post logistics for student film

[jijhh]

i'm really intent on getting a print made for my senior thesis film which i'm shooting in a month and a half. we are most likely shooting anamorphic, which would mean a negative cut. i've put in quotes at a few places, but haven't heard much back at all.

 

could somone fill me in as to the total cost of negative cutting? just something to give me a ballpark idea. i realize this is based on the number of cuts, but my film is 20 minutes long. its not an action film and im not bela tarr so you can assume a fairly average number of cuts (if that exists).

 

also, where could i get an idea of print shipping costs? that's something else i'd have to worry about...

 

i'm trying to figure out the practicality of making a print for a student film. just about everyone at NYU has tried to dissuade me, but i think a print would do this film so much justice...