The first step is to know the different roles and responsibilities of the people who will participate in the film production process. When you hire certain positions in a specific order, it will be easy to get great recommendations for the rest of the positions in the professional Bangkok crew.

Thailand has a well-developed infrastructure and a large pool of experienced crew members, so you won’t have to worry about finding the right equipment or personnel. Here in Thailand not yet Professional Union, local Lighting Grip and Camera Crews in a film set are mostly workers from Equipment rental houses and hired with equipment to your set. Mostly all crew members are used to working on big-budget productions and are familiar with international standards and expectations. They are working hard, well qualified and were trained by the American and European crew heads during working together on set on many international film and video productions. Some of crew in Thailand are also freelancers.  Working Focus-puller, DIT, Loader, Gaffer and other key positions on film set. These English speaking thai workers who were employed and well qualified in Equipment Rentals but weren’t in demand due the Covid-19 panademic when country was closed for international productions but after everything came back they staying in high demand on freelance. Crew daily shift in Thailand is 12 hours, including meals before the shooting starts and meals every 6 hours. This means that you need to plan your shoot schedule accordingly and make sure you’re not expecting your crew to work longer than they’re legally allowed to.

 

THAILAND FILM CREW RATES

 

POSITION	DAILY RATE	QUE | OT
Director	From 20.000THB	n/a
1st AD	From 10.000THB	QUE 14hr | OT  n/a
2nd AD	From 5.000THB	QUE 14hr | OT  n/a
Production Fixer	From 10.000THB	n/a
Location Manager	3.000 – 5.000THB	n/a
Production Manager	From 10.000THB	n/a
Assist to PM	5.000THB	n/a
Production coordinator	4.000 – 5.000THB	n/a
Production assistant	3.000 – 5.000THB	QUE 14hr | OT  n/a
Production runner	1.500 – 2.500THB	QUE 14hr | OT  n/a
Accountant	2.500 – 5.000THB	n/a
Art
Art director	From 10.000THB	n/a
Props manager	From 3.000 THB	n/a
Camera
DOP	From 15.000THB	n/a
Camera op	10.000THB	QUE 12hrs | OT 1.667THB /hour
1st AC	6.000THB	QUE 12hrs | OT 1.000THB/hour
2nd AC	3.500THB	QUE 12hrs | OT 585THB/hour
DIT	5.000 THB	QUE 12hrs | OT 666THB/hour
VDO Man	2.500THB	QUE 12hrs | OT 417THB/hour
Drone op	From 5.000THB	QUE 12hrs | OT 833THB/hour
Crane op	From 5.000THB	QUE 12hrs | OT 833THB/hour
Steadicam/MOVI op	From 10.000THB	QUE 12hrs | OT 1.667THB /hour
Casting
Casting director	From 5.000THB	n/a
Coach on set	From 5.000THB	n/a
Catering & Craft
Caterer & Craft service	From 3.500THB	QUE 12hrs | OT  n/a
Grip
Key Grip	5.000THB	QUE 12hrs | OT 833THB/hour
Grip man	2.000THB	QUE 12hrs | OT 250THB/hour
Lighting
Gaffer	8.000THB	QUE 12hrs | OT 1.333THB/hour
Key Light	5.000THB	QUE 12hrs | OT 833THB/hour
Lighting Best Boy	3.000THB	QUE 12hrs | OT 500THB/hour
Lighting technician	From 1.500THB	QUE 12hrs | OT 250THB/hour
Medic
Medic on set	5.000THB	QUE 12hr | OT  n/a
Make Up & Hair
Make Up	From 3.500THB	QUE 12hr | OT  n/a
Make Up Assistant	3.500THB	QUE 12hr | OT  n/a
Warbprobe
Stylist	From 3.500THB	QUE 12hr | OT  n/a
Wardprobe Assistant	2.000THB	QUE 12hr | OT  n/a
Sound
Sound recordist	From 5.000THB	QUE 12hrs | OT 833THB/hour
Transport
Production van (not incl.gasoline)	2.500THB	QUE 10hr | OT  200 THB / hour
Camera van (not incl.gasoline)	2.500THB	QUE 10hr | OT  200 THB / hour
Lighting track 4 wheels (not incl.gasoline)	2.000THB	QUE 10hr | OT  200 THB / hour
Lighting track 6 wheels (not incl.gasoline)	3.500THB	QUE 10hr | OT  200 THB / hour

 

REMARKS

•  All payments are due in full before starting the first day of production unless prior payment schedules.  Half of the partial day rates are not honored without prior approval, due to a half-day rate will not allow us another half due day to location moves and other extenuating circumstances.
•   All overtime starts at 12 hours from call time. All overtime is billed at double time hourly.
•  For out of Bangkok shoots, call time always starts when we leave in transportation at beginning of day, and to work shoot time ends when we arrive back to accommodations.
•  Non working travel days rate is 50% of the working day rate.
• Per diem required when traveling outside of Bangkok.

 

 

 

 

 

READY TO HIRE A THAI FILM CREW? CPA RULES FILMING IN THAILAND

1. GENERAL

1.1 Crew means all crew who are contracted from time to time by the producer. This does not include personnel subcontracted by suppliers (ie:caterers, set builders, stunt companies, etc.)

1.2 The Producer(s) means a person, or body of persons who are CPA members and who are contracted to produce commercials, or a representative nominated by the Production Company.

2. SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS AND RATES OF PAY

2.1 Call Time

2.1.2 Call time means the call time stipulated by the producer in which the technician is required and obliged to be on set or any specific place.

2.1.3 If the set/location is within 40km’s of the production office, or hotel if on an away shoot, then call time will be the time the crew member is required on set regardless of own or provided transport. If the location is further than 40km’s away from the production office, then call time will be the time the crew member is required to be at the production office, hotel or vehicle collection point. If the location is further than 40kms from the production office or hotel, transport will be provided by production. Crew who do not utilize the provided transport must make their own way, at their own expense, to the location. If a specific crew member’s call time on location is later than the departure time of the provided transport, then that crew member’s travelling expense will be remunerated.

2.1.4 Call and wrap time for designated drivers will be taken from the time of vehicle collection point to vehicle return point, regardless of distance to and from location.

2.2 Wrap

2.2.1 Wrap means the end of a shooting session, technical wrap or return to base if the location is further than 40 km’s from base, as called by the producer.

2.2.2 Wrap is wrap and payment for any additional work thereafter needs to be negotiated before time sheets are signed.

2.3 Working Hours

2.3.1 Working hours per standard day, premium day, split shift day or night shoot and to which no overtime applies, shall be 12 hours including meals. Only after the specified hours are worked, will overtime apply.

2.3.2 Producers will do their best to achieve a minimum of a 12 hour turnaround period between wrap and call time of the same shoot, it being acknowledged that a turnaround of less than 12 hours is the exception and not the norm. If turnaround time is less than 12 hours, the production company will be penalised for the corrupted hours.

2.3.3 Crew shall not be booked on a day shoot which falls on the day immediately following a night shoot.

2.3.4 In the event of an early call on the day following a shoot, crew members shall have the right to request to be released prior to the end of the shooting day provided that they make this request before 17:00. This shall not be applicable if the production company has given prior notice of an extended day.

2.4 Overtime

2.4.1 Overtime at time and a half or double time is payable on a standard day. The following crew members are excluded from overtime: runners, trainees and junior assistants in all departments, all production staff and chaperones.

2.4.2 Crew members will be paid overtime billed at double time hourly.

2.4.3 Overtime will be charged for in quarter hour increments i.e. Wrap called after the quarter hour will be rounded up and wrap called up to the quarter hour will be rounded down.

2.4.4 Should the last day of shoot wrap after 24:00, a penalty of triple time will be incurred for every additional hour (or part thereof) regardless of whether or not an extended day has been called.

2.4.5 Production (admin) crew will limit the hours worked by Production Assistants to a maximum of 15 hours per day. On shoot days pro-rata overtime will be paid for hours in excess of 15, should the Production Assistant agree to work these hours.

2.5 Standard Day

2.5.1 Standard Day shall mean a day shoot of 12 consecutive hours and applicable overtime hours.

2.5.2 Call time for a standard day cannot be earlier than 03:30. Agents should be notified well in advance, with a minimum of 3 days advanced warning, if call time is any time before 04:00 on the first shooting day. Should sufficient advanced warning not be given, crew may be replaced.

2.6 Premium Day

2.6.1 Premium Day shall mean any Sunday, Public Holiday or first night of a night shoot.

2.6.2 Premium days will be paid at 1.5 x the standard daily rate – this applies to all crew. A night shoot on a premium day will only be paid at time and a half.

2.6.3 Overtime rates shall be calculated at premium day rates in respect of premium days.

2.6.4 A premium rate will be paid for all shooting days after 6 consecutive shoot days, until a day of rest is provided. Sundays and Public Holidays will be paid at normal premium rates.

2.7 Split Shift

2.7.1 Split Shift shall mean a day/night called as such by the producer in which a minimum time out of 4 hrs is called.

2.7.2 Time Out is the total rest time called by the producer to create a split shift day and shall not be less than 4 hours.

2.7.3 This 4 hour period is from wrap to call time back on set if set is within a 40km radius from base, or from wrap time to call time back at base if the set is further than 40kms from base. The producer must inform the crew/crew agents of the split shift on confirmation of the booking.

2.7.4 The producer has the option to call a split shift day. The minimum payment will be for a standard day. If standard day working hours are exceeded, the normal overtime structure applies.

2.7.5 If a split shift day is called on a premium day, then premium rates shall be paid.

2.7.6 Call time on a split shift day may not be later than 08h00 for the first shift or later than 16h00 for the second shift.

2.7.7 A day may not be classified as a split shift if crew are not permitted to leave set during the hours between filming i.e. the crew must be able to go home, to base, hotel or tented camp during the break.

2.8 Travel Day

2.8.1 Travel Day shall mean a day called as such by the producer and in which the travel time is not greater than standard day hours (i.e. 12 hours).

2.8.2 For a travel day, half of the standard day rate shall apply to all. A standard day rate is paid even if travel occurs on a premium day. If more than 12 hours are traveled, payment for those hours traveled over 12 hours will be on a pro rata basis calculated at standard day rates, regardless of what day the travel occurs. (e.g. travel of 12 hours = half day of 5 hours plus 2 hours pro rata = 7 hours).

2.8.3 For a travel day, designated drivers shall be paid a half day rate if they work (drive) for less than 6 hours. If designated drivers drive for longer than 6 hours then a full day rate shall apply. If travel occurs on a premium day, a premium day rate will be applicable on the same basis. If 12 hours of travel are exceeded then the normal overtime structure will apply. Travel hours should not exceed the reasonable time required to reach a specific destination.

2.9 Gear Check

2.9.1 Gear Check means a day called as such by the producer in which the hours worked do not exceed 6 hours.

2.9.2 If less than half (half being 6 hours excluding a meal break) of standard day hours are worked on a gear check day, then half the standard day rate shall apply. If more than 6 but less than 12 hours are worked, payment will be on a pro rata basis calculated at standard daily rates. On a premium day, premium rates will apply.

2.9.3 If more than 12 hours are worked, normal overtime rates will apply

2.10 Pre-light

2.10.1 Pre-light means a day called as such by the producer and in which no filming is undertaken and the hours worked do not exceed 6 hours.

2.10.2 If less than half (half being 6 hours excluding a meal break) of standard day hours are worked on a pre-light day, then half the standard day rate shall apply. If more than 6 but less than 12 hours are worked, payment will be on a pro rata basis calculated at standard daily rates. On a premium day, premium rates will apply.

2.10.3 If more than 12 hours are worked, normal overtime rates will apply.

2.11 Pre-rig / De-rig

2.11.1 Pre-rig / De-rig means a day called as such by the producer and in which no filming is undertaken and the hours worked do not exceed 6 hours.

2.11.2 If less than half (half being 6 hours excluding a meal break) of standard day hours are worked on a pre-rig / de-rig day, then half the standard day rate shall apply. If more than 6 but less than 12 hours are worked, payment will be on a pro rata basis calculated at standard daily rates. On a premium day, premium rates will apply. If riggers are utilized on a shoot to help filming crew, then normal day rates and overtime rates apply.

2.11.3 If more than 12 hours are worked, normal overtime rates will apply.

2.12 Technical Recce

2.12.1 Technical Recce means a day called as such by the producer and in which the hours worked do not exceed 6 hours.

2.12.2 Technical recces (6 hours) will be charged at half day rates. If more than 6 hours but less than 12 hours are worked, payment will be on a pro rata basis calculated at standard daily rates. On a premium day, premium rates will apply.

2.12.3 If more than 12 hours are worked, normal overtime rates will apply

2.12.4 If the production company is prepared to wait for confirmation of a recce 24 hrs before it is due to occur, only an hourly pro rata rate will be charged (i.e. no work has been lost by the crew member).

2.14 Weather Day

2.14.1 Weather Day means a day which occurs if the scheduled shoot is not completed due to the weather. The weather day may be added on to the end of the scheduled shooting period, or may be booked as an additional day at such time as scheduled by the producer.

2.15 Extended Day

2.15.1 Extended Day means a standard day shoot of more than 14 hours.

2.15.2 Producers are to inform crew/agents 3 working days prior to the first shoot day when an extended day is planned. If a shoot continues beyond the prescribed time, crew will stay, but should be permitted to leave the set at a reasonable time before the commencement of their next call.

2.15.3 Crew booked for an extended day must either directly or via their agents inform both producers concerned.

2.16 Day Off

2.16.1 Day Off is where a minimum of 24 hours rest is given.

2.17 Turnaround

2.17.1 Turnaround on any given shoot will be paid for all hours less than 12 hours given from wrap/technical wrap or return to base, to call time on the following day of the same shoot.

2.17.2 Payment for this will be calculated as follows: the hours eroded will be charged as a penalty at an hourly rate for the first 2 hours, double hourly rate for the next 2 hours and triple the hourly rate thereafter.

2.17.3 Turnaround may be charged by all crew, including technical and art department.

2.17.4 Turnaround may be charged by all crew on the day immediately preceding the first shoot day of a shoot, whether this day is a prep day, pre-rig day, a pre-light day or a recce day. This turnaround is only payable if cleared with the producer prior to turnaround hours being worked.

2.17.5 Turnaround may not be charged on any other prep day.

3. CANCELLATION

3.1 Cancellation means either the cancellation of a confirmed shoot day or the cancellation of a confirmed crew member.

3.2 Remuneration for cancellation within 5 working days (Monday-Saturday) of commencement of a confirmed shoot day shall be paid at the following rate:

100% for days 1 and 2
50% for days 3 to 5
25% for days 6 to 7

3.3 The producer shall only be entitled to confirm the crew booking once the client has confirmed the job and not before. Confirmation of a crew member via e-mail or fax is binding and subject to penalty fees for cancellation. Crew booking sheets should always be signed by the production staff on confirmation of the job, and returned to the agent.

The crew member will not be eligible for a cancellation fee if the job is cancelled by the production company 21 consecutive days prior to commencement of shoot, the production company will not be eligible for a cancellation fee if the job is cancelled by the crew member 21 consecutive days prior to commencement of shoot. If 24 hours “confirm or release” notice is issued within 48 hours of commencement of the shoot (e.g. prep or shoot) then the issued agent or production company must provide their confirmation/denial within 5 hours. Cancellation will be paid regardless of which party gives notice of 24 hours.

3.4 Clauses 4.2 and 4.4 do not apply for the days that the crew member is confirmed on another production during the period of cancellation.

3.5 Should a confirmed crew member cancel themselves off a shoot directly or through an agent, the cancellation costs payable to the production company, unless otherwise negotiated with the producer, will be the same as in clause 4.4.

3.6 If a shoot on a Sunday or a Public Holiday is cancelled, then cancellation will be paid at a standard day rate. If a night shoot is cancelled then the premium day rate will apply.

4. STANDBY

4.1 Should a crew member be put on standby on any given day, a half day rate will become payable to that crew member if he/she is not released by 10:00 on the day of standby.

6. MEALS

6.1 There will be a maximum of 6 hours between meals. If a call time is before 07h30, breakfast will be provided. This also applies to recce and prelight days.

6.2 The six hours is calculated from completion of the previous meal. The period of time allocated for meals should not be less than half an hour.

6.3 Meals are to be provided during a split shift if food is unavailable nearby to the studio/location where the split shift is called.

6.4 An evening meal should be provided on an extended day i.e. 6 hours after lunch.

7. INSURANCE

7.1 Crew are all responsible for their own health and medical insurances. Regular 6-month check ups will help in the event of a claim with an insurance company.

7.2 Crew personal insurance should also include insurance against injury or loss of earnings.

7.3 Equipment, personal belongings and vehicles owned by individual crew members to be used either for personal use or within their professional capacity is the responsibility of that particular crew member. If insurance is to be charged, it must be negotiated up-front with the producer as some production companies carry their own insurance on such items.

8. SPECIAL NOTES

8.1 No less than 6 hours rest should ever be given to crew members.

8.2 No crew member shall work without having had 6 hours rest.

8.3 Bookings with crew agents will be taken as pencil bookings until confirmed. If confirmation has not been given within 2 weeks (10 working days) of the booking, the booking will automatically fall away. If the booking is confirmed and then cancelled, the booking fee for each crew member will be charged.

8.4 No crew member can be double-booked and confirmed on two concurrent productions without the written permission given by both producers prior to confirmation of the second booking.

8.5 It is the responsibility of each crew member to understand and acknowledge the CPA/Thailand Crew Working conditions and become familiar with all revisions which may occur.

8.6 It is the responsibility of each crew member to read the terms and conditions at the end of every call sheet of each production company.

8.7 All crew must be familiar with the “crew code of conduct”.

8.8 All junior crew not eligible for overtime will complete production time sheets that must be handed to production and forwarded to respective agents for monitoring purposes.

 

 

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