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Re: Raising my rate?
by Steve Wargo on May 14, 2008 at 5:40:50 am

When ever you're new to a business, you have to tread carefully. Whenever you negotiate, give them "introductory" pricing. That way, you have an open door to adjust the price up to where it should be if appropriate.

You should price everything with line items. It gives you more room to adjust later.

Shooting = $ XX
Edit and DVD master = $ XX
Disc art = $ XX
Entrapment (disc sleeve insert) = $ XX
Duplication = Cost plus 20% Find a local guy. We get $3, printed in a jewel case.
Delivery = Cost plus something
Mileage = Your problem. Why should they pay you to live an hour away, UNLESS you are centrally located and they are in the boonies?

You didn't mention editing. Did you load it into FCP or what was your process. Did you run a cable straight to a laptop or Firestore, put a nice title on the front and your name on the back end (No credits)? We get $100 for the credit roll because we hate to do it.

Also, we usually pull a still from the show and that becomes our disc art. If they want a custom insert, that's $75 plus printing.

You may want to give them something for free as a gesture of good will but make it something that doesn't cost you. The mileage would be good.




Steve Wargo
Tempe, Arizona
It's a dry heat!

Sony HDCAM F-900 & HDW-2000/1 deck
5 Final Cut (not quite PRO) systems
Sony HVR-M25 HDV deck
2-Sony EX-1 HD .


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