Info on SAG Indie Payments
Dear Actors,
How great that Bonnie caught this, below, to clarify about when you get paid on SAG Indie Film work. Be sure to read the whole article she has included below.
Thanks, Bonnie.
Judy
(Here's what Judy wrote):
"The only exception for me would be SAG deferred projects.
You are not paid, but there is the promise of pay if the product gets distribution. I'm not saying that you can get the footage from those products or that they would be demo- reel worthy, but the possibility is there. I've always received my footage from the several AFI films I've done and they are resume clip online demo worthy."
http://www.judykerr.com
Bonnie responds ...
Hey Judy,
Just a super-clarifying point on the whole notion of 'promise of pay' issue and the low budget SAG agreements.
You didn't specify film length in your email, but I want to be sure it's clear that the SAG Experimental and SAG Limited Exhibition Agreements for feature-length projects are things of the past - along with back-end bumps.
There has been a major revamp of the SAG Indie Contracts (July 1, 2005) and there are no more automatic bumps upon distribution for unpaid acting work in feature-length projects.
Only if you've negotiated for a bump upon distribution under the SAG Ultra Low Budget agreement (the lowest-budget contract available for feature-length films) will you get money after the fact. There *are* residuals for cable, TV, and DVD sales, but not for theatrical distribution (unless specifically negotiated for and explicitly written up in a side-deal).
Only for the Short Film Agreement is there a bump to $100/day upon distribution, and that's for films under 35 minutes. So, if you're doing a SAG feature-length project, you're going to get that $100/day up front.
There's more info at the column I did on the revamped contracts here:
http://more.showfax.com/columns/avoice/archives/000260.html
I would recommend that actors take a look around the SAG Indie website to read up on the contracts
http://www.sagindie.com/contracts2.html
AND attend the next free contracts workshop:
http://www.sagindie.com/workshops.html
to get essential information on working under these agreements.
Again, I know that's not what your email was about, but it caught my eye and I thought I'd share the above details with you, just in case!
Cheers,
Bonnie Gillespie
http://cricketfeet.com/casting
Weekly column at Showfax:
http://more.showfax.com/columns/avoice/
"If I had known how popular going into casting would make me, I would've done it in high school."
http://spynotebook.org/bonnie
How great that Bonnie caught this, below, to clarify about when you get paid on SAG Indie Film work. Be sure to read the whole article she has included below.
Thanks, Bonnie.
Judy
(Here's what Judy wrote):
"The only exception for me would be SAG deferred projects.
You are not paid, but there is the promise of pay if the product gets distribution. I'm not saying that you can get the footage from those products or that they would be demo- reel worthy, but the possibility is there. I've always received my footage from the several AFI films I've done and they are resume clip online demo worthy."
http://www.judykerr.com
Bonnie responds ...
Hey Judy,
Just a super-clarifying point on the whole notion of 'promise of pay' issue and the low budget SAG agreements.
You didn't specify film length in your email, but I want to be sure it's clear that the SAG Experimental and SAG Limited Exhibition Agreements for feature-length projects are things of the past - along with back-end bumps.
There has been a major revamp of the SAG Indie Contracts (July 1, 2005) and there are no more automatic bumps upon distribution for unpaid acting work in feature-length projects.
Only if you've negotiated for a bump upon distribution under the SAG Ultra Low Budget agreement (the lowest-budget contract available for feature-length films) will you get money after the fact. There *are* residuals for cable, TV, and DVD sales, but not for theatrical distribution (unless specifically negotiated for and explicitly written up in a side-deal).
Only for the Short Film Agreement is there a bump to $100/day upon distribution, and that's for films under 35 minutes. So, if you're doing a SAG feature-length project, you're going to get that $100/day up front.
There's more info at the column I did on the revamped contracts here:
http://more.showfax.com/columns/avoice/archives/000260.html
I would recommend that actors take a look around the SAG Indie website to read up on the contracts
http://www.sagindie.com/contracts2.html
AND attend the next free contracts workshop:
http://www.sagindie.com/workshops.html
to get essential information on working under these agreements.
Again, I know that's not what your email was about, but it caught my eye and I thought I'd share the above details with you, just in case!
Cheers,
Bonnie Gillespie
http://cricketfeet.com/casting
Weekly column at Showfax:
http://more.showfax.com/columns/avoice/
"If I had known how popular going into casting would make me, I would've done it in high school."
http://spynotebook.org/bonnie
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