Re: Hey! I have an idea!

There is always going to be a need for top talent but not every project can afford top talent. There is a difference between charging nothing and charging less. Everyone is not worth the same rate. I hire freelance cameramen all the time, rates ranges from $300 to $800 for a 10 hour day. Somethings require the $800 guy but there are somethings that the $300 guy is just fine. As a producer my job is knowing when each is needed. Problems arise when you hire the $300 guy to do a $800 guys job, you lose a lot more than $500.

But this is not new, it has just moved into the CC world now. It happen a couple years back in production when people thought they could replace a video mobile unit with a couple of DVX100s. Well, you cannot but if you are good and creative you can produce something that is good all the way around, you just cannot get the same level of quality but once again you can get quality.

How do you think the people doing music videos feel. There are people charging $5000 to produce some. But we all change and try to figure out how to keep making a living.