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    Negotiating is a tricky subject especially when dealing with an industry which notoriously underpays its employees and contractors.

    Whatever you do you have to work out your numbers so that they don't come form nowhere. Work out your break even point. Workout how much of a margin you want to make on top of that. If you want to be a contractor/freelancer and not salary then you MUST do this stuff. It sucks and is not intrinsic to most of us but if you don't do it you end up getting taken for a ride.

    Also you have to know what your walk away limit is. Are you willing to work for nothing, something, something + holidays, a lot?

    Agencies will want to work out what they are paying you per hour so that they can build their project budgets appropriately. They will probably charge 2 to 3 times what you charge for your hours to their clients.

    Always remember that whether or not they claim to not be able to pay you what you are asking for they generally can and this is about your interest not theirs.

    I would say minimum $50/hr if you are not going through a freelance agency. If you are doing creative as well as production I would up that by at least 20%.

    Try to get a number out of the client/agency first. If that doesn't work start the negotiation with your dream amount and get them to haggle.

    my 2¢

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