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Originally Posted by Adam_WildCash
And how exactly was giving this guys a job helping him out?
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If a person is a competent camera man in Hollywood then they can get union work
with a guaranteed 16 hour day and make tons of money especially since the last 4 hours
are paid at double over time.
In Hollywood you go to "The View" everyday and turn your camera on for 4 hours and
then go home. But you still get paid for 16 hours because it's guaranteed in the
union contract.
In 1990 I saw a union contract for a "cable puller"; they walk behind the camera
guy and keep his camera cable from dragging or snagging something.
Here's the breakdown of the lowest paid TV crew member in the union in 1990 :
* 16 hour pay day GUARANTEED! (even if he actually only works 5 minutes)
* 8 hours @ $35 = $280
* 4 hours @ $52.50 = $210
* 4 hours @ $70 = $280
* Total =
$770 a day guaranteed
* After 16 hours = "Golden Time" = One full days pay for each hour!!!!!!!!
And remember, that's the cable pullers contract, he's not even the camera man.
And this is what they got paid 20 years ago!
So if a camera man "chooses" to follow around Joe Francis instead of union work then
that motherfucker needed some help.
