With respect to talent employment, Waving Cat is the Producer of Record assuming all of the associated obligations and ensuring absolute compliance to the union’s standards. Our goal is to make the lives of the agency producer and business affairs manager easier.
To that end, we provide the following as services to our clients and in adherence to our union obligations:
Script review for the purpose of determining the number of performers in each category to employ.
Prepare session and residual estimates.
Create Talent Business Term Sheet/ Casting Specs
Cast clearance management.
Prepare session contracts.
On Set talent supervision.
Ensure proper payment of session fees with designated payroll provider.
Editorial review / create talent Final Cast Reports.
Review of media data (traffic reporting) for payment of applicable residuals.
Manage all residual payments throughout the lifecycle of a commercial through its Maximum Period of Use.