It says: We will be negotiating a fair contract for you 24/7.
Okay,I am attemping italics, I hope it works. I keep reversing the / -
That makes perfect sense about the AFTRA deal. I had no idea that there's only about ten AFTRA shows out there. All the rest are SAG. But there's a few thousand actors who are both SAG and AFTRA, I think.
AFTRA is easy to join. You walk up and pay, no credits no nothing. Most actors, I know, don't join AFTRA unless they have to because you can do the work as SAG. I have worked SAG at an AFTRA rate as an extra on shows that are really AFTRA. Paying another union I don't have to join, there seems no point. Everyone else join, just to join and are usually green, young, actors who think joining a union will help them. It really doesn't.
Who is the AFTRA deal designed for? What sort of actor? Yipes! That's not good. The new media could open doors for you, get you out there. It is easy to get auditions without representation?
For film and high paying theater, no its very difficult, but the internet is so new - there are so many people out there doing things - so if it was union it would open more doors. Did that make sense? So, what I'm saying is, You are correct, both coasts.
What happens when something new comes out is the laws just don't follow over. That is why these contracts are so important, its an important time for the WGA and SAG. New media is like being in the wild west - and it needs to be policed. I read an article about an actress (and this was a long time ago) whose image was used on line for a lewd video game to promote her movie. And she knew once it happened there was nothing she could do about it.
They should be thinking of the needs of the many outside the needs of the few. But the few are the ones who bring in the big bucks.
Yeah, I'm afraid they are forgetting about the little people.
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Just got an email from SAG
Date: 2008-06-26 12:28 am (UTC)Okay,I am attemping italics, I hope it works. I keep reversing the / -
That makes perfect sense about the AFTRA deal. I had no idea that there's only about ten AFTRA shows out there. All the rest are SAG. But there's a few thousand actors who are both SAG and AFTRA, I think.
AFTRA is easy to join. You walk up and pay, no credits no nothing. Most actors, I know, don't join AFTRA unless they have to because you can do the work as SAG. I have worked SAG at an AFTRA rate as an extra on shows that are really AFTRA. Paying another union I don't have to join, there seems no point. Everyone else join, just to join and are usually green, young, actors who think joining a union will help them. It really doesn't.
Who is the AFTRA deal designed for? What sort of actor? Yipes! That's not good. The new media could open doors for you, get you out there. It is easy to get auditions without representation?
For film and high paying theater, no its very difficult, but the internet is so new - there are so many people out there doing things - so if it was union it would open more doors. Did that make sense? So, what I'm saying is, You are correct, both coasts.
What happens when something new comes out is the laws just don't follow over. That is why these contracts are so important, its an important time for the WGA and SAG. New media is like being in the wild west - and it needs to be policed. I read an article about an actress (and this was a long time ago) whose image was used on line for a lewd video game to promote her movie. And she knew once it happened there was nothing she could do about it.
They should be thinking of the needs of the many outside the needs of the few. But the few are the ones who bring in the big bucks.
Yeah, I'm afraid they are forgetting about the little people.
OMG the italics worked... well for now.