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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 1/11/2007

Rate of pay
for artists
Standard Day
0700-2200*
Standard Night
1630-0630**
Continuous
7 Working hours
Shift Call
(4 hours only)
Basic daily rate
£75.80
£94.74
£75.80
£47.37
Half hourly O/T rate
£7.11
£8.88
£7.11
£7.11***
Public Holiday rate
£113.73
£142.11
£113.73
£71.08
PH half hourly O/T rate
£10.66
£13.32
£10.66
£10.66
Holiday Credit
£7.00
£8.74
£7.00
£4.37

Day/Night rates are for 8 hours within a 9 hour period.

* For day call times between 0600 and 0700 £9.00 per each half hour Overtime.

** Night rate overtime, after 0630

***Payment for 15 mins
 
 

Supplementary Performance fees

Supplementary Service fees

Category A Fire, gun £17 Category Alpha Per Change of Clothes/inclement weather £11.50
Category B Swim/drive/cycle ride/ stills/min-dialogue/dance £23 Category Beta Doubling/special clothes/wetting down £17
Category C Horse ride/PSV/HGV/special reaction £28 Category Gamma Haircuts/supply car/dog/cycle £28
Category D Dialogue £46 Category Delta For look-a-like double £46

Broken Lunch 6 hrs from call time = £14.22
2nd Broken Meal 13 hours from call time = £14.22

Meal Allowances

Breakfast £3.88 Lunch £6.45 Supper £9.04
 
 

Travel Allowances: within 40 mile radius of Charing Cross, London

Calls at recognised studios or any other studio/base/location within TFL zones 1-3 £7.80 per call
Calls at Bray, QinetiQ & Leavesden Studios £10.55 per call
Calls at any other studios/base/location beyond TFL zones 3 and within 40 miles of Charing Cross £12.66 per call
Calls at or before 0600 hours regardless of location £12.66 per call

Audition & Fitting Fees

Up to 4 Hours

More than 4 Hours

Recognised Studios

£31.65

Full Standard Day

Other Auditions

£31.65
Full Standard Day

Fitting

£31.65
Full Standard Day
If artists are called before 7am they must be paid £9 for each HALF hour before 7am PLUS AN EARLY MORNING TRAVEL ALLOWANCE OF £12 WHICH IS PAYABLE IN ADDITION TO THE APPLICABLE TRAVEL ALLOWANCE (dependant on the location/studio)
 
 
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.

 
 
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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