Re: Half rate..

On Nov 8, 3:32 pm, "Charles Tomaras" <toma...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Kill Bill" <killb...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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I always meant to ask this question, I'm trying to get an overall opinion
of this.

Every once in a while I see ads or someone wanting to hire a sound person
for a half day. I'm assuming that people do this because they think they
are saving money.

My day rate is the same, whether I work 1 hour or 12 hours because sound
mixing is a planned practice. I still have to drive there, I still have
to set up equipment, I still have to charge batteries, ect and I still
have to book the day because now I can't take on another productions full
day if I'm busy... Nothing is different whether it's a half day or full
day too me.

So.. I quote the same rates for half days worth of work and this of course
gets some skulking from producers.

Just wondering if others feel this way too.

-bill

I'll take half days when I've got nothing else going on, especially for
regular clients. When I accept a half day it's at 60% of my day rate and
it's 5 hours portal to portal. There is no half day on the equipment rental.
If I have a hard out, I let them know that in advance, and if I don't have a
hard out time I charge overtime at 1.5x my half day hourly rate (which is
already higher than my full day hourly rate). This way I don't have to be
the *** who charged them a full day for going 30 extra minutes yet I get
fairly compensated without having to give them the extra time to be a nice
guy. I also always reserve the right with my clients to replace myself on a
half day if a full day or multiple days arise.

In all honesty....I enjoy having a life and some time to myself and I don't
mind half days all that much. If I could book 4 four half days a week for
the rest of my career I think I'd be happy.

portal to portal.
What's true defenition of "Portal to Portal

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