Monday, April 20, 2009

On "Give Me Your Rate Or Else" Posts

Date: 2009-04-20, 9:50AM PDT


A recent post seeking a DP with equipment demanded that they submit a flat rate for the two weeks or their submission would be thrown out. This and other similar posts are a bit annoying and are truly difficult to respond to. In the low budget arena that is the Craigslist pool of work, it all comes down to a game of "Show me yours and I'll show you mine." If I knew you had a budget of a million dollars my rate would be X; if I knew you had $100,000 it would obviously be Y. It is virtually impossible to expect someone to submit a flat two week rate for a gig when you give them no baseline from which to base their bid upon. Why not just ask for reels and equipment lists first, then call those that seem the best fit for your gig and start the bidding process at that point?

* Location: Hollywood

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