Common use of AUDITIONS Clause in Contracts

AUDITIONS. (a) An audition for a given commercial or commercials must be scheduled by Producer for a specific time and the principal performer or his/her representative notified thereof. A call to the principal performer’s representative shall be deemed sufficient. A standard Audition Report Form, EXHIBIT E to this Contract, shall be used for all auditions. This Audition Report Form shall provide for information regarding ethnicity, sex, disability, and age range and shall include a written statement informing the principal performer of the purpose for requesting such information and that compliance is on a voluntary basis. Producer’s signature on the Audition Report Form shall not constitute a verification of the information supplied by the principal performer referred to herein and the form shall so state. The Audition Report Form shall also provide for the following information: (i) Intended use. (ii) A declaration to be signed by an authorized representative of Producer stating: “This recorded audition material will not be used as a client demo, an audience reaction commercial, for copy testing or as a scratch track without payment of the minimum compensation provided for in the Commercials Contract and shall be used solely to determine the suitability of the performer for a specific commercial.” (iii) The name of the principal performer who is hired, if known, at the time the Audition Report Form is filed pursuant to this Section I.1.(a). (iv) Whether the audition is for an on-camera or off-camera principal performer or extra performer. (v) The name of the responsible person or persons who may be contacted by the Union to ascertain the use made of the recorded audition material, unless Producer has informed the Union in writing of the person designated to handle all such inquiries. If the name of the principal performer who is hired is not provided in the Audition Report Form which is filed pursuant to this Section I.1.(a), the Union may, within 60 days after the filing of the Audition Report Form and by reference to specific Audition Report Form(s), request information (a) as to whether a principal performer was hired and his/her name; and (b) to verify compliance with the Declaration referred to in subparagraph (a).(ii) above. Such information shall be provided within 60 days of the request by the Union. The Union may at any time make inquiries regarding compliance with equal employment obligations. It shall be the responsibility of Producer to provide such forms which must be properly completed and mailed to the nearest Union office on the 1st and 15th of each month. It shall be Producer’s responsibility to examine all Audition Report Forms before mailing, inasmuch as all overtime and call-back data shall be presumed correct unless Producer notes otherwise. In the event, of consistent and repeated failure to comply with the foregoing, after written notice from the Union, liquidated damages in the amount of $150 shall be payable to the Union. Failure to mail Audition Report Forms on any due date is a breach. (b) If, at either a 1st or a 2nd audition, the principal performer is required to remain for more than 1 hour from the time of call or arrival, whichever is later, he/she shall be compensated for all time on said call in excess of 1 hour, at straight time, in ½-hour units, at the rate of $39.25 per unit. (c) A 3rd audition shall be not less than 2 hours, for which the principal performer shall be paid a minimum fee of $156.95. For all time in excess of 2 hours, the principal performer shall be paid at straight time in ½-hour units, at the rate of $39.25 per unit. (d) A 4th and all subsequent auditions shall each be for not less than 4 hours and the principal performer shall be paid a minimum fee of $313.90 for each such audition. For all time in excess of 4 hours, the principal performer shall be paid at straight time in ½-hour units, at the rate of $39.25 per unit. (e) The payments set forth in subparagraphs (c) and (d) above shall not apply if Producer calls a performer back for a 3rd or 4th audition, provided that: (1) Producer limits the audition to 3 performers or fewer per role, (2) none of the performers brought back to audition for a role are on their 1st audition, and (3) the 3rd and 4th auditions are limited to 2 hours. For auditions beyond the 4th audition, subparagraph (d) shall apply without modification. (f) Pension and Health contributions shall be paid on all compensation payable to the principal performer hereunder for all audition calls. (g) If any on-camera audition is videotaped, filmed or viewed over closed-circuit television, and the principal performer is given lines to speak, he/she shall be provided with legible cue cards or a mechanical prompting device. (h) If the principal performer is required to memorize lines for an audition which he/she has been given to learn outside the studio, he/she shall be compensated at ½ of the session fee.

AUDITIONS. Except as otherwise specified below, the following shall apply to in-person auditions and self-taped or live-remote auditions (”virtual auditions”): (a) An audition for a given commercial or commercials must be scheduled by Producer for a specific time (or for a self-taped audition, a due date for Producer's receipt of the self-taped audition must be specified) and the principal performer or his/her representative notified thereof. A call call, text, or email to the principal performer’s 's representative shall be deemed sufficient. Performers shall be notified of the primary areas of conflict prior to audition. Such notification may be in generic terms that do not identify the advertiser or its specific product or service. A standard Audition Report Form, EXHIBIT Exhibit E to this Contract, shall be used for all auditions. This Audition Report Form shall provide for information regarding ethnicity, sex, disability, and age range and shall include a written statement informing the principal performer of the purpose for requesting such information and that compliance is on a voluntary basis. Producer’s 's signature on the Audition Report Form shall not constitute a verification of the information supplied by the principal performer referred to herein and the form shall so state. The Audition Report Form shall also provide for the following information: (i) Intended use. (ii) A declaration to be signed by an authorized representative of Producer stating: “This recorded audition material will not be used as a client demo, an audience reaction commercial, for copy testing or as a scratch track without payment of the minimum compensation provided for in the Commercials Contract and shall be used solely to determine the suitability of the performer for a specific commercial.” (iii) The name of the principal performer who is hired, if known, at the time the Audition Report Form is filed pursuant to this Section I.1.(a). (iv) Whether the audition is for an on-camera or off-camera principal performer or extra performer. (v) A declaration that the confidentiality provisions set forth on Exhibits A-1 and A-23 shall also apply to all auditions.4 (vi) The name of the responsible person or persons who may be contacted by the Union to ascertain the use made of the recorded audition material, unless Producer has informed the Union in writing of the person designated to handle all such inquiries. If the name of the principal performer who is hired is not provided in the Audition Report Form which is filed pursuant to this Section I.1.(a), the Union may, within 60 days after the filing of the Audition Report Form and by reference to specific Audition Report Form(s), request information information (a) as to whether a principal performer was hired and his/her name; and (b) to verify compliance with the Declaration referred to in subparagraph (a).(ii) above. Such information shall be provided within 60 days of the request by the Union. The Union may at any time make inquiries regarding compliance with equal employment obligations. It shall be the responsibility of Producer to provide such forms which must be properly completed and emailed to xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx or mailed to the nearest Union office on the 1st and 15th of each month. It shall be Producer’s 's responsibility to examine all Audition Report Forms before mailingmailing sending, inasmuch as all overtime and call-back data shall be presumed correct unless Producer notes otherwise. In the event, event of consistent and repeated failure to comply with the foregoing, after written notice from the Union, liquidated damages in the amount of $150 shall be payable to the Union. Failure to mail Audition Report Forms on any due date is a breach. (b) If, at either a 1st or a 2nd audition, the principal performer is required to remain for more than 1 hour from the time 3 Section 6 of call or arrival, whichever is later, he/she Exhibits A-1 and A-2 shall also be compensated for all time on said call in excess of 1 hour, at straight time, in ½-hour units, at the rate of $39.25 per unit. (c) A 3rd audition shall be not less than 2 hours, for which the principal performer shall be paid a minimum fee of $156.95. For all time in excess of 2 hours, the principal performer shall be paid at straight time in ½-hour units, at the rate of $39.25 per unit. (d) A 4th and all subsequent auditions shall each be for not less than 4 hours and the principal performer shall be paid a minimum fee of $313.90 for each such audition. For all time in excess of 4 hours, the principal performer shall be paid at straight time in ½-hour units, at the rate of $39.25 per unit. (e) The payments set forth in subparagraphs (c) and (d) above shall not apply if Producer calls a performer back for a 3rd or 4th audition, provided that: (1) Producer limits the audition to 3 performers or fewer per role, (2) none of the performers brought back to audition for a role are on their 1st audition, and (3) the 3rd and 4th auditions are limited to 2 hours. For auditions beyond the 4th audition, subparagraph (d) shall apply without modification. (f) Pension and Health contributions shall be paid on all compensation payable to the principal performer hereunder for all audition calls. (g) If any on-camera audition is videotaped, filmed or viewed over closed-circuit television, and the principal performer is given lines to speak, he/she shall be provided with legible cue cards or a mechanical prompting device. (h) If the principal performer is required to memorize lines for an audition which he/she has been given to learn outside the studio, he/she shall be compensated at ½ of the session fee.amended as follows:

AUDITIONS. (a) An audition for a given commercial or commercials must be scheduled by Producer for a specific time and the principal performer or his/her representative notified thereof. A call to the principal performer’s representative shall be deemed sufficient. A standard Audition Report Form, EXHIBIT E to this Contract, shall be used for all auditions. This Audition Report Form shall provide for information regarding ethnicity, sex, disability, and age range and shall include a written statement informing the principal performer of the purpose for requesting such information and that compliance is on a voluntary basis. The Producer’s signature on the Audition Report Form shall not constitute a verification of the information supplied by the principal performer referred to herein and the form shall so state. The Audition Report Form shall also provide for the following information: (i) Intended use. (ii) A declaration to be signed by an authorized representative of Producer stating: “This recorded audition material will not be used as a client demo, an audience reaction commercial, for copy testing or as a scratch track without payment of the minimum compensation provided for in the Commercials Contract and shall be used solely to determine the suitability of the performer for a specific commercial.” (iii) The name of the principal performer who is hired, if known, at the time the Audition Report Form is filed pursuant to this Section I.1.(aI1(a). (iv) Whether the audition is for an on-camera or off-camera principal performer or extra performerfor a radio commercial. (v) The name of the responsible person or persons who may be contacted by the Union to ascertain the use made of the recorded audition material, unless the Producer has informed the Union in writing of the person designated to handle all such inquiries. If the name of the principal performer who is hired is not provided in the Audition Report Form which is filed pursuant to this Section I.1.(a), the Union may, within 60 sixty (60) days after the filing of the Audition Report Form and by reference to specific Audition Report Form(s), request information information (a) as to whether a principal performer was hired and his/her name; and (b) to verify compliance with the Declaration referred to in subparagraph Paragraph (a).(iiii) above. Such information shall be provided within 60 sixty (60) days of the request by the Union. The Union may at any time make inquiries regarding compliance with equal employment obligations. It shall be the responsibility of Producer to provide such forms which must be properly completed and mailed to the nearest Union office on the 1st first and 15th fifteenth of each month. It shall be Producer’s responsibility to examine all Audition Report Forms before mailing, inasmuch as all overtime and call-back data shall be presumed correct unless Producer notes otherwise. In the event, of consistent and repeated failure to comply with the foregoing, after written notice from the Union, liquidated damages in the amount of $150 shall be payable to the Union. Failure to mail Audition Report Forms on any due date is a breach. (b) If, at either a 1st first or a 2nd second audition, the principal performer is required to remain for more than 1 hour from the time of call or arrival, whichever is later, he/she shall be compensated for all time on said call in excess of 1 hour, at straight time, in ½-hour units, at the rate of $39.25 33.45 per unit. (c) A 3rd third audition shall be not less than 2 hours, for which the principal performer shall be paid a minimum fee of $156.95133.75. For all time in excess of 2 hours, the principal performer shall be paid at straight time in ½-hour units, at the rate of $39.25 33.45 per unit. (d) A 4th fourth and all subsequent auditions shall each be for not less than 4 hours and the principal performer shall be paid a minimum fee of $313.90 267.50 for each such audition. For all time in excess of 4 hours, the principal performer shall be paid at straight time in ½-hour units, at the rate of $39.25 33.45 per unit. (e) The payments set forth in subparagraphs (c) and (d) above shall not apply if Producer calls a performer back for a 3rd or 4th audition, provided that: (1) Producer limits the audition to 3 performers or fewer per role, (2) none of the performers brought back to audition for a role are on their 1st audition, and (3) the 3rd and 4th auditions are limited to 2 hours. For auditions beyond the 4th audition, subparagraph (d) shall apply without modification. (f) Pension and Health contributions shall be paid on all compensation payable to the principal performer hereunder for all audition calls. (gf) If any on-camera audition is videotaped, filmed or viewed over closed-circuit television, and the principal performer is given lines to speak, he/she shall be provided with legible cue cards or a mechanical prompting device. (hg) If the principal performer is required to memorize lines for an audition which he/she has been given to learn outside the studio, he/she shall be compensated at ½ of the session fee.