They want to hire me

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steev'sHVX

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how should i sell myself?
thatwasrad.com wants to hire me to film videos for there website after they saw the video i posted for there contest(which i won)
ive never worked for anyone like that and it would be good experience. how much should i get payed for the videos that i am creating for them. not just filming or just editing, nuit the whole thing.
 
Always a tough question to answer. If you have no experience with this, then perhaps the easiest formula to use is: how long will it take you to finish a video? And what do you want to earn?

Say it will take you six hours of shooting and 14 hours of post, including all compression and uploading. That's 20 hours. And say you want to make at least 15 dollars per hour, or it's just not worth it to you. That means your minimum rate would be $300 per video (20 hours @ $15/hr).

Most video professionals charge $80 to $150/hr for production and post. But then again, there's typically a wealth of experience that goes into getting that rate. Only you can decide what a worthy rate is for your experience level and time.

If they say "no way, we only pay $50/video" then you have to determine whether you can find a way to make those videos in 3 hours total, or if you're happy working for $2/hr. If not, tell 'em "no thanks".

Ultimately, you can always quit if it's not working out. So just figure out how long it takes you to do it -- and note, I mean how long it ACTUALLY takes you, not how long you think it should take! Reality's what's important. Include driving time, setup time, breakdown time, everything. And figure out what your wage should be. Multiply it out, and then add whatever additional profit you think is fair, and then quote 'em a figure and see what happens.

Good luck!
 
I think if all of us stick together and refuse to work for $2 an hour we either flush the cheeps off the map or make them realize we are worth allot more.
 
Thats called a union. "hey lets get together and pay dues to form a club so we don't have to work as hard, work as long or do as good of a job and still get paid."
Some call it the good ole boys club. Others call it the American way.
I call it lazyness.
...and all the above.
 
Barry_Green said:
Always a tough question to answer. If you have no experience with this, then perhaps the easiest formula to use is: how long will it take you to finish a video? And what do you want to earn?

Say it will take you six hours of shooting and 14 hours of post, including all compression and uploading. That's 20 hours. And say you want to make at least 15 dollars per hour, or it's just not worth it to you. That means your minimum rate would be $300 per video (20 hours @ $15/hr).

Most video professionals charge $80 to $150/hr for production and post. But then again, there's typically a wealth of experience that goes into getting that rate. Only you can decide what a worthy rate is for your experience level and time.

If they say "no way, we only pay $50/video" then you have to determine whether you can find a way to make those videos in 3 hours total, or if you're happy working for $2/hr. If not, tell 'em "no thanks".

Ultimately, you can always quit if it's not working out. So just figure out how long it takes you to do it -- and note, I mean how long it ACTUALLY takes you, not how long you think it should take! Reality's what's important. Include driving time, setup time, breakdown time, everything. And figure out what your wage should be. Multiply it out, and then add whatever additional profit you think is fair, and then quote 'em a figure and see what happens.

Good luck!
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Barry, u right, is a very useful info, here in my place i use this simple formula: 1 day of work (i mean 7 hours of pre-edit shooting) + cut editing + simple post production + dvd authoring (plus dvd covers and box covers) = $300.00/day, but depends of the client and just for one day, if i have to shoot more days, i make a little discount, but my formula just works sometimes, mostly of the clients don´t pay the prices that u are asking, is kinda annoying.
 
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