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Originally Posted by Doctor Dre
That i understand. But at 800 $ a day for web content, it's simply not viable for the producers. The producers have to make money too.
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For me it would depend on who is producing it and what it was for. For example if you are shooting some bonus footage for a major TV show on a major network and this stuff is going to go on the website and bee seen by millions, $800 a day is fine. If you are shooting something you hope to put up on sites like Youtube and Google Video and hope it draws views to your website, then it is a little too much.
Another thing to consider is that there is always the option of non SAG shoots. These happen all the time. You work for little or nothing on the promise that if the movie gets sold you will get paid. This allows producers to make something on the cheap and if it eventually makes finds an audience and makes money the cast (and often the crew as well) get paid.
If you are wanting to shoot a web video that features George Clooney, it is going to have to be a SAG shoot. But then if you have Clooney, you are probably not worried about paying him $800 a day. If you are making something with a group of unknown actors you can do a non-SAG shoot and pay them nothing.