Category C will have daily and weekly principal performer rates set at 65% of scale and background actor rates set at basic agreement scale. (Rates will increase annually with scale.)
SAG Commercial Scale Principals $783.10 for on camera principal and $588.90 for off camera principal.
The Interactive Media Agreements covers interactive or video game programs where the viewer or user can manipulate, affect, or otherwise alter, on a real time basis, the sequence or presentation of the program.
Refers to the Union which entered into collective bargaining agreements with Producers. These agreements provide for contributions by Producers to the Pension Plan for the purpose of providing pension benefits to eligible participants.
What is the SAG-AFTRA Commercial Contract? To hire SAG-AFTRA talent, your production must be party to the SAG-AFTRA Commercial Contract which establishes the working conditions and compensation you must ensure the performer while shooting for your production.
Refers to the Union which entered into collective bargaining agreements with Producers. These agreements provide for contributions by Producers to the Pension Plan for the purpose of providing pension benefits to eligible participants.
Your room rate does not include taxes - as taxes are generally added after the fact. The tax rate for guest rooms is: 14% of room rate | Oakland TBID Tax: $1.50 per night, per room | California Tourism Tax: 0.195% of room rate.
The City of Los Angeles Creative Artist Exemption exempts artists and businesses working in the entertainment industry that earn less than $300,000 a year from city business taxes.
Any person who has a written agreement with the operator, entered into within the first thirty (30) days of the person's occupancy, which states the person will stay for more than thirty (30) consecutive calendar days is exempt from the TOT, for the first 30 days of the person's stay.
A micro budget film is that which is made on an extremely low budget, sometimes as little as a few thousand dollars.