Sicherheit und Grenzen
Your limits first: the Yes-No-Maybe list before the first shoot
Having limits in your head is not enough. Written down they become a working document that applies on set for everyone.
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Factual pieces on starting out, contracts, money and self-protection. Without sugar-coating.
Verdienst und Geld
Negotiating the fee: what there is room to talk about
Not the whole fee is a matter of negotiation, but more points than most people assume. What can be moved, what stays set, and…
Einstieg und Bewerbung
Shooting as a sideline: agreeing job, time and discretion
Most people shoot beside a main job. What has to be checked in employment law, why shoot days sit on working days, how the…
Sicherheit und Grenzen
When a limit has been crossed: the path afterwards
What counts in the first hour, why you sign nothing, how an incident is documented and who takes the decision on a report.
Verdienst und Geld
Travel costs, expenses, waiting time: what is billed on top
Beside the fee, costs arise that nobody takes on automatically. What they are, how you settle reimbursement before the acceptance and what counts as…
Praxis am Set
Who works on set and what for
Orientation in the room: which roles there are on set, what they may decide, who has authority to instruct you and whom you turn…
Branche und Produktionen
Industry fairs: what they are good for
Fairs bring contacts, cost money and end any anonymity. A sober classification of who the visit is worth it for, who it is not,…
Einstieg und Bewerbung
Starting over 30: why demand is rising
Anyone who starts over 30 often has the better position in booking — and a set of questions that nobody has to ask at…
Recht und Steuern
Deletion and withdrawal: what is still possible after the shoot
The honest answer to the most common question after leaving: what can be deleted, what stays on the net and which paths still stand…
Sicherheit und Grenzen
Leaks and blackmail: reacting correctly at once
Two cases, two procedures: on a leak documentation counts, on blackmail the report. What you do first in both cases and what you do…
Verdienst und Geld
Your own fan platform alongside the shoots
On shoots you sell a day; on your own platform you build a stock. What that costs in time, which clauses stand in the…
Einstieg und Bewerbung
The first conversation with the agency: what is asked
No audition, no test: the first conversation settles availability and limits. What is asked, what is not asked and which questions you should ask.