Olle Sjostrom Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 That's awful mkittappa! I don't know what's worse; the other sounder or the production company STILL searching for a mixer when they already have one!?! That's just... That's cheating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm Davies Amps CAS Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 I am with BECTU, they want the industry to treat sound the same as camera in terms of pay equalitity, The Boom operator should be level with the focus puller and the mixer should be level with the camera op. The minimum weekly rate for boom op on a low budget feature (which they consider 10million or less) should be 800 a week and for the mixer it should be 1200 I recently finished a documentary at 275 a day *EDIT* actually just seen the 2012 rates they are slightly higher I quoted last year will post up new ones later The parity you quote has been part of the British rates of pay since I came into the business in 1959 and used to be strictly adhered to. The snag has been that this parity has been eroded by people who needing to pay the mortgage, eat etc have done the job for much less and of course in time this lower rate becomes the norm. You quote that you have been paid £275 per day on a documentary. This is about £44 less than the Bectu recommended minimum and seems very low especially as I frequently read that members of the Institute of Professional Sound usually get £350 per day for the work that you quoted. No Doubt SB will be along in a minute to put me right. Malcolm Davies. A.m.p.s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Gilbert Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 £275 is too low for a doc shoot, certainly lower than I'd work for. £350 is more in line with what I'd expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Woodcock Posted June 26, 2012 Report Share Posted June 26, 2012 Sadly bectu don't seem to do a lot of work in N.Ireland and that is the going rate for most docos here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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