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INDEXA year's worth of jobs on Shooting People's Filmmaker bulletin analysed
11 years, 6 months ago - Catsnake Film
I took a year's worth of SP's 'Filmmaker' bulletin (1st December 2012 to 30 November 2013 inclusive) and analysed the jobs advertised. In summary:
* In a year, Shooting People sent out 350 copies of the Filmmaker bulletins, containing 2,531 jobs.
* That included 550 paid jobs over the 12 months
* 69% of the jobs were on short films and 21% were feature film projects
* 78% of the jobs were unpaid
* The most sought-after roles were Sound Recordist, Producer and Director of Photography
* 11% of all jobs posted were looking for a Sound Recordist
* The roles that offered the highest average daily rate were Steadicam operator (£213), Visual Effects Editor (£200) and Director (£172)
* All of the jobs for Set Designers, 3rd ADs and Clapper Loaders were unpaid
* A third of the productions were insured
* Wednesday is the busiest day for jobs
The full details (including charts are tables of best paid roles) are in the main article here http://stephenfollows.com/how-many-jobs-are-in-shooting-peoples-filmmaker-bulletin/
As with all my research, I did this without an agenda and not trying to prove a particular point. So I'd love to know what people think of the results.
Stephen
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11 years, 6 months ago - Catsnake Film
I agree - kit seems to be the reason that the top jobs are paid most. When you take into account the cost of a Stedicam kit or a top notch sound kit then it reduces the actual 'pay'
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11 years, 6 months ago - Catsnake Film
Thanks :) Yes, already on the Mandy one. It's harder as they don't archive jobs but I'm taking samples over a few periods. From my results so far you're right that the BBC heavily skew the results so I'll be presenting them with and without.
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11 years, 6 months ago - Nicholas Hughes
Interesting to note that the daily rates for steadicam operators and visual effects designers are higher than for directors.
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11 years, 6 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin
Not really - everyone wants to be a director and get all the adoration that goes with that. Fewer girls/boys/newspapers fawn over steadicam operators than movie directors!
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11 years, 6 months ago - Marlom Tander
So, it's clear to me that wannabe Directors should buy some steadycam kit and use those earning to pay for their own movies, during the shooting of which they can save on their steadycam too :-)
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11 years, 6 months ago - Paddy Robinson-Griffin
Are the best-paid/most requested roles ones which require the operator to also supply the equipment? It'd account for steadicam and soundies.
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11 years, 6 months ago - Enrico Tessarin
Amazing that someone thought about this and found the time to do it. I think the statistics reflect what shooting people is, a first port of call for a lot of film-makers at the beginning of their career - hence the unpaid work. As a producer I am intrigued by the fact that one of the most sought after position is producer ... as I don't think in the whole of 2013 I got a single job from SP. But then I tend not to make that many shorts. Personally i would urge you to do the same on Mandy.com and see (BBC token postings excluded) how that compares? Well done and thank you for doing this btw...
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