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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
I actually OWN my lighting/grip package, sure Jay does as well
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It can't be a very big one if you think 7 grand is an outrageous price to shoot for a day. If you can set it up yourself it is a 'kit' not a package. If you can't set it up yourself then you need guys to help and you have to pay them. Then of course after a certain budget point you are expected to deliver a product of a certain quality... so you need extra stuff on stand-by. Let's say you are shooting a day scene that starts in an outdoor jacuzzi and then moves inside. Well you are fine if it is overcast but what happens if you have full sun? You need to put up a butterfly and or break out some reflectors (ideally both) or it's going to look like shit. SO it is better to quote a client a reasonable price and deliver than either not deliver or take a bath (most likely both) - and not with the girl in the jacuzzi. The client has specified an outdoor jacuzzi scene so shooting something else is not an option.
I use the jacuzzi scene as an example because we have all seen scenes that look great and scenes that look awful. Newbs (and almost by definition clients) think they should be easy because it is natural light but unless you get lucky, if you are not prepared they can go south fast because the sun does whatever it wants.