I can't speak for the New York market but here in San Diego my experience is that the rates really depend on the client. I have standard rates and some customers pay them, other flat can't afford them, so there's times when the rate has to goes down to get the work.
As for broadcast vs. corporate... oddly enough I am actually charging my main broadcast client less of an hourly rate than my main corporate client. However the broadcast client has a pretty consistent stream of work that just shows up in my shop. I will gladly lower the rate for a client like that, it saves me money when you factor in the cost of constantly chasing down the corporate work.
Mike
M2 Digital Post Inc.
San Diego, CA.
On Oct 13, 2011, at 6:12 PM, Tony Breuer wrote:
> After twenty some odd years of cutting mostly broadcast shows, I am suddenly being pursued by a non-broadcast client. But they are telling me that they can't (or won't) pay the "extravagant" broadcast rates (just my normal broadcast freelance weekly rate which is the going NY rate and there is no equipment involved) and want me to work for about a thirty five percent pay cut.
>
> They claim to have asked around extensively and found that corporate jobs never pay as much as broadcast,
>
> I have asked a couple of friends who do both broadcast and corporate gigs and they tell me that they make as much, or sometimes more money when working corporate edits.
>
> Do any of you folks who cut both types of projects charge less, the same, or more than you get for broadcast jobs?
>
> Is there any differential between rates for Avid jobs and Final Cut 7 jobs? This involves both because I just persuaded them to ditch their Final Cut system and install Media Composer. They will have a full time assistant on that system,
>
> I'm interested in this gig because it is very flexible with the hours, will allow me to work from home and (so they say) there will be a lot of work. The working from home definitely appeals to me at this stage of my career because of family commitments.
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> I just get the feeling that the corporate guys are using misinformation to negotiate a much lower flat weekly rate.
>
> TIA
>
> Tony Breuer
>
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