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Let's say you got a script to a production company. They like it, and say they'll buy it after the strike is over. Would that be considered scabbing?
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Let's say you got a script to a production company. They like it, and say they'll buy it after the strike is over. Would that be considered scabbing? [/ QUOTE ] Don't be a Fool ( <font color="white">For the City </font> ) |
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Let's say you got a script to a production company. They like it, and say they'll buy it after the strike is over. Would that be considered scabbing? [/ QUOTE ] Yes, if they are a WGA signatory. |
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Kind of amusing to see Jesse Jackson and the dudes from Rage Against the Machine at the rally at Fox yesterday, using rhetoric better suited for migrant farm workers than the (not) poor, (not) oppressed Hollywood writers.
But every little bit helps, I guess. |
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Does anyone know if Showtime finished filming for Dexters last 6 episodes?
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So I just read this article on Jay Leno's staffers.
Leno's staffers are laid off They've all been laid off and are pretty pissed. Apparently he had reassured them that they would not miss car payments and house payments, etc. during the writer's strike. The article also mentions that Conan is personally paying some of his staff's salaries at the moment. "O'Brien confirmed Thursday, for example, that he would pay the salaries of at least 50 nonwriting "Late Night" staffers out of his own pocket on a week-to-week basis." Yay Conan [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] But when I read this I could not believe my eyes - "The fact that some of Leno's writers are paid $500,000 or more annually also didn't sit well with suddenly out-of-work production staffers who make a fraction of that amount. Writers also are getting residuals on "Tonight Show" reruns that air during the strike". Can this be true? $500,000?? My god I didn't realize how much these writers were paid. Any chance that it is off by one zero? |
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So I just read this article on Jay Leno's staffers. Leno's staffers are laid off They've all been laid off and are pretty pissed. Apparently he had reassured them that they would not miss car payments and house payments, etc. during the writer's strike. The article also mentions that Conan is personally paying some of his staff's salaries at the moment. "O'Brien confirmed Thursday, for example, that he would pay the salaries of at least 50 nonwriting "Late Night" staffers out of his own pocket on a week-to-week basis." Yay Conan [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] But when I read this I could not believe my eyes - "The fact that some of Leno's writers are paid $500,000 or more annually also didn't sit well with suddenly out-of-work production staffers who make a fraction of that amount. Writers also are getting residuals on "Tonight Show" reruns that air during the strike". Can this be true? $500,000?? My god I didn't realize how much these writers were paid. Any chance that it is off by one zero? [/ QUOTE ] No, that figure would be accurate. The average writer on a show will make around $200,000 a year. A senior writer can make millions. Still, producers can make much more, and would not have a show without the writer. There are many useless executives out there in TV land. |
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The average union Loader gets paid about 100k after over-time. A loader does nothing more than wrap the camera in a garbage bag and load the film. I will admit that the Loader is usually an aspiring cinematographer or director of photography, and he is also educated.
Work in Hollywood is incredibly volatile and inconsistent. Even if a writer is making 200k to write a show, that writer may not have a job for a few years after the show ends. Most shows only last a few seasons. If you expand these salaries over a life time, it does not amount to much. |
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I have it on good authority (meaning insider gossip) that a new offer is on the table and it's a good one. People are now expecting the strike to be over before the end of the year.
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