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Originally Posted by MaDalton
at which point will either agencies face reality or you start to bypass them?
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Most of the girls in Los Angeles are under contract with their agents and only get work through them.
This system worked well for the producers and the models until very recently.
As a producer by booking through the agents you were assured that the models would show up, it's almost like taking out insurance on your shoots.
The models were happy because they were working every day and the agents made 10% off what their models earned and $100 booking fee per girl from the producers
Now that producers don't make the same profits, if they profit at all, they don't shoot as often and would like to pay lower rates.
Most models, because they aren't shooting, would be happy to take these lower rates
Most agents won't let their models work for less because they think production is going to return to it's old levels soon.
People would be surprised which agents actually understand things are never gone to return to the "old ways" and are willing to make deals with producers.