I'm helping produce a film, but my knowledge is limited. The exec producer and two other producers are quite knowledgeable but I don't really want to tell them how green I am.
With that said, we took on a DP, Audio, 1st AC and quite a few other positions.
I know how much everyone is being paid, but how do they get paid? What is STANDARD?? Do they get paid when the job is done? Some upfront? What are the terms(language) my producer is going to tell me that I should know when he tells me to get this and that for/from said person? I mentioned earlier that travel and board is included. Does that mean that I book the tickets for them or do I simply reimburse them for those costs?
Also, our director told the producer to hire said DP. DP agreed to X amount. When does he get X amount? I suppose to correspond with the DP but I'm honestly taking my sweet time with the call back right now because I don't know how to answer the questions he may have if our producer didn't already answer them.
DP also wants to bring the camera that my Director wants to use. The producer had the camera sourced from a supplier but the DP wants to be the supplier. Why is that?
With that said, we took on a DP, Audio, 1st AC and quite a few other positions.
I know how much everyone is being paid, but how do they get paid? What is STANDARD?? Do they get paid when the job is done? Some upfront? What are the terms(language) my producer is going to tell me that I should know when he tells me to get this and that for/from said person? I mentioned earlier that travel and board is included. Does that mean that I book the tickets for them or do I simply reimburse them for those costs?
Also, our director told the producer to hire said DP. DP agreed to X amount. When does he get X amount? I suppose to correspond with the DP but I'm honestly taking my sweet time with the call back right now because I don't know how to answer the questions he may have if our producer didn't already answer them.
DP also wants to bring the camera that my Director wants to use. The producer had the camera sourced from a supplier but the DP wants to be the supplier. Why is that?