How I make money as a freelance (commercial) filmmaker | Jobs I did in July 

I’ve done some social media videos for local businesses

That’s awesome! Most of the jobs I shoot myself are for local businesses, trying to get some of them on retainer soon

@@DustinHarrelson Yeah that’s my goal as well

Thank you so much! I agree, being transparent and vulnerable feels a lot nicer than my base instinct to like compare myself and be guarded all the time. We’re all just out here making things. Appreciate the support Evan!

That’s a good point! I feel like I move so fast from job to job that I rarely get time to reflect. Thanks for checking it out!

Not to say I have that many jobs, but when I finish one I’m always ready to move on😂

Hahaha my throat was very dry that day for some reason😂 appreciate you watching as always Matthew!

Thanks!! Hoping to make a few more to catch up on august and September

Glad you found your way here! Thanks for watching and subbing!

Ayyy thank you! It really is nice to make a video just kinda sharing my thoughts and experiences vs a tutorial or camera based video so I’m glad you enjoyed it fr

Thank you bro! Yeah definitely not the most fun but it’s picked back up thankfully!

thank you!! I did consider doing a full breakdown for it so maybe I will soon! I need to start capturing more behind the scenes on those shoots to use as broll in that kind of video

So many planned! Hopefully will get them out soon

Ayyy I’m glad you enjoyed it! Yeah I honestly wanted to talk about that bc I think it could be helpful but idk how the people who are hiring me would feel. But overall these jobs brought in around $7500 before tax and before paying people and other expenses on the Linq shoot. So I pocketed around $4300 that month. Maybe I’ll start doing an average like this at the end of these videos! Appreciate the comment and you watching!

@@DustinHarrelson Awesome! Thanks for the breakdown!

Hey, thank you! I’m really glad that you got something out of the video! I have another one title “How I Get Consistent Freelance Work” that talks more about that. But to try and answer your question here without typing a novel, here’s a few of my thoughts: • if you’re wanting to be behind the camera on jobs then make sure to be making stuff on your own time, practice, learn and watch videos but most importantly make your own stuff. Same if you have ideas you want to execute but don’t necessarily want to be doing the technical stuff, find people around you that want to fill that role. • As far as work goes, I’d reach out to local marketing agencies and production companies to try and PA on sets or do any kind of work they have available (to an extent). This is basically what happened to me over the span of a few years and now 5 or so years in the jobs usually find me instead of me finding the jobs (not always). • On bigger jobs there are different roles, camera, art department, food styling, grip and electric, and all of these are good ways to see what being on set is like so if you can identify those people in your area it could be cool to reach out and see if they need PAs. • Overall, make sure to treat people like people and be pleasant to be around, that will make you and everyone you work with have a better time. (Based on your kind comment I’m sure you have this one covered already!) I hope that helps some!

Hey there, thanks so much for writing this down. It truly helps me and inspires me to find a starting point! I will use this as a reference and go watch that other video of yours. Thanks for the work you do, you earned a new sub mate! :)@@DustinHarrelson

Ahhh dope! Hit me up on Instagram @dustinh13, maybe we can meet up

You’re the best PA fr