I certainly agree that you want to ask for a
reasonaable amount that is higher than your normal
rental rate, simply because your insititution is being
asked for more than what a normal rental asks for.
However, the rental fee still has to be reasonable.
Unfortunately, it is rare when an institution has a
monopoly on a filming site. If the rental fee is too
high, the movie company may simply go elsewhere. In
the late 1990s, the Andrew Carnegie Free Library had
been hoping to land filming of a scene in the film
"Wonder Boys" starrng Michael Douglas. However, after
looking over our site, the producer decided he only
wanted to rent our historic reading tables [which he
transported to Carnegie Mellon University for the
actual filming], instead of film at the Library.
So, definitely, get what money you can from this
opportunity, but be reasonable so you do not lose the
opportunity altogether!
gaw
--- Randy Little <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:43:57 +0000
From: "Randy Little" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [MUSEUM-L] filming fee
To: [log in to unmask]
> 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
> >
> > Glenn A. Walsh
> > Electronic Mail - < [log in to unmask] >
> > SPACE & SCIENCE NEWS, ASTRONOMICAL CALENDAR:
> > < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#news >
> > Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
> > * Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh:
> > < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com >
> > * Adler Planetarium, Chicago:
> > < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
> > * Astronomer, Educator, Optician John A. Brashear:
> > < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com >
> > * Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries:
> > < http://andrewcarnegie.tripod.com >
> > * Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh:
> > < http://incline.pghfree.net >
> > * Public Transit:
> > < http://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit >
> >>
> --
> Randy S. Little
> http://reel.rslittle.com
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/rslittle
gaw
Glenn A. Walsh
Electronic Mail - < [log in to unmask] >
SPACE & SCIENCE NEWS, ASTRONOMICAL CALENDAR:
< http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#news >
Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh:
< http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago:
< http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer, Educator, Optician John A. Brashear:
< http://johnbrashear.tripod.com >
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries:
< http://andrewcarnegie.tripod.com >
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh:
< http://incline.pghfree.net >
* Public Transit:
< http://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit >
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