Cracks me up on some the prices I've heard 'wanna be' producers pumping out stuff for. We've had shooters rent our studio or house, and of course I find out what they're getting for the shoots...enough to pay the talent, the rental and a few hundred bucks.
Thing is they're okay with doing 3-5 shoots like that a week. They don't have any staff, any overhead, so 750-1000 a week is okay for them.
Our going rates for hardcore reality are 2000-3000, depending on talent, degree of difficulty, how much editing, encoding, stills, teasers/trailers, etc.
Been that rate since we did the 1st episode for MilfSeeker almost 3 years ago. My costs haven't changed and neither have the prices to customers.
Don't worry Aaron, people like us always have plenty of biz, let the new guys have a few cookies too
