Know-How Exchange : Advertising/PR

This is just a rough estimate. You don't really have any actors to pay (just a backshot of a model). Looks like a lot of custom stock video coupled with a brief script, music, editing time, production time. If you were to re-create similar effects like the leaves blowing out of the box then your looking at renting fans and building props and renting a small set. I would estimate that the commercial costs around 15k to produce if everything went accordingly. You might be able to edit and write the scipts yourself so you could potentially save some money with that. The music would also have to be acquired or you could settle for stock music of Japanese classical instruments playing generic scales.

If you really want that style - it might be required that you source a video production company out of Japan.

Check out spotrunner.com they have great premade commercials that you can purchase for $500. Also, I cold put something like that together for you for $2000 to $3000 total and it would be equal quality. Let me know if that's something you're interested in. You can email me through my profile.

Cost can go from very little to the sky is the limit... However, if you are on a tight budget there are options.

Does the local community college have a video production program? Very cheap and quality can be very good to horrible. Most Cable TV Systems have a video production department and will work cheap. Is there an art school nearby?

For the music, is there a good band program at your local high school or college? Can the local music store point you towards a hungry band ("will work for food")

The biggest problem with saving money is making sure that you end up with the product you want, at the time you want it, and at the quality you need.

Years ago I ran the Local Origination channel for a mid sized cable tv system. We used interns from the local high school, which kept our cost down. We would have done this for $1,000.

The more you pay the more certain you will be of the satisfaction you will receive.