I love the idea that hiring is a different kind of selling. Wes Anderson is such a good example of this. One of my first jobs paid little but had the opportunity to travel a lot, be highly autonomous, and work with interesting people on a cause we found meaningful, and it was totally worth it!
You got me. Strictly speaking, he's *required* to pay scale by SAG rules, which I think is like $4k per week right now. Iirc the crew is very light for most of his movies
Okay fine I’ll start writing.
I love the idea that hiring is a different kind of selling. Wes Anderson is such a good example of this. One of my first jobs paid little but had the opportunity to travel a lot, be highly autonomous, and work with interesting people on a cause we found meaningful, and it was totally worth it!
Really enjoyed this, thank you!
I think you’ll find he pays actors scale and the crew definitely don’t work for free.
You got me. Strictly speaking, he's *required* to pay scale by SAG rules, which I think is like $4k per week right now. Iirc the crew is very light for most of his movies
He will pay it otherwise a precedent is set. That opens a can of worms.
Anderson has a lot of art/costume/set/prop depts not to mention his simple yet complex camera moves.
I’m not throwing shade on this. Anderson is a superlative filmmaker in a very lucky position.
Ms. Johansson can do a Wes Anderson movie for a pittance BECAUSE she gets 20m for Jurassic Park. Money is not the driver.
That's a different situation than a startup.
Even though this is framed as disagreement, I think you actually just agree with the exact central premise of the article
The term is Crack team, not cracked.
Do you have a good source for this? I’ve read he pays with a flat fee.
Yea he does, see the comment from Ogden above. Strictly speaking, Anderson pays scale, which is the minimum required by the actors unions