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Baobab
Productions Inc. is a multi-media production / communications company,
incorporated in Canada, operating around the world.
We specialize in:
Broadcast television
Public awareness / educational / fund
raising videos
Video news releases and project
documentation on video
Training
in video literacy and
video production
Media training
for scientists and academics
Video facilities and equipment consulting
Publication quality still photography
Media strategies and public relations
consulting services
PowerPoint multimedia presentations
Developing computer
software for television
and video production
Writing - reports and news releases
Web site maintenance and innovation
Stock video and
still images from the developing world
"Knowledge and wisdom are like
the trunk of a baobab tree. No one person's arm span is great enough to
encompass them."
Saying from the Volta region of
Ghana
Our symbol is the Baobab
tree. No matter how you look at it, it is one of Nature's truly
remarkable creations. The Baobab has
evolved in a way that lets it make optimum use of very scarce resources.
It flourishes and produces fruit on the semi-arid savannahs of sub-Saharan
Africa, where we do much of our video work.
At Victoria Falls in on the Zambia Zimbabwe border they tell the following
story.
The Great Spirit decided to give a tree to each of the animals
on earth. Only the evil hyena was left with no tree. When he complained,
the Sprit said, "You can have this last Baobab seedling, but you must change
your evil ways." The hyena grabbed the Baobab tree in anger and shoved
it--branches first--into the ground. To this day many people call the
Baobab
the "upside down tree."
In Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's famous children's book, The
Little Prince, it was giant Baobab
trees that threatened to take over the Prince's tiny world.
In fact the Baobab is among the
largest and longest-lived trees on earth. It survives prolonged droughts
by storing water in its giant, fibrous, sponge-like trunk which can be
up to nine metres across. That trunk can be hollowed out to make a shelter,
or cut into water containers. When in leaf, the Baobab
produces an edible fruit that has the highest concentration of Vitamin
C of any plant. The leaves themselves are rich in Vitamin A and the shade
of those leaves and branches provides a relatively cool refuge for other
living things in the sub-Saharan heat.
Baobab trees alive today were growing
when the Roman Empire ruled Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East.
When their leaves have fallen, the gnarly, twisted trunks and branches
of baobabs stand like sentinels on
the arid landscape of Africa. For millennia people have gathered below
the branches of the Baobab to debate
and discuss important issues and ideas. For some cultures it is the tree
under which man was born. The Baobab
tree is a symbol of endurance, conservation, creativity, ingenuity and
dialogue.
Our Rates:
Baobab Productions offers exceptional value for money
on all products and services. While it is unwise and usually impossible
to give hard and fast costs for a complete production without examining
the specific requirements, we can say that previous broadcast productions,
including travel, have come in at about $2000US / final edited minute.
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For consulting and writing work our rate is
$700US /day with discounts for long (>60 days) contracts
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We generally charge $600US /day for
shooting-directing services + $50-$100 / day for gear (DV or HDV)
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Our on-line facilities cost $700US /day
with editor
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For other options, please contact us by email (see below)
We can submit very detailed proposals and budgets and welcome the opportunity
to bid on contracts.
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