Archive for the ‘SAG Eligible’ Category
September 11th, 2008
The following was copied from Deadline Hollywood Daily: THIS IS AN ALERT TO ALL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD MEMBERS It is imperative to your well being that you read the TV/THEATRICAL NEGOTIATING UPDATE that was recently mailed to you by Screen Actors Guild and check the box showing support for Doug Allen, Alan Rosenberg and the [...]
Tags: AMPTP, Day Players, Guest Star, Residuals, SAG NEGOTIATIONS, Streaming Video, Top of Show
Posted in Actors, AFTRA, Alan Rosenberg, AMPTP, Auditions, Big Media, Deadline Hollywood Daily, Filmmakers, Hollywood, Indie Film, Louisiana Film Production, New Media, New Mexico Film Production, NOW MEDIA, Producers, Residuals, Right to Work, SAG, SAG Eligible, SAGIndie, Streaming Video, Strike, Texas film | No Comments »
September 10th, 2008
Okay, actors. Whether you’re SAG, Non-SAG, SAG-Eligible or anywhere in between, you need to get involved by joining the TXMPA. If WE don’t achieve a significant increase in our state film incentive program in the upcoming legislative session, our TEXAS film industry is going to be further decimated. At that point the decision actors will [...]
Tags: LOSING TEXAS FILM INDUSTRY, Texas Film Incentives, Texas Film Production, TXMPA
Posted in Actors, Auditions, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Austin Studios, Callbacks, Commercials, Directors, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Friday Night Lights, IActor, Indie Film, New Mexico Film Production, Producers, Residuals, SAG, SAG Eligible, SAG Membership, SAGIndie, TXMPA | No Comments »
September 1st, 2008
ACTING OUT of STATE by Craig Berlin Founding Board Member (Retired) Texas Motion Picture Alliance http://www.txmpa.org Acting is something close to my heart. Talent does not guarantee success and even though I did a lot of acting in high school and college, I opted to go behind the camera as a career because it felt [...]
Tags: Louisiana Film, Michigan Film, New Mexico Film, Tax Incentives, Texas Film Production
Posted in Acting, Actors, Auditions, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Austin Studios, Film Distribution, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Hollywood, Louisiana Film Production, New Mexico Film Production, Prison Break, Residuals, Right to Work, SAG, SAG Eligible, SAG Membership, SAGIndie, Tax Incentives, Texas Actors, Texas film, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas Filmmakers, Tommy G. Kendrick, TXMPA, Villa Muse, Whip It! | 2 Comments »
August 18th, 2008
Deadline Hollywood Daily has a full posting of all the most recent back and forth between SAG boards and SAG vs the AMPTP. Below is the full text of the email received by SAG membership on Friday, the 15th. August 15, 2008 CONTRACT 2008 UPDATE Discussions Continue SAG negotiators and industry representatives continue to have [...]
Tags: AFTRA, AMPTP, CONTRACT NEGOTIATIONS, DOUG ALLEN, SAG, SAG Actors
Posted in Acting, Actors, AFTRA, Hollywood, SAG, SAG Eligible, SAG Membership, SAGIndie, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund | No Comments »
August 7th, 2008
The following productions has approached SAG about shooting under a SAG signatory agreement. Not all of these projects will necessarily end up going SAG, so ‘buyer’ beware: American Cartel – Ultra Low Budget Agave Productions, LLC Location: San Antonio, TX Start Date: August 24, 2008 Devil’s Thumb – Low Budget Modified Ranch Studios Location: Austin, [...]
Tags: Actors, August Film Production from SAG, Austin Film, Friday Night Lights, Producers, Texas film
Posted in Acting, Actors, Auditions, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Austin Studios, Callbacks, Casting Notices, Directors, Filmmakers, Filmmaking, Friday Night Lights, Indie Film, Producers, SAG, SAG Eligible, SAG Membership, SAGIndie, Texas film, Texas Filmmakers, Tommy G. Kendrick | No Comments »
May 21st, 2008
It’s interesting to see the search strings that viewers of the blog use to reach my little place here on the web. It has occurred to me, correctly I hope, that from time to time I should use some of those queries and offer a brief explanation. Here are a few facts about SAG and [...]
Tags: Actors, SAG, SAG Membership, Texas Actors
Posted in Actors, AFTRA, SAG, SAG Eligible, SAG Membership, Texas Actors, Texas film | 1 Comment »
April 29th, 2008
Recently, I wrote a piece in this blog asking for input from actors about the issues of being a SAG member vs being ‘SAG Eligible’. So far I haven’t heard from any actors who want to offer their input. To be fair, many actors who might reply probably have no idea this web site exists. [...]
Tags: Joining SAG, SAG, SAG Eligible, Texas Actors
Posted in Actors, SAG, SAG Eligible, SAG Membership | 9 Comments »
