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Someone who licensed a track of mine off a RF site would like me to custom compose for a 60 minute nature film to be released on DVD. He’s won some awards in the past for his work as a film maker. So my question is… doing this for the first time, what/how should I charge for something like this? Per hour? Per track? Per project? How much? Thanks for any input!
That is a lot of composing. Plan on 2 minutes per day. So, you’ll need 30 days, minimum, more depending on the complexity, if you’re not that fast.
Ask for $150 to $200 per minute, provided you keep the rights to the music, and can license it.
If they want a buyout, charge them whatever you need to make for 6 weeks work.
If they say “you’ll get exposure” …run.
Have you ever written to picture before? What DAW do you use? Do you know how to sync to QT?
BTW…there’s no backend, so you’ve got to make it all up front.
I’m pretty sure Michael means $150 – $200 per minute of completed music.
I’m pretty sure Michael means $150 – $200 per minute of completed music.
Correct Kiwi… per completed minute of music
There’ on rule in life that you can count on: People with the least amount of money to spend, expect the most.
Don’t be surprised if they want 60 minutes wall to wall scored to picture…which will take a huge amount of time.
People with the least amount of money to spend, expect the most.
By God, it’s the truth. It really is.
Here’s the ratio: The smaller the payday, the greater the number of revisions requested.
One would expect the inverse but no.
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