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DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA MINIMUM SALARY SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE: July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURE MINIMUMS SHORTS & Rates effective July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 HIGH BUDGET DOCUMENTARIES Weekly Salary $16,797 $11,997 Guaranteed Preparation Period 2 Weeks 2 Days Guaranteed Employment Period 10 Weeks 1 Week + 1 Day Guaranteed Cutting Allowance 1 Week 0 Compensation for Days Worked Beyond Guarantee $3,359 $2,399 Daily Employment Where Permitted $4,199 $2,999 See Low Budget Side Letter for Films with Budgets of $11 Million or Less Directors Guild of America Minimum Salary Schedule 1 Effective 7/1/12 - 6/30/13 DIRECTORS TELEVISION MINIMUMS - ARTICLE 10 & ARTICLE 23 (7/1/12 - 6/30/13) NETWORK PRIME-TIME NON-NETWORK, Rates Effective (INCLUDES FBC & PAY TELEVISION) NON-PRIME-TIME July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 1/2 Hour 1 Hour 1-1/2 Hours 2 Hours 1/2 Hour 1 Hour 1-1/2 Hours 2 Hours PROGRAM RATE $23,993 $40,744 $67,908 $114,081 $10,366 $20,722 $31,094 $43,292 GUARANTEED 3 days 7 days 12 days 15 days 3 days 6 days 9 days 12 days PREPARATION PERIOD GUARANTEED SHOOTING PERIOD 4 days 8 days 13 days 27 days 3 days 6 days 9 days 12 days COMPENSATION FOR DAYS WORKED $3,428 $2,716 $2,716 $2,716 $1,728 $1,727 $1,727 $1,804 BEYOND GUARANTEE day day day day day day day day DAILY EMPLOYMENT $4,284 $3,395 $3,395 $3,395 $2,160 $2,159 $2,159 $2,255 WHERE PERMITTED day day day day day day day day BASIC CABLE MINIMUMS 2 Hour Dramatic 1/2 Hour Dramatic 1 Hour Dramatic Programs with Programs with 1/2 Hour Dramatic Programs with 1 Hour Dramatic 1-1/2 Hour Rates Effective 1/2 Hour Dramatic 1 Hour Dramatic Budgets of Budgets equal Programs with Budgets equal Programs with Dramatic July 1, 2012 to Programs with Programs with $2,750,000 for to or greater Budgets equal to to or greater Budgets equal to Programs with June 30, 2013 Budgets equal Budgets equal to the first 2 hours than $1,425,000 or greater than than $2,400,000 or greater than Budgets of to or greater than or greater than plus $1,375,000 and less than $1,800,000 2nd and less than $3,400,000 2nd $2,750,000 or $550,000 $1,000,000 for each additional $1,800,000 2nd season or later $3,400,000 2nd season or later More hour or portion season or later season or later thereof PROGRAM RATE $10,366 $13,075 $15,263 $20,722 $26,149 $30,525 $31,094 $74,307 GUARANTEED 3 days 3 days 3 days 6 days 7 days 7 days 9 days 15 days PREPARATION PERIOD GUARANTEED 3 days 4 days 4 days 6 days 7 days 7 days 9 days 27 days SHOOTING PERIOD COMPENSATION $1,728 $1,868 $2,180 $1,727 $1,868 $2,180 $1,727 $1,769 FOR DAYS WORKED day day day day day day day day BEYOND GUARANTEE DAILY EMPLOYMENT $2,160 $2,335 $2,725 $2,159 $2,335 $2,725 $2,159 $2,212 WHERE PERMITTED day day day day day day day day Directors Guild of America Minimum Salary Schedule 2 Effective 7/1/12 - 6/30/13 PILOT DIRECTORS MINIMUMS - ARTICLE 10 & ARTICLE 23 (7/1/12 to 6/30/13) NETWORK PRIME-TIME NON-NETWORK AND BASIC CABLE (INCLUDES FBC & PAY TELEVISION) Rates Effective July 1, 2012 to 1/2 Hour 1 Hour 1-1/2 Hour Dramatic 2 Hour June 30, 2013 Dramatic Programs Dramatic Programs Programs (Basic Dramatic Programs 1/2 Hour 1 Hour 1-1/2 Hours 2 Hours (Basic Cable with (Basic Cable with Cable with Budgets of (Basic Cable with Budgets of $550,000 Budgets of $1,000,000 $2,750,000 Budgets of $2,750,000 or More) or More) or More) or More) PROGRAM RATE $67,908 $90,541 $113,169 $158,444 $40,745 $54,325 $67,902 $95,066 INCLUDED DAYS 14 days 24 days 34 days 50 days 14 days 24 days 34 days 50 days COMPENSATION FOR DAYS $4,851 $3,773 $3,329 $3,169 $2,910 $2,264 $1,997 $1,901 WORKED BEYOND day day day day day day day day GUARANTEE DAILY EMPLOYMENT $6,063 $4,716 $4,161 $3,961 $3,638 $2,829 $2,496 $2,377 WHERE PERMITTED day day day day day day day day PRESENTATIONS (PRIME-TIME DRAMATIC) 7/1/12 to 6/30/13 July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 GUARANTEED DAYS 0-15 Minutes $24,713 10 days, of which 4 must be consecutive $49,433 16-30 Minutes (or the applicable pilot fee, if less, but in no 14 days, of which 6 must be consecutive event less than $24,713) Directors Guild of America Minimum Salary Schedule 3 Effective 7/1/12 - 6/30/13 The following are minimum compensation rates for Directors of episodes of 1/2-hour or 1-hour prime-time dramatic series whose running times extend beyond the regular time period of a typical episode. Also, Directors of live series that exceed the scheduled running time by more than 3 minutes or that are planned in advance to be longer than the regular time period of a typical episode of the series will be paid no less than the following minimum rates: BA ARTICLES 10, 20 & 24 BA ARTICLES 10, 23 & 24 SUPERSIZED NETWORK PRIME-TIME (includes FBC & SUPERSIZED NON-NETWORK OR NON-PRIME-TIME PAY TV) and NETWORK PRIME-TIME DRAMATIC 7/1/12 (includes BASIC CABLE) 7/1/12 to 6/30/13 to 6/30/13 Rates Effective Rates Effective July 1, 2012 to July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 June 30, 2013 45 Min 75 Min 45 Min 75 Min PROGRAM RATE $15,544 $25,908 PROGRAM RATE $32,369 $54,326 GUARANTEED EMPLOYMENT PERIOD 9 Days 15 Days GUARANTEED EMPLOYMENT PERIOD 10 Days 20 Days DAYS BEYOND GUARANTEE $1,727 $1,727 DAYS BEYOND GUARANTEE $3,237 $2,716 DAILY EMPLOYMENT (WHERE $2,158 $2,159 DAILY EMPLOYMENT (WHERE PERMITTED) $4,046 $3,395 PERMITTED) BA ARTICLE 23 SUPERSIZED BASIC CABLE 2nd SEASON OR LATER Rates Effective July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 45 MIN 75 MIN 45 MIN 75 MIN w/budgets of $1.425 million or w/budgets of $2.4 million or more w/budgets of $1.8 million or w/budgets of $3.4 million or more -- 2nd season or later -- 2nd season or later more -- 2nd season or later more -- 2nd season or later PROGRAM RATE $19,612 $28,622 $22,894 $30,810 GUARANTEED EMPLOYMENT PERIOD 10 Days 17 Days 10 Days 17 Days DAYS BEYOND GUARANTEE $1,961 $1,684 $2,289 $1,812 DAILY EMPLOYMENT (WHERE PERMITTED) $2,452 $2,105 $2,861 $2,265 Directors Guild of America Minimum Salary Schedule 4 Effective 7/1/12 - 6/30/13 FLTTA ARTICLE 6.B.1.(a) & ARTICLE 29.B.1.(a): NETWORK PRIME-TIME VARIETY SERIES (INCLUDES FBC & PAY TV) Rates Effective July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 45 Min 75 Min PROGRAM RATE $11,640 $22,150 INCLUDED DAYS 7 (2) 12 (3) (days which need not be consecutive) DAYS BEYOND GUARANTEE $1,663 $1,846 FLTTA ARTICLE 6.B.2 & ARTICLE 29.B.1.(b): NON- NETWORK OR NON-PRIME-TIME VARIETY - HIGH BUDGET Rates Effective July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 45 Min 75 Min PROGRAM RATE $6,837 $9,329 INCLUDED DAYS 7 (2) 11 (3) (days which need not be consecutive) DAYS BEYOND GUARANTEE $977 $848 FLTTA ARTICLE 6.B.3 & ARTICLE 29.B.1.(b): NON- NETWORK (OTHER THAN FBC) OR NON-PRIME-TIME VARIETY - LOW BUDGET Rates Effective July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 45 Min 75 Min PROGRAM RATE $4,550 $5,835 INCLUDED DAYS 4 5 DAYS BEYOND GUARANTEE $1,138 $1,167 Directors Guild of America Minimum Salary Schedule 5 Effective 7/1/12 - 6/30/13 PENSION & HEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS: TRAVEL: Company will contribute 5 1/2% to the Pension Plan and 10.25% to the Health Plan. Coach air for domestic flights of less than 1,000 air miles when the flight is non- Employee contributes 2 1/2% to the Pension Plan. stop from departure to final destination. Employer must provide elevated coach class travel when available. Also included are flights between Los Angeles & Vancouver and flights that are less than 1,000 miles between the U.S. and PENSION & HEALTH CEILINGS: Vancouver or the U.S. and Toronto. All other flights shall be business class when available. If not available then first class. Theatrical: Pension ceiling = $200,000; Health ceiling = $400,000; Television - MOW or Mini-series: Pension and Health ceiling = $200,000; If an employee covered under this Agreement is traveling on the same flight Television - Episodic: 250% of scale or actual salary, whichever is greater. as another employee employed on the same production by the same Employer and the other employee is entitled to travel in a higher class of transportation pursuant to the minimum terms of the collective bargaining agreement under which he/she is employed, then the DGA-covered employee shall be upgraded WORKED 6th/7th DAYS; WORKED HOLIDAYS: to the same class of transportation. Directors will be paid 1/5 of their weekly salary plus $3,013 for work on a 7th day in a workweek or on New Year’s Day, Presidents’ Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Baggage fees and in-flight meals for coach class air travel shall be reimbursed Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving or provided that a request for reimbursement with appropriate receipts is submitted Christmas Day.