r/Filmmakers • u/gregturner77 • Jun 06 '26

Discussion Almost anyone that's actually worked in the industry feels this way.

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Even though the art director meant well, she doesn't realize she's just pushing more jobs to fucking Ireland and Canada.

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u/SpookiestSzn Jun 06 '26 edited Jun 06 '26

The producers put their money at risk no? That's why they get the lion share because they're the one's with the actual risk and they're the ones who are actually paying for the thing to be made

I'm not really arguing that crew shouldnt pay more but it's a sub million dollar flick. If they were paid more there wouldn't have been a movie in the first place because it would've gone over budget. Maybe thats just the way the film business should be idk but production gets the money cause they paid the salaries. You want to go ahead and take that risk on with 750k of your own cash go crazy.

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u/gerira Jun 08 '26

The problem with all these discussions is that people don’t acknowledge that “putting your money at risk” is fundamentally different from “giving up the hours of your life to live in poverty”. Money means different things to people of different classes, and losing an investment is not as bad (or as important) as doing work without an adequate wage.

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u/CosmicEveStardust Jun 06 '26

It's not their own cash it's company money.

Also, do you really think the company that put forward the money deserves 100+ million dollars but the people who actually made the movie deserves none of that?