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Thumbs up to Aaron on this thread.
After producing hundreds of hardcore reality scenes for numerous programs, our prices remain the same, $2-$3k per scene.
We get offers to shoot new scenes for less every week and I won't do it. Talent is NOT the only cost involved. A good shooter has tons of other variables:
- Some expeneses are figured into every shoot cost. We shoot with 2 cameras, thus another camera person. Condums, lube, refreshements for talent and crew. Then there's tons of post production time, which means paying an editor.
- Monthly Fixed expeneses that average out to an additional few hundred dollars per shoot need to be figured in: cost of the studio/location, including: power, phone, dsl, insurance, etc.
- Annual expenses are part of a pro's expenses: upgrading equipment, upgrades to props and studio, attorney fees, taxes, etc.
Sure there's guys that live in an apt, shoot with junk equipment at a sleazy hotel, that can pump out stuff cheaper. I hear the war stories all the time from my customers: "they were always late on updates", "the quality sucked", etc. Pumping out a weekly reality hardcore scene with new girls, fully scripted, edited and encoded, on time for numerous sites is serious business, for the pro shooters and for the customers that buy them.
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