), and their original promotional video (https://sandwich.co/work/its-how-you-make-a-podcast/ https://sandwich.co/work/its-how-you-make-a-podcast/), were done by Sandwich.

dstick 6y ago
That's amazing, so fun to watch and feels 0% forced. I'm impressed.
ambivalents 6y ago
Just watched a few more of their videos and they are indeed great: https://sandwich.co/work/category/featured/ https://sandwich.co/work/category/featured/ But--potentially dumb question--where the heck would you encounter these videos in the wild? These sadly aren't e.g. the types of video I see as Youtube ads.
simonmales 6y ago
Could anyone spit ball the cost of such a video? I'll try: $100k (USD) Higher or lower?
- tehwebguy 6y ago
  Depends entirely on who you hire and how much you let them know about your budget. I am confident that I saw a HN post years ago that mentioned Sandwich starts at $250k but again client work is almost always very negotiable.
  - andy_ppp 6y ago
    Wow, it’s good but $250k is a shedload of cash, you could hire 3 people in this field for a year for that (certainly in London). They could do all your training material too...
    - simonmales 6y ago
      I'm sure it blows up when you need actors and studios.
      - andy_ppp 6y ago
        I’m not sure you’ve noticed but there are more actors than there are jobs. The actual shoot time for something like this is what 2-3 days. Let’s budget a crazy $50000 for those things (reality - you’d be hard pushed to spend $20k).
- lukestevens 6y ago
  From their FAQ [0]: “Typically, $200K is a good starting point, though we’ll also work with a lot more. If you’re a startup with an idea we absolutely have to get behind, we can get creative with equity.“ [0] https://sandwich.co/faq/ https://sandwich.co/faq/
- robenkleene 6y ago
  The FAQ answer that says $200k should probably be authoritative, but... I'm just guessing Sandwich is actually surprisingly flexible about budgeting. They do have a series where they shot three videos at three different budget levels ($1k, $10k, $100k) for the same product (https://sandwich.co/clients/wistia/ https://sandwich.co/clients/wistia/). Take from that what you will...