All rates on this page are subject to change based on regular reviews of “the going rate” as per BECTU advice*
All rates are labour only rates based on 10 hour working days. All are subject to addition kit hire fees where required per project.
Rates
All rates are subject to change and can be negotiated based on travel, production complexity and duration.
ENG / PSC / Corporate
Sound Recordist
£400
Feature Film Team
Production Sound Mixer
1st Assistant Sound / Boom
2nd Assistant Sound / Boom
Sound Maintenance / Trainee
Micro Budget Feature Team**
Production Sound Mixer
1st Assistant Sound / Boom
2nd Assistant Sound / Boom
Commercial / APA***
Production Sound Mixer
£560
1st Assistant Sound / Boom
£448
2nd Assistant Sound / Boom
£365
Equipment
Additional kit hire can be arranged to suit the needs of each project.
* The BECTU rate cards are public documents of the going and expected rates for crew. The latest sound department sheet can be found HERE
** Micro budget is defined as a feature film that is filming for 29 days or less with an appropriately small budget so as not to be defined as “low budget”
*** APA rates are set by APA and should be adhered to by all APA members and production companies working with APA agencies on commercial content.
NOTE: All rates on this page were correct a time of writing but subject to change without notice based on industry review and new BECTU and APA rate cards being published. To guarantee the very latest correct rates please either ask for a quote or take a look at the easily found rate cards from the union bodies.