Under-five

An under-five, also known as, an under-5, or a (U/5): is an SAG-AFTRA contract term for an American television or film actor whose character has fewer than five lines of dialogue.

Under-five work

Under-Five work is regarded as both desirable and undesirable. Getting an under-five can be a stepping stone to bigger roles. Some however, see it as mere grunt work or beneath their standing as an actor. Prior to the SAG-AFTRA merger, it used to be that actors performing under-fives in the capacity of a recurring character, as a member of AFTRA, and after one year's time, became eligible for Screen Actors Guild (SAG) membership. Once a backdoor for getting the difficult-to-obtain SAG card, now comes automatically with lines performed on an Under-Five contract.

AFTRA pay-rate rules

According to AFTRA union rules a speaking part exceeding five lines in a day triggers a substantial rise in pay. To remain an under-five the total number of words in the five lines or less must be below 50. Under-five roles have therefore been an integral consideration in script development, especially in regards to episodic budgeting.

U5

U5 or U-5 may refer to:

German submarine U-5 (1935)

German submarine U-5 was a Type IIA U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was laid down on 11 February 1935, launched on 14 August and commissioned 31 August that year, under Oberleutnant zur See Rolf Dau.

U-5 served mostly as a training boat from 1935 to 1940, but did see two wartime patrols in 1940. She was transferred to the 21st U-boat Flotilla on 1 July 1940.

U-5 was sunk on 19 March 1943 in a diving accident west of Pillau (now Baltiysk in Russia); 16 of the 37-man crew survived.

Design

German Type II submarines were based on the Finnish submarine Vesikko. U-5 had a displacement of 254 tonnes (250 long tons) when at the surface and 303 tonnes (298 long tons) while submerged. Officially, the standard tonnage was 250 long tons (250 t), however. The U-boat had a total length of 40.90 m (134 ft 2 in), a pressure hull length of 27.80 m (91 ft 2 in), a beam of 4.08 m (13 ft 5 in), a height of 8.60 m (28 ft 3 in), and a draught of 3.83 m (12 ft 7 in). The submarine was powered by two MWM RS 127 S four-stroke, six-cylinder diesel engines of 700 metric horsepower (510 kW; 690 shp) for cruising, two Siemens-Schuckert PG VV 322/36 double-acting electric motors producing a total of 360 metric horsepower (260 kW; 360 shp) for use while submerged. She had two shafts and two 0.85 m (3 ft) propellers. The boat was capable of operating at depths of up to 80–150 metres (260–490 ft).