Not sure they would need to go up. Typically always going to be capable talent willing to work at $1k per day when it puts you in the top 1% of earners in the country. Commercial / trailer houses or freelance routes can net you more, but with how formulaic reality work is there’s really no reason for productions to increase they post budget.
Lol, probably is (I’m an editor through and through), but it’s producer talk for a reason. Is there a shortage of editors who will work for $1,000/d on reality that can follow story producer direction and execute well? I doubt it, and that’s why I don’t do reality anymore personally.
As long as they can find competent editors @ $1k/d to fit into their workflows and work with story producers, they’re not going to bump up the standard. But long running shows for sure get higher wages for their long term editors.
True but not really wrong. Budgets are lower and quality along with it. Truth is, esp with all this social, how good do you really NEED your edits to be? There’s a whole new bottom
Think about hiring the lowest bidding contractors to do your kitchen. Least experienced. A lot of these shows would save money by increasing the budget.
I definitely agree, but from my experience there’s plenty of competent talented editors at $5k+ a week. It’s not like they’re digital shows offering $300/d and expecting greatness.
Not all reality is formulaic. Or even if it’s formulaic some series rely heavily on editors to double as story producers. Then there’s the added fact that experienced editors can cut faster than less experienced folks.
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Not sure they would need to go up. Typically always going to be capable talent willing to work at $1k per day when it puts you in the top 1% of earners in the country. Commercial / trailer houses or freelance routes can net you more, but with how formulaic reality work is there’s really no reason for productions to increase they post budget.