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As far as I know my sound recorder mate (who does a lot of location jobs) charges full day rate for work days and half rate for travel days either side. I’ll ask him what he does for longer jobs where he’s away for a few weeks…
Edit: he says anything over a month he discounts a day a week (depending on shooting schedule) but this isn’t a ‘big’ job, so price as if you were working full time at home 5-6 full days per week (don’t lose money).
Dramatic_Hammer
Hello. Looking for a bit of a steer on costing a bigger job. I'm a shooter/editor but would be just shooting on this job with a creative director and a photographer. Mainly interviews and b-roll capture.
Baseline details are 4 shooting days in Vietnam, 4 in Indonesia and 4 in Singapore, over approx 3 weeks with travel time. Being asked for an estimate excluding expenses.
Thinking of my day rate x12 which I would consider a decent return. Would a production company/ client expect a discount for booking a 12 day block? Or should I be charging more as there's additional days on the job where I obviously can't be working on other work.
There is additional interest personally in terms of the aspect of travelling to those countries so I don't want to scare them away but also aware it could well be a grueling job in practice.
Any thoughts or similar experience would be great!