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Great video! As of last year I took on a full time creative job but I’m still doing freelance. Mostly to supplement my income but also because I love the projects I’m taking on.

One of the scariest things in the world for me is when I find out that I've bitten off more than I can chew 😬 I hate being in that position haha. Shoutout to your friend coming in clutch

Your pricing is right on point. I'm in DFW and the projects I've been hired for and brought people on to join my team have been equal to that. You're so right about making that day rate for just showing up and not doing any post production or handling the client. Any money made in a day is better than staying home and making no money. Thanks for sharing!!

Man your van was packed! Shots looked great!

You are GOATED dude!!! This is literally what nobody talks about! Thank you ❤

Hey Joel, thanks for a great video. I noticed you have a power bank. I was curious, how much run time do you get from it and which model is it? I am considering grabbing one (DJI) for on the go and precisely for using it with my Molus as well, but concerned about little run time from it. I am curious if you have tried it and if so, I'd' appreciate you sharing the runtime. Thank you!

4:13 what method do you have for seeing multiple cameras on your iPad?

Thanks Joel - good to see how you handled the job. One question - where did you get the pop up 'Quiet please filming" sign. Great idea. Please share a link if you can. TH

If you have one reciever Rx and 2 transmitters to it, how does your PC switch between 2 transmitters?

damn 9 cameras from you!

Wow that's a huge production! Thanks for sharing!

Hi Joel how was color correction with matching the sony fx3 and sony fs5? I have both of these cameras and I am nervous to shoot with them and match the colors in post.

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Shots looking crispy man! The rate sheet is very interesting. I have one made but I never send it out because sometimes I'm flexible depending on the project (both less and more).

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Thanks for the video! On a video shoot like this do you go there early in the morning to set it all up or the day before?

Thanks for the video. Wondering now that you have the Theos and the Deity slate, whether you are going to switch out the Tentacle Sync for Deity TC-1 tiemcode boxes? And very nice job on your rate sheet. It's easy to read and looks professional.

Man, those day rates are so far out of my reach it's quite depressing. 😂 The market in my area is so crushed that people go out for as low as around $250 per day without equipment, 12 hour shoots, half hour lunch break if you're lucky, travel time isn't considered working time... And if you have equipment and try to increase your day rate, you better believe clients are gonna pay like 1% of the item's purchasing price at the most.

Since the Cinpeer and the Astras share similar output is it safe to say these could be used as key light with diffusion

Recently picked up a used FS5M2 on eBay It showed up and the seller and wrapping the OEM screen with the charger plug meaning it rubbed against the screen in shipping and scratched the crap out of it.....some people just don't care

Really appreciate you sharing your rate sheet. It's nice to have publicly available comps that I can point to when a new potential client gets sticker shock.

Why charge for gear? Why not just charge more for your expertise and time and use what you know will give them the best quality?

Do you ever request payment before handing over / uploading, footage , for new, out of state / over seas clients . I don't really see why the risk has always got to be on our side , I mean what DP would not send the footage , compared to DP,s who have not been paid for their work ! , or had to wait months and hassle to get paid . it would have to be a billion to one ratio ! Cant think of any other freelancer / trade business that works like ours , that we just have to trust total strangers , who might be on the other side of the world , to pay us ,after the shoot and they have the footage .

Thanks for sharing! No one can fault you for setting your rates that work well for you.

What's the brand of the scrim you mentioned? The one made out of PVC?

I love the look of that rate sheet. Very easy to read and price out of in the client. Thanks for sharing. And I’m at the same rate as well for a DP. No complaints when you stack a few multi day gigs a month.

I would not be thrilled if I received my audio equipment like this=/ I'm so invested in the Tentacle ecosystem that moving to Diety would not make financial sense. I've been tempted due to the LCD screens on their recorders and timecode boxes. The Astra 6X bicolor priced at $499 is an incredible deal. Even with buying the v-mount power option, it's still less than $650 for an amazing bi-color light. Also, your lighting and camera work on this project was gorgeous! Anddd that's so awesome to share your rate card on YT!

I love that sharkfin idea on the fx3. That's crazy! Do you have any videos on how you rig up your fx3's?

cool seeing your rate sheets and thought process too! thats helpful for me to hear!

Love how you used the C100 to make that room look like a lab - it really worked!! Also love your attitude about it being okay that the shoot was hard, because that’s why they’re paying you! 🙌🏻

Footage looks awesome, I like how you tweak it for each person too. It honors them in the process.

Someone did a shitty job of packing.

Regarding the rates if the job is DP, audio + gaffer, do you combine the rates? Or it's all under DP? And camera stuff. Is that also included in the rates (DP) or it's charged separately?

Nanlite 240C might be better choice than these Astras nowadays, but if I have them already I wouldn't upgrade ....

Nice looks, but not a fan of these doly shots ... camera moving too fast (guess because of the zoom) and makes me motion sick :D

Props for putting up your rates!

I ended up finding this video again after watching it a year ago. Lol I was curious if you used an atomos on these shots? Was it 1080p or 4k? ProRes? Raw? Thanks

Thank you so much for this video man! Really got what your way of thinking! Thank you for the advice!

I'm so curious about your insurance for gear given you keep a lot the equipment at your home?

Hey, Amazing setup with the Zoom F6 with 2 PicoGear kits. I wish they could introduce a Kit that takes 4 mics, with SD recording. But until then, I've got some questions: 1. Do you find that the Pico mic signal is strong enough coming into the F6, or is it low, needing to be boosted. 2. Does the F6 mic suppression work when someone isn't talking - even for the pico mics? 3. From the PG Kit to F6, which one is better to use - TRS or TRRS? 4. Does the 3.5mm trs to xlr male splitter cable need to be a top-tier Mogami cable, or just the regular $15 cable on amazon will do? (especially considering interference) 5. Do you find that the 2 kits are adequate, or you'd certainly want 3 kits for 6 mics, for things such as panel discussions? Any info would be greatly appreciated.

I’ve been all in on the new deity stuff. Been very around with it. FX9 is amazing. I miss mine all the time. Love the transparency in the breakdown. Keep it up brother

I’ve been all in on the new deity stuff. Been very around with it. FX9 is amazing. I miss mine all the time. Love the transparency in the breakdown. Keep it up brother

Man this is video came at a pretty opportune time, for me I've been pretty set on eventually leaving my full time job and just being able to someday be full time freelance, and granted I still am leaning that direction... though if anything it may be year or more away lol but your perspective has got me thinking, maybe keeping my full-time job and building up my free-lance like what you're doing isn't such a bad idea, considering things like benefits and all from a full-time job. And in a way I sort of even like my full time job, sort of. lol so maybe I won't be as quick to run away like I'd been thinking for a while now 🤔 I also like the one man band type of work more personally as well, not that I'd be averse to working with others but I just feel like I enjoy it more on my own. I know that type of freelance won't scale like a team would but I'm ok with not having a huge business with employees etc (at least with where my goals are now)

Great video Joel

0:20 one thing I do miss about the 7" Atomos I had for a while was using it as a 25-59.97hz pannel over HDMI they make amazing portable monitors for grading and checking when you got a laptop with suspect pannel quality.

this is a good breakdown. sometimes people get really excited about the tax break of buying new gear, but forget you have to report the used gear you sold as income. so in reality, if you sell Camera A for $5000 in order to buy camera B for $7000… you are really only getting a “$2000” write off.

I’ve been doing freelance video work for 5 years now and still see myself somewhat as a beginner, so thank you for sharing! I’ve taken the same approach-I’d rather own all my gear for 2 reasons: 1.) The tax purposes like you mentioned 2.) I live in (rural) Montana, so I couldn’t rent even if I wanted to. It also means I can’t really rent my gear out either, but it still makes sense financially. I appreciate your insights!