| MOTION PICTURE AND TELEVISION FILM |
| |
| Term |
| As of February 16, 2003 |
| Wages: |
| Basic 3-hour session (4% vacation pay included): |
| Per Side musician |
Scale |
Per 15 minutes overtime |
| Schedule A: 35 or more musicians |
253.07
|
21.09 |
| Schedule B: 30 to 34 musicians |
265.72 |
22.14 |
| Schedule C: 24 to 29 musicians |
278.37 |
23.20 |
| Schedule D: 23 musicians or less |
291.06 |
24.25 |
|
| General Provisions for Recording
Musicians: |
| Hold Hour - The musician may be held for one
hour beyond a single (3 hour) session or a guaranteed longer call
(including a double session). Payment for work done during this hold
hour is at the straight time perorated in 15 minute units. Work beyond
the hold hour is paid a 150% of the straight time rate prorated in 15
minute units. |
| Rest Periods - 10 minutes per hour, or two
15-minute rest periods within a three hour session. At no time is a
musician required to perform for more than 90 consecutive minutes on the
stand. |
| Minutes of Music (TV Film only) - On the
average, no more than 5 minutes of music per hour shall be recorded. |
| Meal Penalty - A one-hour meal period shall be
given after no more than 6 hours of work. The penalty for delayed meals
is the hourly straight time rate for the length of the delay, but not
less than one-half hour. |
| Doubling - 50% of basic scale for the first
double, 20% of basic scale for each additional double thereafter. Earned
doubles must be indicated in the part or authorized by the contractor or
leader. In calculating doubles, the rate may not be less than the
doubling rate for 3 hours regardless of the length of a call or the
division of a double session (i.e., the instrument that you start on
remains your primary instrument for the entire session, even if it is
only played during the first segment of a double session). |
| Cartage - (if transported by the musician) -
$30.00 for Harp; $12.00 for String Bass, Cello, Tuba, Contra Bass
Trombone, Baritone Horn, Bass Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, contra bass
clarinet, Contra Bassoon, Accordion, Drums, all heavy or bulky
amplifiers. |
| Pre-Recording - For feature films only, when
music recorded under this agreement is used at pre-production rehearsals
a one-time-only payment of 10% of straight time scale wages is paid to
each musician for the period of time the music was recorded. |
| Cancellations - A call for underscoring may be
canceled no less than 96 hours before the session. A call for
pre-recording may be canceled no less than 48 hours before the session. |
| Pension - 10% of scale wages |
| Health & Welfare - Instrumentalists receive 12
hours credit for each day worked, with 300 hours required during each
6-month qualifying period to be eligible for coverage under the Motion
Picture Industry Health Plan (Los Angeles musicians only). Hours earned
in excess of 300 are credited to your bank of hours, up to a maximum of
450 banked hours. If you should become ineligible, your eligibility will
be reviewed monthly until you requalify. |
|
| Electronic Multi-Tracking |
| The following new
rates and conditions shall apply for the use of phonograph records in
motion pictures and television films (including episodic television): |
| Scale (per hour) |
Overtime (15 minutes) |
| 303.93 |
75.98 |
| 265.98 |
66.49 |
|
| Low-Budget Films: |
| (a) |
This agreement shall apply only to
theatrical motion pictures whose final cost initially is estimated to
be no more than $27 million dollars (29.5 million in 2004). |
| (b) |
Long-Form Motion Pictures produced
for Basic Cable, Pay Television, Television Motion Pictures (including
"Movies of the Week") budgeted at: $2,500,000 (per program hour).
These numbers will to go 2.575 million in 2003 and 2.652 million in
2004. |
| (c) |
Motion Pictures initially released
to Videocassette and Long-Form Television Motion Pictures made for Pay
Television budgeted at more than the amounts in (2) above will be
subject to the Low-Budget provisions on a case by case basis |
Basic Scale
(4% vacation pay does not apply)
| Per 3 hour session |
169.36 |
Low-Budget Electronic
Multi-Tracking
(per musician per hour) |
| Electronic Multi-Tracking (1 musician) |
213.25 |
| 2 or more musicians employed under EMT
Rates |
188.18 |
|
| Pension and Health &
Welfare payments are the same as the full budget basic Agreement |
|
| Soundtrack Albums: |
| For sound track albums released in
conjunction with a motion picture: |
| 1. |
If musicians are credited (using the new
sideletter to the Agreement) 25% of Phonograph scale wages at the time
the record is released. This rate is valid up to 25.000 records. If the
musicians are not credited, payment is 50% of Phonograph scale. |
| 2. |
An additional 50% upon sales in excess of 50,000
records. |
| 3. |
Additional 20% upon sales in excess of 100,000
records. |
|
| Scoring Hours (TV Film) |
| (a) |
Add a new provision for 1/2 hour
non-dramatic shows only that will allow the use of phonograph records
(upon the appropriate payment) to be credited against scoring hours,
calculated at 3 scoring hours for each phonograph record so utilized. |
| (b) |
Reduce the number of scoring hours
required for thirteen 1/2 hour dramatic shows from 21 hours to 15
hours. |
|
| Industrial Film Agreement |
| Basic Scales |
|
2/16/02 |
2/16/03 |
2/16/04 |
| Regular Session (2 hour minimum
call) |
178.81 |
184.17 |
189.70 |
| Each 15 minutes or fraction
thereof of overtime immediately following a Regular Session |
22.35 |
23.02 |
23.71 |
| Contractor |
Required if there are 10 or more
musicians |
200% |
| Leader |
Or only musician called to play on
Session |
| Premium Times |
8:00 pm - Midnight |
120% |
| After Midnight |
200% |
| Premium Days |
Saturdays, Sundays, New Year's
Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day,
Christmas Day |
200% |
| Doubling |
First Double |
50% |
| Each Additional double |
20% |
| Pension Contributions |
% of scale earnings (paid to the
AFM-EP Fund) |
10% |
| H&W Contributions |
for each original service (paid to
the Local 47 H&W Fund) |
17.00 |
18.50 |
20.00 |
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