Question for actors only!?

Question

If you are in a commercial, do you get paid still even if the show is a repeat?

Answer 1

ummm.... i .... dont.....know, but i assume so

Answer 2

If it's a non-union commercial, sometimes not. Every job is negotiated differently. For example, if they do a union commercial, you don't know how much it's going to run. You'll get paid your session fee and that's a standard amount of money, but it may run a 100 times in 13 weeks. It may run 2 times in 13 weeks. It may not run at all. Sometimes, you'll shoot a commercial and for some reason, usually it has nothing to do with talent, the spot will get killed and it won't run at all.

If it runs in a major market like a big city, or if it runs in the middle of the night in a small town - there is a schedule of rates for payment. So, you can make anywhere from the session payment if it never runs again, or into the thousands of dollars if it runs quite a bit.

Answer 3

Yepp! And trust me, I know. I've been in a few commercials

Answer 4

If you have a contract that includes residuals, you get paid every time the commercial is run.  What show it is run with has no bearing on the payment.

Answer 5

whenever the commercial is played the actor receives a profit...it doesn't matter what the showing is. ;)