Video Production Vlog B & B Series

Here’s a vlog about

video production

on Elizabeth Hepburn’s Better & Better Series. It comprises five, twenty-five minute video (and audio) programs – conceived, written and performed by my wife Elizabeth – designed to aid both patients and caregivers in preparation for and recovery from surgery. Our first shoot was at a waterfall in central North Carolina.

Production insurance is a lot more expensive than normal, insurance. It was the only instance in this entire project where our producer, Eric Brown, tried to save money. Everything Elizabeth or I asked for – including a very costly helicopter shot for the pre-surgery piece – was okay with him. Eric thought that his broker from whom he’d been getting insurance for years could provide an appropriate policy. He got one for about 15% the $3,000 cost of a video production insurance package. I continued to advise against it but Eric is a smart guy and a lawyer so I figured he knew something I didn’t about his insurance guy, the vaunted Joe Q.

On the day before the shoot in North Carolina we were having lunch with Elizabeth and Peter (Nature Cameraman) when Eric got a call. He started outside and waved me to come along. It was Joe Q. Once it had become clear to the underwriter exactly what Joe was insuring they had said no dice. We had no insurance and were going to shoot the next day at a location where a young crew would be carrying heavy, expensive equipment over terrain covered with slippery rocks, streams and a big waterfall. The certificate of insurance – now null and void – had already been filed with the location owner.

The choices were to proceed uninsured – not mentioning this unfortunate turn of events to anyone – or to bag the shoot and reschedule after getting proper coverage. This would not only have been very expensive but maybe impossible. We chose to keep the conversation to ourselves and proceed. As soon as we got home an appropriate production insurance package was procured.

(PS: There were no accidents or equipment losses.)

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