Kayla Turner
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[Andrew Kimery] ” There are many people on the COW that have long form doc experience so don’t be a stranger if you are looking to bounce ideas off people. :)”
When I first began researching ways to prep for this project I found tons of great forums on ways to organize a long form documentary. I love this community. So many experienced professionals who love what they do! Thank you for your help and I certainly won’t hesitate to ask for additional insight!
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Hi! No 4-6 months isn’t a long time at all which is what also made my rate increase. I expected 6-12 months. So when he asked for four I said 6 would be my absolute deadline.
And no it’s not my fulltime gig unfortunately. I also work full time as marketing producer at a tv news station.
It will be a lot to accomplish no doubt, and I’ll likely hire extra hands for some aspects of it but no matter what needs to happen it will get done in the time my client needs it. If I spend more hours working it’s because they were necessary to pull off the extremely large project in my lap and he will understand that which means he will be paying more which is still ok with me. As long as it gets done and done right!
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[Mark Suszko] “It will seem smaller, on BOTH sides, if you break the work into phases or chunks, and arrange for approval and payment to happen for each of those phases, before you go ahead. You can tell the client that this protects you both, in that he only pays for work actually done, and you get to eat in the meanwhile, while doing it.
“This is a great idea. I will include this in the contract.
Also, the number 60 came from considering the amount of services he’s asking for. I asked fellow editors the going rate for this sort of thing and I got numbers like 50 and 75 then I posted this to ask if the number makes sense. From the responses I’ve gotten on and off this forum, I can confidently believe that 60 is a damn good deal.
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Thanks!
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Thank you so much for your response Todd!
I’ve seen rates at post houses for around 225/hr like you’ve said but I’ve wondered if that also applies to projects that will last over months.. at 225/hr that would get super pricey. But is that just expected anyway? I don’t know that budget for the entire project but from what I calculated at my rate and the 30 hrs/wk minimum I expect it will take to complete this in 4-6 months, the total costs could be over $30,000. Is that too much to expect a client to pay? Or do clients actually expect to pay that? I’m new to the film editing (all my work has been in commercial spots and newscasts) so I just am finding it hard to believe I could actually be paid this much for one job haha. Please enlighten me!
Also yes you’re correct. He does want me to be a producer too (told me to “own” it).
You were also right on it being my own equipment. As far as skill level: I’ve been editing for almost three years (does that change things for the rate?) and am completely capable of putting this together in 4-6 months.
Lastly, I’m drafting a contract for the first time. Is requiring an advance of 25% of the lowest estimated total cost acceptable? I wouldn’t imagine I should get started tackling this large of a project with out asking for something upfront… right? Any other contract tips?