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Photographic / Videos / Commercials
Music and Corporate Videos:
Voice-overs:
Promotion Staff/Marketing Stunts:
Fees to be negotiated
Featured artistes in commercials:
Equity Contract rates:
Please contact Equity for current rates or
advice on: 020 7379 6000
Photographic
Hourly Rate: £100 Minimum 2 hours.
Day Rate (8 hours): £750
Half-day rate (4 hours):
(Press is incorporated into the hourly fee)
£400
UK usage all media: Negotiable
Worldwide all media: Negotiable
Posters  
48 sheet (hoardings): £1000
Adshel (bus-stops): £700
Point of sale: £200 i.e. 200% of hourly rate
  2nd & Subsequent years add 10% onto original fee e.g.
Adshel 2nd year would be £700 + £70 = £770
Adshel 3rd Year would be £770 + £77 = £847
Internet Use: Often included in press/hourly fee but to be discussed.
Note: a 20% Agency Fee is added to all fees and usage. Please see Terms and Conditions.

The FAA/PACT Agreement is for Background Artistes on PACT UK Film and TV as 1/03/2019

Day rate
Based upon a 9 hour stipulated period inc meal break, between 7am and 10pm (before 7am night time overtime will apply. After 10pm Night time overtime will apply - Unless called as a nightshoot)
Standard day rate Amount
Basic day rate £90.87
Half hour overtime rate £8.52
Public holiday rate £136.30
Public holiday half hour overtime rate £12.78
Holiday pay £9.79
Attendance in non-performing capacity (inc fitting) - up to 4 hrs (if over 4 hours Full Day is payable)
£35.00
Holiday pay : Attendance in non-performing capacity (inc fitting) - up to 4 hrs
£3.77

Night rate
Based upon a 9 hour stipulated period inc meal break, scheduled to extend beyond midnight or to commence before 4am.
Standard night rate Amount
Basic day rate £113.58
Half hour overtime rate £10.65
Public holiday rate £170.37
Public holiday half hour overtime rate £15.97
Holiday pay £12.24

Continuous working day
Based on any seven continuous hours (without a meal break) After seven hours overtime will apply. Applies up to 10pm. After 10pm night time overtime is applicable. Unless called as a continuous working night.

Continuous working day Amount
Basic day rate £90.87
Half hour overtime rate £8.52
Public holiday rate £136.30
Public holiday half hour overtime rate £12.78
Holiday pay £9.79

Shift Call (4 hours)

Based on any four continuous hours taking place between 6am and 11pm. After four hours, 15 minute overtime. After that a double shift call is payable, so this rate is only advised if you know it will be less than four hours.

Shift Call (4 hours) Amount
Basic day rate £56.79
15 min overtime rate £8.52
If shoot longer than 4 hours 15 mins then automatically double shift call £113.58
Public holiday rate £85.19
Public holiday 15 mins overtime rate £12.78
Holiday pay £6.12

Supplementary service fees
Category Amount
A (1): Change of Clothes : Haircut
£12.50
A (2): Unused Set of Clothes (per Set) £6.25
B: Doubling : Special Clothes : Sports Equipment : Inclement Weather/Wetting Down £19.00
C: Firearms : Swimming : Driving : Stills : Minimal Dialogue: Specialised Dancing: Handling Domesticated Animals £25.00
D: Creative Reaction : Uniforms : Specialised Driving : Supply Car £30.50
E: Look-a-like Double : Stand-In : Dialogue £50.50
Broken Lunch : Day Shoot : 6hrs from Call-time or 7am, whichever is the later £17.04
2nd broken meal : Day Shoot : After 13hrs from Call-time £17.04
Broken Lunch : Night Shoot : 6hrs from Call-time £21.30
2nd broken meal : Night Shoot : After 13hrs from Call-time £21.30

Travel Allowance
Rate Amount per call
Calls within TFL Zones 1-3 £12.55
Calls at Elstree, Pinewood, Shepperton, Long Cross, Twickenham, Leavesden and any base / location from TFL Zone 4 and within a 40 mile radius of Charing Cross £17.55
In addition to the above travel. Calls at or before 06.00 hours £15.36
Meal Allowances Amount
Breakfast £5.00
Lunch £5.00
Supper £10.00

The BBC Equity Agreement
Rate of pay
for Artists
Standard Day
Overtime Day Standard Night* Overtime Night
Supporting Artiste £83.80 £12.80 £91.85 £15.80
S/A Holiday pay £6.50

Supporting Artist is not required to give individual characterisation in a role or to speak dialogue beyond crowd noise or reaction.

Walk-On Artiste £103.60 £15.80 £125.35 £21.15
W/O Holiday Pay £8.00
Rehearsal £83.80 £91.85

Walk-on Artist is not required to give individual characterisation in a role but may be required to impersonate an identifiable individual, to accept individual direction and to speak a few unimportant (unscripted) words where the precise words spoken do not matter.

Extra Payments
Auditions £17.60 Haircut Very Short
£24.50
Special Skills/Driving
£39.85
Car for filming
Negotiable
Evening Wear or Uniform
£23.40
Second or more contemporary outfit £11.15 (per outfit per day) Costume/Makeup Fittings
£45.35 max 8 hrs or £24.35 max 4 hrs
Hours of work are eight out of nine hours a day (nine and a half hours on location, if travel time is being paid)

* Night work is work scheduled either to extend beyond midnight or to begin between 10pm and 7am. Daywork which extends unforeseen into work after 12.15am will be paid at night overtime.

Multi-episodic when more than one programme is recorded in the day – additional 50 per cent of the recording fee.

Repeat fees Walk-on Artist – 100 per cent of recording fee per repeat transmission on UK terrestrial television. But 50% if repeated within one week of transmission. This applies to repeats of serials/series.

Extract fee (up to one minute) £21.15

Extract fee (one to four minutes) £42.00

Opening/closing sequences £86.35 (£86.35 for each block of 13 episodes)

TRAVEL - This is down to the production although there are some loose rules about being paid to nearest BBC studio.

Children
SCHOOL AGE UP UNTIL 16TH BIRTHDAY £31 BELOW SCHOOL AGE £16 CHAPERONE FEE IF A PARENT £46.15 LICENCED CHAPERONES £75
There is no overtime as children are not meant to be on set for longer than 9 hours.
The ITV Equity Agreement
Rate of pay
for artists
Standard Day
Overtime Day
Standard Night Overtime Night
Walk-On 1 Background £69.54 £12.48 £104.31 £18.72
W/O 1  Holiday pay £5.80 £8.70
Calls with over 40 W/O 1s £59.67 £10.71 £18.72
O/40  Holiday pay £4.97
Walk-On 2 Non Speaking £90.08 £16.18 £135.12 £24.24
W/O 2  Holiday pay £7.51 £8.90
Walk-On 3 Speaking £107.22 £19.23 £160.83 £29.85
W/O 3  Holiday pay £8.93
Extra Payments Short Haircut
£10.25
Special Skills
£34.43
Car for filming
Negotiable
Multi Episodes
50% of Fee per Day
Second Outfit
£7.21
Evening or Special Clothing
£24.71
Costume/Makeup Fittings
£47.13 max 8 hrs or £23.56 max 4 hrs

Working Day: 8 Hours work spread over 9 Hours. Overtime is paid 1½ times hourly rate.
Nightwork is paid 1½ times the day rate until 7am.

Walk-On and Background Artists Agreement Between PACT and Equity
for television production outside the 40 mile radius of Charing Cross

Special Production Rate
FILMING IN SWANSEA
Day Shoot 10 hours Continuous Day (between 0600 hrs to 2200 hrs)  
  OVERTIME AFTER 12 Hours £15 per Hr
  10.5 hour Continuous Day with 30mins meal break (between 0600 hrs to 2200 hrs) £95.00
  OVER TIME AFTER 12.5 Hours £15per Hr
  12 hour Day (between 0600 hrs to 2200 hrs with one hour lunch) £95.00
  Public Bank Holiday (hours as above) £95.00
  OVER TIME AFTER 14 Hours £15 per Hr
     
Night Shoot 10 hours Continuous Day (between 0600 hrs to 2200 hrs)  
  OVERTIME AFTER 12 Hours £15 per Hr
  10.5 hour Continuous Night with 30mins meal break (starting in the evening and intending to shoot past midnight) £95.00
  OVER TIME AFTER 12.5 Hours £15 per Hr
  12 hour Night (starting in the evening and intending to shoot past midnight) £95.00
  Public Bank Holiday (hours as above) £95.00
     
  Additional Payments  
Day Featured/Creative Reaction/Doubles/Dancing £25.00
  Special Skills  
     
  Nudity/Dialogue £40.00
     
  ***Travel is included in all payments***  
     
Fitting
     
  Fitting Fee (includes travel, hair cuts etc.) £30.00
     
 
FINAL PORTRAIT - NO COMMISSION DEDUCTED
Basic Day Rates Take Home Pay
12 hours day £83.33
12 hours night  (any shoot that extends beyond 00:00 or starts before 04:00) £91.66
6 hour shift call (between the hours of 06:00-22:00) £54.16
 
Other Rates  
Fitting/casting/rehearsal (up to 4 hours, in London or at a studio) £20.83
Rehearsal (up to 8 hours, in London or a studio) £41.67
Overtime (per half hour) £4.17
Night time overtime (after 00:00) and for early calls before 06:00 (per half hour) £5.00
Additional travel outside M25 (calculated beyond 40 miles from Charing Cross) paid per 20 miles both ways £8.33
Cancellation after 14:00 the day before the shoot £33.33
 
Supplementary Fees
Featured £12.50
Heavily featured/ Stand-in/Double £20.83
Dialogue £37.50
Specialist clothing (e.g. tuxedos, floor-length evening dresses, uniforms) £8.33
Supplying dog/bicycle (or cycling a bike)/luggage £8.33
Supplying/driving car £17.50
Supplying/driving taxi/black cab £35.00
Wet down (in own clothes or in provided costume) £17.50
Haircut (TRIM) £4.17
Haircut (FULL) £8.33
Full change of clothes or playing two characters £4.17

Commercials
Standard Rate for Background

£89.60

Standard Day 10 hours - Overtime paid 1/5th daily rate per hour or part hour.
Walk-On, Feature & Buyout payments are variable.



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