The one thing I want you to know about working in the Independent Film World is that the pay varies greatly! Anything from zero pay to a couple hundred a day.
#ON SET PRODUCTION ASSISTANT JOBS FOR FREE#
When I say that I got a paid gig after doing two for free I’m not saying I got paid hundreds of dollars – because I most definitely did not. And it is a “take it or leave it” type of deal. You could ask about overtime after 12 hours, but they won’t have it in the budget to pay overtime to the crew. If you agree to the flat rate – you agree to the flat rate. Productions do this to save money on wage. This also means no overtime will be paid. They’ll pay you a certain amount that covers all the days, most likely to be paid at the end of a project once principal photography is wrapped. You might work on a 6-day short film, or a 10-day web series. This is what you’ll be paid for the entirety of the project. I have never been paid an hourly rate on any the things I have worked, there might be a production somewhere out there that might do this – but as far as my experience goes I haven’t been paid hourly. If you work a 14 day that sucks, but if you’re only there for about 5 hours than that’s great! Say you’re getting Paid $150 for the day. It gets a bit more complicated when you work on a Union gig which we will get into later on in this post. Meaning it doesn’t matter how many hours you work that day. The pay structure for a Set PA is not hourly like regular jobs.Īll Set PA gigs Indie (Independent Film) or Union are going to be paid based on a Day rate.
I only worked 2 free gigs then I started getting paid jobs. If you hit the jackpot you apply for a gig online, get hired, and it’s a paid gig! For others it might take longer to finally get a paid gig. Not all people work for free starting out. What else was I going to do on a weekend right? Why not work on set to gain experience?! The other thing it did for me was introduce me to other people in the film community that lead to other opportunities that ended up being paid. One was that it gave me something to put on my resume. There are two things that this gig did for me. I jumped on to a feature film that was only shooting on the weekends while I was in college and I didn’t get paid. You may have heard through the grapevine that you might start out working for free. A lot of people aren’t sure where to actually start – The Set PA Position is your starting point. I want to start this out by saying that the Set Production Assistant position (or Office PA) is your entry level position into the film industry. Let’s jump into the Set Production Assistant pay scale! Some of those answers you might not like at all, but it’s the reality.
There are a few answers to this question. A lot of folks embarking in their film career have no idea what they might be paid starting out as a Set Production Assistant.
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