If you do that you are shafting yourself and the people that fund your
museum.   The movie is using your facility to MAKE A LOT or money.   The
museum and those that fund the museum deserve a share of that money.    Not
a huge share but if you think about the amount of money it took to create
the museum in the first place then ALL that money is what they are getting
for a small fee.  This is not a dinner party.  This is a movie that they
hope will bank world wide with DVD sales and merchandising in the billions
of dollars.   Now I am for the most part a commercial artist.  I do
commercial photography and Visual effects for movies.   You should NOT be
charging your normal rate to rent this space.   This is not a non profit or
some people throwing party. These are people who plane to make a boat load
of cash off your many many many years of investments and care.




R.


On 7/17/07, Glenn A. Walsh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> In November of 1991, a major scene for Tim Robbins'
> satire film, "Bob Roberts," was filmed in the Music
> Hall of the Andrew Carnegie Free Library in Carnegie,
> Pennsylvania. The filming took a whole week, hence the
> Music Hall was unavailable for other rentals during
> that time period.
>
> Although I do not remember the exact figure they were
> charged, we used our regular rental schedule as a
> basis, but we did charge them more for monopolizing
> the Music Hall for that length of time. In this case,
> the film crew was great and accomodated the needs of
> keeping the Library available to the public.
>
> Later in the 1990s, a major soap opera filmed a scene
> using only the exterior of the Library building. The
> scene was filmed at night, so it did not affect the
> Library. Although, they did use the Library for
> staging the filming, but they were charged a smaller
> fee for this event. And, this rental only required one
> night.
>
> So, these types of rentals vary. If you have a regular
> schedule of rental fees, start there--then, add on if
> there are other requirements that need to be met for
> the movie studio.
>
> Good luck!
>
> gaw
>
> --- Tara Young <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Hi All:
> >
> > Our museum is being scouted by a major motion
> > picture company as the location for a scene for an
> > upcoming Hollywood movie. They have asked us to
> > quote them a fee, and, never having done this
> > before, we're not sure how much to charge. If anyone
> > has any experience with this I'd appreciate your
> > feedback -- how much did you charge and how did you
> > calculate the fee (per hour, per day?).
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Tara Young
> > Director of Education and Public Programs
> > Higgins Armory Museum
> > 100 Barber Avenue
> > Worcester, MA 01606
> > Phone: (508) 853-6015 x 15
> > Fax: (508) 852-7697
> > [log in to unmask]
> > www.higgins.org
>
> gaw
>
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