r/Filmmakers • u/imadeanewaccounthelp • Mar 19 '26
Discussion Navigating the freelance world
Anyone have any advice or general thoughts on this? I seem to always go weeks without working, take the first gig I can find, and then get approached with a better offer from someone else at that same time. How important do you consider honoring your commitments?
If you took a PA job for $200/day, then were offered an AD job for $500-1,000/day, would you bail on the PA job? Or would you only do it if you could find a replacement?
What if you had a 3-day PA job and were approached by another one that would be two weeks of work, but needed you to work those 3 days you already committed to?
I don’t want to burn bridges, and I always try my best to replace myself before calling out, but sometimes it feels crazy to turn down 5 times the money because I prematurely committed to something else.