IATSE Trying to Flip Productions
My best friend works at a small production house in LA, mostly corporates and commercials. And his company's latest commercial shoot apparently got flipped by IATSE. He told me this was a $50K all-in (production maybe 40% of that) engagement with a brand. Literally a crew of 7 including him, a couple of non-union actors. He says they basically held his production hostage, and the brand client bailed. Leaving his company to pick up the costs. Now they lost a client forever, and another small client is never going to shoot in LA again. What do you think about that? Also, the editor for that project, who has worked with the prodco on many small jobs over the years, told me personally: "that's why IATSE lets you work non-union, it's our job to flip these productions and get paid!" Also note: I know THAT guy was being paid 20% over union rates to begin with. WTH? Also I know for fact that my buddy's prodco tends to do "easy days" of 10hrs or less. And pays for meals and all the stuff. It's a creampuff gig working with them, I've stepped in and worked on a few myself.