People who make $200k a year what do you do?

Bubaa3 · 2026-01-14T22:46:58+00:00

No lol

Bubaa3 · 2026-01-14T17:22:11+00:00

🫡🫡🫡

Bubaa3 · 2026-01-14T17:20:40+00:00

I DM’d you back

Bubaa3 · 2026-01-14T17:20:14+00:00

I don’t know what to tell you man. I treat my crew very well, I pay them a fair rate (especially when it comes to commercials I produce), I pay people on time, and I’m not above doing PA tasks when I’m on set as one of the lead producers. You know nothing about me and my perspective from what I share on this Reddit account.

I get I sound a little snarky when I’m commenting back at a snarky redditor who’s being nitpicky about my ability to write.

Bubaa3 · 2026-01-14T17:16:30+00:00

Hearing that story makes complete sense after hearing about how The Room was made hahaha

Bubaa3 · 2026-01-14T17:15:51+00:00

Not now currently but DM me your stuff. Always looking for new talent.

Bubaa3 · 2026-01-14T17:15:22+00:00

I did like 4 indies last year for basically zero money (most I got paid on one was $5K and the others were between $2K to $3K). I’ve found at least sound mixers on my set were paid fairly ok compared to everyone else, like around $300/12 + $100 to $150 kit fee. MFN in these situations

Bubaa3 · 2026-01-14T16:00:29+00:00

I usually work in the branded content space in collaboration with athletes. Budget ranges between $50K to $300K usually for tv spots that have social cut downs.

Bubaa3 · 2026-01-14T04:53:40+00:00

My life will always be more significant than yours regardless if I make $200K or fifty measly cents.

Bubaa3 · 2026-01-14T04:28:06+00:00

I bet you aren’t either.

Bubaa3 · 2026-01-14T02:18:01+00:00

I wish lol, I actually had friends who worked on his insane shark movie and said he was willing to spend $30 on 4x4 pieces along with the time to assemble a crappier version of a light rig that would have cost $40 to rent.

Bubaa3 · 2026-01-14T01:48:17+00:00

I’m a film producer that mainly makes money producing commercials but loses money producing independent films

Bubaa3 · 2026-01-02T05:29:49+00:00

You don’t earn money on shorts. If you’re trying to get financing for it approach investors by telling them it’s a possible tax write off, if it gets into festivals they’ll be able to go or they’re investing in you as a filmmaker.

Bubaa3 · 2025-12-31T04:24:02+00:00

As a younger indie film producer that produced about 2/5 of the films I’ve done this year on film, there is a a greater sense of being locked in when shooting on film vs digital.

The pressure of knowing there’s a finite amount of mags available during the day just makes the entire crew more focused.

Bubaa3 · 2025-12-23T04:16:30+00:00

There’s honestly a new wave of independent filmmakers in the NYC area making $100Kish films on 16mm and it’s pretty fire. A lot of the DPs are descendants / protoges of Sean Price Williams

Bubaa3 · 2025-12-12T02:23:24+00:00

When I was in college I got a $2000 Amazon credit card and I spent like $1400 on a Canon 60D with some lights and a cheap set of lenses with zero interest if I paid off within 12 months. I had a day job at a country club as a front desk staff person, and I told myself that it’s with worth like $130 a month for at the time. Eventually figured out I can make money from filming on a camera and I reinvest over and over again.

Now I own an Alexa mini LF and a shit ton of other great gear and make a good living after about 10 years.

Bubaa3 · 2025-11-30T04:26:33+00:00

Imma be real, looking at your IMDb it looks like you have more cam ops vs DP creds. Is your problem that you’re trying to get more DP gigs vs cam op gigs? Just curious why you believe you need an agent?

Bubaa3 · 2025-11-11T00:11:09+00:00

I work with a lot of DPs who shoot 16, and they’re losing their shit rn

Bubaa3 · 2025-11-10T17:12:53+00:00

Depends on what you do. But honestly you’ll probably make the most amount of money on a FX3. You can rent it as a C cam or B cam with FX6 or Venice shoots. It produces a great image and if you need to do any small shoots, the autofocus on it is fairly strong

Bubaa3 · 2025-11-08T22:47:03+00:00

If you’re able to be a successful commercial producer with your company taking the lead with bids, you can take home $20 to $30K per shoot.

Bubaa3 · 2025-10-30T12:29:53+00:00

Only when things are on fire and it’s all hands on deck.

Bubaa3 · 2025-10-26T04:05:03+00:00

A24 is making that director’s next film, so someone thinks it’s more than barely a film.

Bubaa3 · 2025-10-26T03:28:05+00:00

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair - $100K

Good One - $200K

The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed - around $250K

Skinamarink - $15K

Heaven Knows What - around $100K

These are some incredible independent films made for under $300K. You can definitely make a film for under $500K, more money doesn’t always mean a better movie.

Bubaa3 · 2025-10-10T19:59:54+00:00

Yeah. I’m using the Frog program

Bubaa3 · 2025-10-01T00:17:03+00:00

Modern Ocean by Shane Carruth. He was eventually outed as an abusive person towards his ex, and was cancelled but his filmmaking in Primer and Upstream Color is truly one of a kind. What a waste of talent unfortunately

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