Scribe Strike!!!
Either tomorrow or Monday, Hollywood screenwriters will go on strike unless there's a dramatic resolution.
For a filmmaker now based in Korea, this seems like a foreign affair but it may affect a lot of things we do here. Especially for an international project, if you want to hire a writer, most likely he/she is a member of WGA (Writers Guild of America).
Will it last? How about the DGA or SAG strike next summer?
Stay tuned.
Either tomorrow or Monday, Hollywood screenwriters will go on strike unless there's a dramatic resolution.
For a filmmaker now based in Korea, this seems like a foreign affair but it may affect a lot of things we do here. Especially for an international project, if you want to hire a writer, most likely he/she is a member of WGA (Writers Guild of America).
Will it last? How about the DGA or SAG strike next summer?
Stay tuned.
Comments
If the DGA strikes next summer, and you were a member, would you necessarily put everything down and just stop working as a director? Do you then carry-on with other activities (producing, developing, and writing other projects)?
So since you are a member (or at least were a member---receiving residual cheques), then a DGA strike would indeed affect you directly (pardon the pun), yes? Are there those that opt out and do not join the union?
Are there wholly non-union films, and if so, does that mean every single person involved was non-union?
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No, I'm not a DGA or WGA member but somehow I received my residual checks from the foreign levies. So I guess I support the unions. Haha.
Seriously, no one seems to know what's going to happen. Right now, no one is planning to go into production next summer knowing both DGA and SAG will go on strike. As for non-union projects, there could be non-union crew for indie films but if you want to hire any professional actors, they're most likely SAG. Therefore, everything will pretty much stop next summer if they go on strike. Think of this WGA strike as an appetizer. :)