Common use of Audition Clause in Contracts

Audition. The first (1st) hour of audition is free. This first hour of audition is calculated from the moment the artist is ready to begin the audition. The artist must be ready to begin his or her audition at the time mentioned on the invitation, and this includes filling out and submitting the information sheet (Appendix I) required by the producer or casting agency. Any time exceeding the first hour of audition will be paid at a rate of seventy dollars ($ 70) per hour or per block of additional time, with a minimum of one (1) hour. The first hour of a callback audition will be paid at a fixed rate of fifty dollars ($ 50). The artist must be ready to begin his or her audition at the time mentioned in the callback invitation, and this includes filling out and submitting the information sheet (Appendix I) required by the producer or casting agency. Any time exceeding the first hour of audition will be paid at a rate of seventy dollars ($ 70) per hour or per block of additional time, with a minimum of one (1) hour. The producer or his/her representatives agree to set the exact time for an audition or call back. An artist who is more than ten (10) minutes late shall have the time for the beginning of the audition or call back set at the time said artist was in fact ready to begin the audition or call back. Moreover, if auditioning a late artist is inconvenient to the producer (scheduling, overtime, fees, etc.), he or she may refuse to let the artist audition. This clause does not apply to auditions offered by the artist, i.e. when artists were not called in by the producer. For the purpose of applying this article, the producer asks all candidates to include the following information on a timesheet (Appendix J): the artist's name, the time appearing on the invitation to audition for a given role, the artist's arrival time and the start and end time of the audition. The sheet must be signed by the artists and the producer or the producer's representative. Once the audition is over, the producer sends a copy of this timesheet, filled out by all artists who were invited to audition, to the UDA.

Audition. 7-4.01 The first hour (1st1 hr) hour of audition is free. This first hour of audition is calculated from the moment the artist is ready to begin the audition. The artist must be ready to begin his or her audition at the time mentioned on the invitation, and this includes filling out and submitting the information sheet (Appendix I) required by the producer or casting agency. Any time exceeding the first hour of audition will be paid at a rate of seventy dollars ($ $70) per hour or per block of additional time, with a minimum of one (1) hour. The first hour of a callback audition will be paid at a fixed rate of fifty dollars ($ $50). The artist must be ready to begin his or her audition at the time mentioned in the callback invitation, and this includes filling out and submitting the information sheet (Appendix I) required by the producer or casting agency. Any time exceeding the first hour of audition will be paid at a rate of seventy dollars ($ $70) per hour or per block of additional time, with a minimum of one (1) hour. The producer or his/her representatives agree to set the exact time for an audition or call back. An artist who is more than ten (10) minutes late shall have the time for the beginning of the audition or call back set at the time said artist was in fact ready to begin the audition or call back. Moreover, if auditioning a late artist is inconvenient to the producer (scheduling, overtime, fees, etc.), he or she may refuse to let the artist audition. This clause does not apply to auditions offered by the artist, i.e. when artists were not called in by the producer. For the purpose of applying this article, the producer asks all candidates to include the following information on a timesheet (Appendix J): time sheet: the artist's name, the time appearing on the invitation to audition for a given role, the artist's arrival time and the start and end time of the audition. The sheet must be signed by the artists and the producer or the producer's representative. Once the audition is over, the producer sends a copy of this timesheettime sheet, filled out by all artists who were invited to audition, to the UDA. 7-4.02 On his/her audition notice (breakdown), the producer shall clearly indicate the products and services considered competitive or incompatible as well as any element or criteria, such as the number or the type of commercials in which the artist participated during a given period, and which would automatically exclude the artist even before the audition takes place. He/she must limit him/herself to this list and not add any at the time of the audition. If at the time of confirmation of the artist’s engagement the recording date has not been clearly set, the producer may ask the artist to be on stand-by on certain dates and times. Should the start time not be indicated, it shall be deemed to be at nine a.m. (9 a.m.). The stand-by is valid from the moment of its confirmation by email or other writing transmitted to the artist. Except if the producer cancels the request to be on stand-by by transmitting a notice to this effect to the artist by email or by other written means at least ninety-six (96) hours before the call time, the producer must compensate the artist by means of a sum equal to fifty percent (50%) of the rate of the function held by the artist per day or part of a day of stand-by. This compensation does not apply to the day on which the recording takes place and for which the artist receives a recording fee.