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Hi I would like to know how hard is it to obtain a SAG card? Also, I would like to know if you work as a spokesmodel on a game show on what basis do you get paid?
Beata,
Thanks for writing. Let me answer your first question this way: if it was easy to get a SAG card, don't you think everyone would have one? Not only is it not easy to get one, it's also not cheap to join the union either. If you read the section for ACTORS in my book, GET A REEL JOB, I offer a number of ideas on how one can go about getting their SAG card. You can find my book at www.reeljob.net or at www.amazon.com.
As far as working as a spokesmodel, unless you are a well known model, you will be paid a union rate as a "daily performer" assuming the production is a union production. The SAG daily rate for a performer is $737. Sometimes you are paid as a "weekly performer" and in that case you would be paid $2,557 per week. If the production falls under an AFTRA contract, and the production is a 1/2 hour non-dramatic program, then you'd be paid about $813/day.
Hope this helps. Good luck!
Phil
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Phil Nemy
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I am a motion picture and television producer with over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry. I am also the author of the book GET A REEL JOB: Finding Your First Job In The Motion Picture Industry In Los Angeles. I can answers questions on a variety of subjects about careers in film from acting to directing to crew work, getting into the unions, successful strategies for networking, etc.
Experience
Former VP, Production for The Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group
Supervised production on such films as ARMAGEDDON, THE PRINCESS DIARIES, REMEMBER THE TITANS, PEARL HARBOR, CON AIR, ENEMY OF THE STATE, THE ROCK, CRIMSON TIDE, COYOTE UGLY, A CIVIL ACTION, ROMY & MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION, NOTHING TO LOSE, EDDIE and others.
Worked as an actor, stage manager, director on broadway and regional theater as well as L.A.' Equity-waiver scene.
Former Associate Artistic Director of Los Angeles Equity-Waiver theater.
Organizations
Director's Guild of America,
Screen Actors Guild,
Actor's Equity Association
Education/Credentials
BFA in Acting/Directing from Carnegie Mellon University.
Past/Present Clients
I've worked with such filmmakers as Jerry Bruckheimer, Tony Scott, Steve Zaillian, Scott Rudin, Garry Marshall, Frank Marshall, Michael Bay, etc.
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