View Single Post
  #91  
Old 12-01-2007, 04:42 PM
daveT daveT is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: disproving SAGE
Posts: 2,458
Default Re: Screen Writers Guild Strike?

The average union Loader gets paid about 100k after over-time. A loader does nothing more than wrap the camera in a garbage bag and load the film. I will admit that the Loader is usually an aspiring cinematographer or director of photography, and he is also educated.

Work in Hollywood is incredibly volatile and inconsistent. Even if a writer is making 200k to write a show, that writer may not have a job for a few years after the show ends. Most shows only last a few seasons. If you expand these salaries over a life time, it does not amount to much.
Reply With Quote