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Author Topic: payment for dues...or something like rthat Robert Edgecomb Film Handler Posts: 7 From: St. Louis, MO, USA Registered: Mar 2004 posted 04-29-2004 01:11 AM                     This may be an inappropriate question but I need to know. I have been doing projection work and such for about 6 months and I was wondering what one should expect as far as pay goes. I do maintenance work, film work and such but I don't feel that I am not getting paid nearly enough and I want to know what would should expect. I hope that someone can help me.  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-29-2004 02:59 AM                        well, if you feel you're not getting paid nearly enough, then that's about right. i dug up some old union timecards in the booth. what we make now is about what they made 25 years ago, and they got all kinds of perks and extras as well. it's a slightly different situation to be sure, as i'm not union and there are many things that i'm "not supposed to know", but i think it's still a telling figure. carl  |  IP: Logged Peter Kerchinsky Master Film Handler Posts: 326 From: Seattle, WA, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 04-29-2004 03:32 AM                     Robert My suggestion would be try to get an idea of what other theatres pay in your area for similar type work. It might be difficult as many don't let that info out, but worth a try. In our area it is very far apart, from non-union venues to union venues. Sometimes as much as ten dollars per hour difference! Carl Don't you have a damn shift key on your keyboard. That lower case crap is really bugging me! It doesn't take much to push it down.  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-29-2004 04:15 AM                        aww heck, i'm just lazy (when it comes to typing). it flows better for me. carl  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 04-29-2004 01:40 PM                     quote: I don't feel that I am not getting paid nearly enough and I want to know what should I expect. More work load for the same amount of money. The theatre companies are no longer paying operators what they are really worth. That's why I got out of the theatre end of this business. I became a studio post-production projectionist. The pay is hundred times better and they treat you much better all around.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Fuentes Mmmm, Dr. Pepper! Posts: 1168 From: Corpus Christi, TX United States Registered: Jan 2004 posted 04-29-2004 02:07 PM                     With me, I am treated very well, its just that the money isnt there.  |  IP: Logged Stephen Frazza Expert Film Handler Posts: 161 From: Nutley, NJ, USA Registered: Mar 2004 posted 04-29-2004 02:40 PM                        quote: Bill Gabel That's why I got out of the theatre end of this business. I became a studio post-production projectionist. What exactly is a studio post-production projectionist? Thanks  |  IP: Logged Bill Gabel Film God Posts: 3873 From: Technicolor / Postworks NY, USA Registered: Jan 2002 posted 04-29-2004 03:02 PM                     I run a studio screening room. It's like running a film festival 5 days a week. You have to know how to play all film and video formats. It's not just running regular release prints, but Double-System screenings, review, f/x opticals, cast & crew, dallies and everything else under the sun. You get to work with the film makers during post-production. We do a lot of the major critic screenings for New York and the networks.  |  IP: Logged David Favel Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 764 From: Ashburton, New Zealand Registered: Feb 2002 posted 04-29-2004 06:04 PM                     Like working in the cinema industy is cool, But Bills jod is the coolest.  |  IP: Logged Floyd Justin Newton Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 559 From: Phoenix, Arizona, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 04-29-2004 06:37 PM                     Twenty years ago when I worked at the Cine Capri here in Phoenix, we did quite a bit of studio post double-system simply because we were the only house equipped for it. Those were the days... one man on the projectors, one man on the dubbers, and an engi- neer. Booth cost: Engineer- $100 per hour 2-Projectionists- $150 per hour Minimum call - 4 hours THOSE were the days! fjn Local 294 Ret.  |  IP: Logged

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