MoovyMagic@aol.com
Tue, 8 Jun 1999 08:02:16 EDT
In a message dated 06/07/1999 10:11:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
vidkid@jlc.com writes:
>
> You are talented people,you deserve at least the average going rate. But
we
> can't do this here UNLESS we all open up and share. What would it hurt?
>
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Americans have always deeply guarded their personal income figures for a
mixture of reasons. Denny's reticence based on the non-anonmity of the list
is well taken.
How about this:
Every producer knows what he PAYS a freelancer in his area. So suppose we
quote instead what we know mainstream local people in various job skills get
paid without naming them. We're not talking about ourselves, and the needed
data gets published without naming names.
Here are some skills in no particular order:
Cameraman: 350 - 500 (depending)
(and obviously, the very cream of the tippy-top gets far more than those
figures---1200 for a Big Name not uncommon, and the rank beginners get a lot
less... Like everything else in life.)
L.D. 450 (around here) (...and I mean a devoted specialist, not a
temporarily unemployed cameraman.)
1st Electric 350
Key Grip 400-450
Grips 300-350
Makeup Artist 300-500
P.A. from 100 to 250
(A really excellent, experienced PA who really knows the ropes, and can
easily save your worthless, confused, overscheduled, overreaching, arrogant
butt-- 300-400)
Editor - too large a variance in talent and skills to quote.
Director - too large a variance in ability and project specifics to quote.
Producer - what's left after everybody else's been paid. (0 to a lot)
Our market area is largely corporate with quite a bit of commercials
depending on the individual's skills and experience sheet.
One of my arguments with the unions has always been that they are slow to
recognize skill level differences in published area market rate structures.
Some folks hardly cover the expense of the donuts they consume. Many in
exactly the same job are wonderfully productive and are way ahead of the
director in knowing What Comes Next.
Bill Barrett
StudioOne-CT.com
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