[David Stone]

Thanks for chiming in on this Mark. I couldn’t agree with you more. I have not had that problem before and would not agree to anything of the such.

I suggested that I work on the shots after most of the online has been completed. So I should only be getting shots being used with heads and tails. Not a big fan of roto work on more than necessary. If they don’t need the shots after I am done with them, SOL on their part 🙂

[David Stone]

Thank you Mike for your input on this. I agree I need to come up with some kind of billing and payment agreement ahead of time. With these guys, I typically invoice them after the job is signed off on and give them the typical net30 on payment. They are pretty good at paying about a week after the 30 days.

I am a push-over when it comes to money though. I need to be careful on this one for sure.

David Stone

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[David Stone]

Thanks again Cory.

I’d be all for the flat rate option, I just have no idea how much work is going to be involved at this point. I’ll definitely bring up all three of these options with them and discuss it with them. Going into the conversation though now I feel a bit better that I know (supposedly) what I am talking about 🙂

David Stone

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[David Stone]

Thanks Steve.

I have worked with these guys before. Just not to this depth. Usually a couple day job at most and not very regular.

I did work on a test shot to make sure I could pull off the job and to get an idea of how long it would take, which I did not bill them for.

To me the amount of time a shot takes depends on the amount of roto work involved, the amount and difficulty tracking and the length of the shot. The combination of the three in all different variations will dictate to me, my time. Based on the test shot I worked on, I can now give an estimate of time involved when I see the shot, but there is no way of knowing at this point what shots are going to be used since the edit process has not started.

I will have to talk to them about work flow and time frames requirements or deadlines. I too am always concerned about last minute or rush work, seems all to common over the years. I am also concerned that I will struggle on some shots that will put me well over the hours I allotted, but hope that the easier shots will balance that out.

I think Cory and Mike had great suggestions, but you gave me good things to ponder and make sure are addressed in any kind of contract we put together. Thank you for that.

David Stone

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[David Stone]

Hey Cory,

Thanks as well for your reply. I apologize. I did not see it before writing my response to Mike.

I understand what you are saying about the “flat rate”. Your thoughts are very well broken down for me and have given me a great plan to go to the client with.

It seems to me that the retainer option and the “buy time such as 10 days at a reduced rate” is very similar just worded differently. Is that correct or am I missing something. Either way they all seem like excellent ways to handle this situation.

David Stone

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[David Stone]

Thanks Mike for taking the time to read my post and give me your thoughts.

I like your suggestions. I was trying to figure out a way to get a flat rate per episode maybe, but have a clause that said if I went over a certain amount of hours I could bill a rate for those overages.

I also had a suggestion that I could bill at a reduced day rate for the first episode and then sit down after that to discuss future episodes. The idea being I would have a better idea of the amount of work involved after the first episode.

Your suggestions seem like a cleaner method to me though.

David Stone

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