[Avid-L2] Re: OT: Rates?

Had a producer tell me last week that "we want you to cut it, and I have 3 days in the budget for editorial...". And I have not seen boards, script, etc....

--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Quinsee-Jover" <tony@...> wrote:
>
> My favourite is "Well, we didn't offer you that job because it was only a
> small budget".
>
> Let me at least consider it!!
>
> T.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> switthaus
> Sent: 19 October 2009 12:26
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Re: OT: Rates?
>
> Steve is right. Some of the larger spot cutters in the major markets had
> been making upwards of $1500 or more per day (before the recession). Not
> sure what, if anything, the economy has done to this. Agencies are a bit of
> a different animal when it comes to rate. Now, when production companies
> handle the post for a spot versus the agency hiring post direct, then you
> can get a squeeze because the prod company sees post as a way to eek out
> more profit. I just "love" it when a production company/producer tells me
> after the fact that they have bid me out for the post and here is how much
> time it will take to edit the gig! Yeah, love that....
>
> sw
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Steve Hullfish <steve4lists@> wrote:
> >
>
> > I would think that the "name" guys cutting spots are easily getting
> > twice or triple that at the good boutiques. I was never one of those
> > guys, so I don't know how much they get paid. On some jobs I get close
> > to that and I'm just a schmuck. My freelance editing rate varies by
> > almost $400 a day, depending on what people need, who needs it and how
> > badly - or how badly I need the work or how much I don't want the
> > hassle.
> >
> > that smaller markets are down in the $350 a day range.
> >
> > On Oct 16, 2009, at 6:02 PM, guanacaa@ wrote:
> >
> > > Once again, I would never ask about your personal rates. I was
> > > hoping to get actual numbers for what's common in your markets.
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> >
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