RE: FYI Producers, make up artists,

Date: 2008-07-14, 1:23PM

heres a little something for ADs having a seperate make up and hair person cuts trailer time in half, might be worth the extra money huh?
If you dont a pay a kit fee, dont get upset when there are NO disposables on set i.e sponges wipes skin care, hygene, sunscreen etc.
Original post
OK
i know this site is mainly used by low budget/student films looking for crews, so i'm going to fill you in on some key things yu should know:
1.Make-up and Hair: 2 different people and jobs. don't assume we do both. most do not. (fun fact: when trying to gets days towards the Local 706 union, if someone is credited as make-up AND hair, only half the days count towards qualifying.)
2.kit fee: be prepared to pay it,even if you're not paying a day rate. a kit fee is to replace disposables and product used on set (sponges,baby wipes,product,etc). think of it as renting a car and having to return it with the same amount of gas as you took it off the lot with. why should that $ come out of our pockets- it's your little movie.
3.Time: Don't expect us to be able to make a full body monster costume in 2 days with $100 budget. with this stuff, you get what you pay for.
i'm not trying to be snotty or anything, but after reading dozens of adds for makeup artists, all making these mistakes, i just felt i had to mention it. because its not fair to us. So, good luck with everyones projects, and hopefully we'll all get to work on big budget shows so we don't even have to look at this website for gigs anymore!!!!!!!!

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