Artists
The artists form is where you can record everyone who receives a union contract for their contribution to the programme or series.
Union
The unions available to the system are:-
- DPRS
- Equity
- Musicians Union
- Writers Guild
If the individual doesn't get a union contract, they should be recorded as a contributor. If you are unsure, refer to Artist vs. Contributor.
Adding an Artist
You can search for artists using their National Insurance number or their date of birth. Simply enter what you would like to search on into the Search For Artist section and click Search.
If you are searching using a National Insurance number, the search will either return ready to add the individual in question or it will fail and return to the search form. When searching using date of birth, if there are matches the form will return with a list of those matches allowing you to select the required individual or it will fail and return to the search form.
Note
If the individual you are looking for is over 16, you must search for them using their National Insurance number.
Here you can see a sample list of search results.
After you have selected the required individual from the list (or there was a match found for the National Insurance number), the form will be displayed as shown below ready for you to provide details of the artists role in the programme.
When you have selected the union, a role from the list available for the selected union and provided a character name/comment, click Save. The artist will be saved and the form will be re-loaded in edit mode allowing you (where required) to provide some financial information and specify the artists agent. The exact financial form will vary depending on union (see the next section for details).
Fee Information Collection
When editing an artist, you can provide details of their fees. The exact layout of the form will depend on which union they belong to. Examples of each fees form can be seen below.
Equity Fees Section
Base Fee Total
The following values are used to calculate the base fee total:-
- Weekly nominated
- Weekly first call
- First day
- Enhanced first day
- Daily
- Post synchronisation session
- Voice over session
- Walk on 1
- Walk on 2
- Walk on 3
- Compilation
- Stunts
- Extract Fee
- Programme supplement
- Holiday credits
- Other
Musicians Union Fees Section
Writers Guild Fees Section
Artist Agent
To select an agent for the artist, click Select Agent. The form will load with a list of options as shown in the example below.
To select the required agent simply click the selector in the corresponding row.
Editing an Artist
To edit an artist, click their corresponding edit icon. Their details will be loaded into the form along with the relevant financial form allowing you to edit them.
Important
Do not change their union once you have saved them. If you need to change it, you should delete the existing record and create a new one. There is a known issue that results in unexpected behaviour if the union is changed for an existing artist.
Deleting an Artist
If you wish to complete remove an artist from the list of artists linked to the programme/series you can click their respective delete icon. You will be asked to confirm the action as shown below.
Adding Artists To Episodes
For series, it is necessary to provide information about which episodes each artist is involved in. To do this, open the Artists folder in the series and then select the Add Episodes option. A form that looks something like the one shown below will be presented to you.
The form provides two lists, Artists and Episodes, artists are linked to episodes by selecting the artists and episodes in the list and clicking Save. If you select two artists and three episodes, the two artists will each be linked to the three selected episodes. For your convenience, the form provides Select All and De-select All options at the bottom of the form as shown below.
Removing Artists From Episodes
If you need to remove an artist from a series episode, open the Artists folder in the series and then select the Delete Episodes option. A form that looks something like the one shown below will be presented to you.
The first stage is to select the artist you wish to remove from episodes by clicking their select icon. The form will reload with a list of episodes the artist is linked to as shown below.
To remove the artist from an episode, simply click the delete icon for the episode. You will be asked to confirm the deletion.
