Now that I have done a couple of video editing suite,  I thought it would be cool to wrap it up with a full production solution that has everything you need to produce videos. This also includes a editing suite which I decided to use my Notebook Suite because it offers both flexibility and power and is not too expensive.One note before I get into this, I made this as a traditional solution and not for live-to-disk. For that I recommend this blog article written by Darren Kitchen of the popular Hak.5 podcast which was written after I emailed a question about their live video setup! I decided to make it thorough but, not overly expensive.

Camera:

Canon Vixia HF200 $600

Lights:

Arri Light Kit $2,318

Editing Suite:

Gdovin.net Notebook Solution  $5,936

Computer: 2.8 GHZ 15 Inch Macbook Pro

$2,599

  • 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
  • 4GB 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM – 2x2GB
  • 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm
  • SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
  • MacBook Pro 15-inch Glossy Widescreen Display
  • Backlit Keyboard (English) / User’s Guide

Computer Add-ons:

Software

Final Cut Studio $1,000

  • Final Cut Pro (Video Editing)
  • Color (Color Correction)
  • Soundtrack (Audio Editing)
  • Motion (Motion Graphics)
  • Compressor (Compression)
  • DVD Studio (DVD authoring)

Adobe CS4 Production Premium Suite $1,700

  • After Effects (Motion Graphics)
  • Premeire Pro (Video editing-not as good as Final Cut)
  • Photoshop (Image Editing)
  • Flash (Animation)
  • Illustrator (Vector Graphics editing)
  • Soundbooth (Audio Editing)
  • OnLocation (Live Video Capture)
  • Encore (DVD Authoring)
  • Bridge (Media Management)
  • Device Central (Device Management)
  • Dynamic Link (Media Sharing)

Microphones: $686

Audio-Technica Wireless Microphones $170*2 $340

Azden Handheld Microphone $170

Canon Shotgun Mic $176

Accessories:

Canon Video Light $80

LowePro Camera Bag $20

Dolica Tripod $45

Canon Monopod $36

Kingston 16 GB SD Cards $32*2 $64


Grand Total: $9,785 (Plus Taxes and fees)

For under $10,000 this solution gives you everything that you need for a full professional video production and all high definition and high quality. Althogh this solution is for only one camera it would be simple to add-on extra cameras and equipment if you would like but, this has everything you need from pre-production to relasing your video project.