Acting on Friday Night Lights - Be Ready to Improvise

POSTED BY txactor on Aug 13 under Acting, Actors, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Creating characters, Directors, Film Crew, Filmmaking, Friday Night Lights, Producers, SAG, Self Promotion, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund, Texas Filmmakers, Texas film, Tommy G. Kendrick

“Did anyone talk to you about how we shoot”? When I arrived on the set to shoot a scene as Dr. Campbell, doctor to Grandma Saracen (Louanne Stephens), grandmother of Matt Saracen (Zach Gilford) these were the first words I heard from producer / director Jeffrey Reiner. “Hummm…not really” was my cautious reply, not exactly […]

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August Production Update from SAG

POSTED BY txactor on Aug 7 under 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 Filmmakers, Texas film, Tommy G. Kendrick

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
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Friday Night Lights Warms Up For Season 3

POSTED BY txactor on Aug 6 under Actors, Auditions, Austin Actors, Austin Film, Callbacks, Casting Notices, Friday Night Lights, SAG, Self Promotion, Texas Actors, Texas Film Production Fund, Tommy G. Kendrick

Given the paucity of film work in the state due to lack of a competitive tax incentive package, the start of FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, Season 3 is a most welcome event. That is even more true this year since PRISON BREAK has fled Texas to hide out in the Los Angeles area, leaving FNL […]

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SAG and AMPTP Still Talking per Allen

POSTED BY txactor on Aug 4 under AFTRA, AMPTP, Actors, Alan Rosenberg, NOW MEDIA, New Media, Producers, Residuals, Right to Work, SAG, Strike, Tommy G. Kendrick

SAG members received the following missive from National Exec. Director and Chief Negotiatior, Doug Allen. The impression one would get from reading Daily Variety or listening to other press sources is that there is no ongoing communication and SAG is just stalling with no plan of action in place.
Some of the conventional […]

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Dark Knight Holds off the Mummy while Swing Vote Asks For Recount

POSTED BY txactor on Aug 3 under Box Office, Box Office Mojo, DARK KNIGHT, Directors, Producers, SAG, Tommy G. Kendrick

1 Dark Knight, The $43,800,000
2 Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon Emperor, The $42,450,400
3 Step Brothers […]

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AMPTP STANCE on NEW MEDIA UNITES SAG BOARD

POSTED BY txactor on Jul 30 under AFTRA, AMPTP, Acting, Actors, Alan Rosenberg, Big Media, Daily Variety, Hollywood, NOW MEDIA, Producers, Residuals, SAG, Tommy G. Kendrick

It looks like warring factions inside SAG have found some common ground vs the AMPTP. Finally, all the SAG board agrees that allowing SAG sanctioned, non-Union production and no residuals for certain so called new media production is a bad idea for actors.
Daily Variety reporter and AMPTP fanboy, Dave McNary lays it all out in […]

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Don Knotts, Comedy Genius - Revisited

POSTED BY txactor on Jul 28 under AMPTP, Actor, Actors, Andy Griffith Show, Don Knotts, Hollywood, Humor, Obituaries, Tommy G. Kendrick

How quickly we (I) forget. Last Monday, July 21st, was the birthday of one of my all time favorite comedy actors, Don Knotts. He would have been 84 years old. In the midst of all the back and forth between SAG and the AMPTP and the internal bickering in SAG, it is easy to forget […]

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NEW MEDIA: Amazon.com Offers Streaming Video On Demand

POSTED BY txactor on Jul 18 under AFTRA, AMPTP, Amazon.com, Big Media, Daily Variety, Filmmakers, NOW MEDIA, New Media, Producers, Residuals, Streaming Video, Strike, Tommy G. Kendrick, Writers

The following story on Amazon.com’s new Video on Demand service appears in newspapers across the country today, 7/18/08. This is just one more example of where film and video distribution is headed. And it is one more example of why the AMPTP is trying to force feed a bad deal on Screen Actors Guild […]

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MEDIA TRENDS ANALYSIS BY SCREEN ACTORS GUILD

POSTED BY txactor on Jul 17 under AMPTP, Actors, Alan Rosenberg, New Media, Producers, Residuals, SAG, Strike, Tommy G. Kendrick

Today, SAG distributed a white paper July 15, 2008 that is “is an analysis of trends that have emerged or intensified in the media landscape since the Directors Guild of America negotiated its deal with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers on January 17th, 2008.
In sum, what was once termed “new […]

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BIG PRODUCER$ Monetize YouTube Clip$

POSTED BY txactor on Jul 17 under AFTRA, AMPTP, Actors, Daily Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Producers, Residuals, SAG, Strike, Tommy G. Kendrick, WGA, Writers

While we wait for a resolution of the current contract ‘negotiations’ between SAG and the AMPTP, a few show biz reports give a look under the tent at why SAG is so concerned about issues like clip usage and residuals from new media. As an example, look at the deal announced this week between […]

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