Surely, the DGA is at fault here. That is just absurd. That’s basically what I (a set lighting technician…not even the DP or the gaffer) made over a two year stretch (when the film industry was still alive and hadn’t been absolutely decimated by Disney and Netflix’s monopolies).
Shawn Levy was behind the camera for this year’s “Deadpool & Wolverine,” Reynolds’ first outing in Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Shawn Levy is a DP? Wow! If you want to embarrass yourself, conflate cinematography with directing.
Director. What I take from it is that directors have to do YEARS of development on a project that might never even get greenlit. So, when they finally do get to the shoot day, they can finally be paid the full DGA director’s rate. But until they are on set, they basically work for free and have a gigantic team of people that work for them to help them secure the gig.
This is what I had came to conclude about the real life prospect of being a DP. But this revelation isn’t unique recently. I heard the same thing in a podcast with a director. If true, this paints a damning picture of the film industry that even I (a union filmmaker) hadn’t fully come to understand.
Surely, the DGA is at fault here. That is just absurd. That’s basically what I (a set lighting technician…not even the DP or the gaffer) made over a two year stretch (when the film industry was still alive and hadn’t been absolutely decimated by Disney and Netflix’s monopolies).
Shawn Levy is a DP? Wow! If you want to embarrass yourself, conflate cinematography with directing.
Seriously, what role are they talking about? How is it union etc…
Director. What I take from it is that directors have to do YEARS of development on a project that might never even get greenlit. So, when they finally do get to the shoot day, they can finally be paid the full DGA director’s rate. But until they are on set, they basically work for free and have a gigantic team of people that work for them to help them secure the gig.
This is what I had came to conclude about the real life prospect of being a DP. But this revelation isn’t unique recently. I heard the same thing in a podcast with a director. If true, this paints a damning picture of the film industry that even I (a union filmmaker) hadn’t fully come to understand.