Percentage Going to Rental Houses?

[donatello b]

i think it just comes down to - rental houses have X number of lens .. if they rent them out solo ( no package) there could be a slight chance they get a large order for a system and they are short on lens ( depends on size of rental house) ??

also i would say it depends on how much you do business with that rental house ... i think if you know them and have done business in the past they will work with you ....

 

[Matt Uhry]

There are likely WGA and SAG strikes starting Oct this year and even if they work things out, there has been a glut of production anticipating the strike and there is gonna be some kind of an industry famine ahead.

Basically rental houses in LA and NY will be probably be hungry this winter and next spring.

Matt Uhry
www.mattuhry.com

 

[Steven Parker]

There's are likely WGA and SAG strikes starting Oct this year and even if they work things out, there has been a glut of production anticipating the strike and there is gonna be some kind of an industry famine ahead.

Basically rental houses in LA and NY will be probably be hungry this winter and next spring.

Man, I hate the sound of that. Here's hoping the Producer's Guild plays nice - and WGA and SAG too.

 

[M Most]

There are likely WGA and SAG strikes starting Oct this year

First, although the outlook for an early settlement with the Writers Guild is rather bleak, a strike is not a foregone conclusion.

Second, SAG's contract is not up until June of 2008, which is about when the DGA contract also expires. It is only the WGA's contract that expires this year. In past negotiations, it has not been uncommon for the first negotiating guild to accept a contract extension so that the contract expiration coincides with the other two of the "big three", i.e., the DGA, SAG, and the WGA. That could happen this time, too. There are very big numbers at stake, and the guilds are now finding themselves across the table from huge international conglomerates with very, very deep pockets, little emotional attachment to the entertainment businesses they own, and no love for the current residuals system, or organized labor in general. It could be settled sensibly, or it could get pretty ugly.

 

[Mark L. Pederson]

pretty ugly is a safe bet.

strike fear always gets more projects greenlit.

i am willing to bet this winter and next spring will be record breaking.