Freya Black Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 You know, taking a look at the salaries and the amount of days that you can work as HOD, I should go back to be 2nd AC! Would be working as many days as I would want to work and the good thing is that there are not too many good 2nd AC's. *sound of Freya practicing with her "Hollywood" clapper in the distance* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brereton Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Very sure! High profile tv series I said. When I last worked on Doctor Who, which I would guess qualifies as 'high profile', the DPs were making £320 a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Jay Young Posted February 15, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted February 15, 2016 *sound of Freya practicing with her "Hollywood" clapper in the distance* HA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Phil Rhodes Posted February 15, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted February 15, 2016 I wouldn't get too excited about that, Freya - as I say, I turned down (had to) something that a BSC took. The idea that they're all working eight days a week may be a little optimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Miguel Angel Posted February 15, 2016 Premium Member Share Posted February 15, 2016 When I last worked on Doctor Who, which I would guess qualifies as 'high profile', the DPs were making £320 a day. Probably it is super high profile! It should be! £320 is €2100 / week ;) Nowadays you get £300 / day in corporate though! *sound of Freya practicing with her "Hollywood" clapper in the distance* There are loads of 2nd AC women in Ireland, one of the best is a woman! So there is hope! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freya Black Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 (edited) I wouldn't get too excited about that, Freya - as I say, I turned down (had to) something that a BSC took. The idea that they're all working eight days a week may be a little optimistic. Yes but it doesn't mean that they were struggling. They probably just wanted the job. This kind of thing happens a lot in the UK. I think I've said before but I had a similar experience a few years ago where someone was paying some tiny amount to hire someone with camera to shoot some talking heads docu stuff. I got talking to them and they were asking me if I also had a steadicam kit and stuff. I had to admit that I didn't and was thinking they will be lucky to find someone with a Red camera and a steadicam operator for the tiny sum in question, it seemed ridiculous. However I later found out (when someone was careless with their emails) that I was being outbid by a number of well known Red folks with vast collections of equipment. So the joke was on me. This wasn't even a feature film. Freya Edited February 15, 2016 by Freya Black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Trajkovski Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 In Spain a newcomer gets around €700 / day with camera included. Then, depending on your experience and how well known you are, commercial cinematographers get between €2000/ €5000 without any kit, and those rates are not for top people! Well, the €5000 / day it is for tops yeah but the other ones are not! In Ireland is pretty much the same. Have a good day! I don't hablo español, but Spain here i come! :) Just kidding (for now), but who knows... PS: Google translate said "hablo". I though it should be "habla". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Igor Trajkovski Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Some questions:- Are the numbers you are all mentioning here already TAX free?- Per week means how many days? 5? 6?- Is the prep days rate the same as the shooting days rate?Thanks.Igor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John E Clark Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I don't hablo español, but Spain here i come! :) Just kidding (for now), but who knows... PS: Google translate said "hablo". I though it should be "habla". Yo no hablo Español... hablar hablo hablas habla hablamos hablais hablan Since in Spanish the pronoun for verbs is indicated in the verb form, one can delete the 'yo' or other pronoun and one has... no hablo Español. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathaniel Kohfield Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Interesting to see these different rates across the board. It seems like those who are shooting 5 to 6 days out of the week each day might have a lower rate but more consistent work and those who shoot a few projects per month have a higher day rate. I live in the Bay Area and shoot mostly mini-doc and music video content. I bring most of my own gear with the exception of renting for larger project needs. My base day rate goes for about 750 where I will shoot for two to three days. For larger projects its around 1100 or so depending on the scale of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Drysdale Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Commonly the weekly rates are for a production that lasts a number of weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 So I’ve just read the other day that Roger Deakins’s salary for The Village was $384,750. Then I thought that’s around what a DP earns per film. Of his stature. But then I saw that I forgot that DPs get paid by week so this amount probably doesn’t mean that much. All this under the condition that IMDb is right about what he got paid in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brereton Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 A DP's rate on a movie like that would be by negotiation. That spreadsheet lists his weekly rate at $22,000, which even today is an extremely high rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexandros Angelopoulos Apostolos Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 But I guess another cinematographer of that stature can’t really ask for much more? Unless, perhaps, it’s a really big project, something like The Lord of the Rings or similar. So I guess it’s $350,000–$450,000 for top-notch cinematographers? What spreadsheet? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brereton Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 I would imagine that Deakins is able to command a rate that very few other DPs can. I'm sure he's not making that on every movie. Rates vary with budget. The spreadsheet budget for the entire movie was posted online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Dunn Posted June 9, 2016 Share Posted June 9, 2016 (edited) deleted Edited June 9, 2016 by Mark Dunn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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