David Zapasnik (dazapasnik@snet.net)
Tue, 08 Jun 1999 14:07:26 +0000
Bill,
I don't understand your figures. Are these 'donuts per hour' ? : )
David Zapasnik
O.O.M.M! Studios
MoovyMagic@aol.com wrote:
> 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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