| A residual is
the extra pay, on a sliding scale, that you receive every time your commercial
is shown. It is pay in addition to the original amount you receive
for your time in producing the commercial. Your base pay can be as low
as $250, but what boosts that wage are residuals. Residuals are based on
how many times your commercials are shown in a 13-week period, and on what
stations your commercials are aired.
There are two special organizations (unions) for
models and actors who help make such large sums of money a possibility
for them and to protect their rights. These unions are the Screen Actors
Guild (SAG) and
the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
in USA. |
