> I agree with your basic premise, Ian, that 'you just never know.'
> However, in the case of "Paranormal Activity" writer/director/
> producer Oren Peli cut it himself.
Yes I though that may have been the case, David, just pointing out
that you just never know, Oren Peli equally could have gone to an
editor and offered $300 and say 1% of the picture, thats a Million
bucks, I know thats simplistic and this original post does not suggest
a percentage, but if you are sitting around a lot, $300 is $300.
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: IAN WILSON <ian@colortape.tv>
> To: "Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com" <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wed, December 2, 2009 9:35:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Re: OT: The sad state of perceived value of
> editorial.
>
>
> I wonder what the editor was paid for Paranormal Activity, budget was
> US$ 11,000 Box office figures today is $106M, see you just never know.
>
> Ian Wilson
> Colortape Productions
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> On 03/12/2009, at 3:14 PM, Frank Capria <frank@kingpinintera
> ctive.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I'm with Oliver and Shirley. This is like a lot of stuff out there.
>> None of
>> us will ever see the movie.
>>
>> $300 a week because it's mostly done. What's that sign at the auto
>> mechanic's?
>>
>> Our labor rate is $75 an hour.
>> $85 if you watch.
>> $95 if you help.
>>
>> I also love the line about getting consideration for bigger
>> projects. They
>> are probably going to be even more done, so they will be $200 a week.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 6:03 PM, oliverpetersvidy <
>> oliverpeters@ oliverpeters. com> wrote:
>>
>>> This really isn't about the perceived value of an editor at all.
>>> Unfortunately this is all too typical of a lot of the stuff
>>> floating around
>>> related to the RED camera. It's one of the things that gives RED
>>> owners a
>>> bad name. What they are really asking for is not only someone to
>>> clean up
>>> the movie, but also to do true finishing, which - on a RED project
>>> - is
>>> pretty daunting if you don't know what you are doing. The bottom
>>> line is
>>> this filmmaker has no money and is trying to dangle the carrot of a
>>> RED
>>> project so someone will bite.
>>>
>>> - Oliver
>>>
>>>
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