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Screenwriting
Casting agents want residuals
Listened to a show on NPR yesterday about how casting directors want to join the Teamsters Union and get residuals on TV shows.
The guy they interviewed was like, "The actors get residuals each time the show airs, and so do the writers, but casting directors should get residuals, too. Sure, the writer wrote the dialog, but we casting directors helped make that character happen."
I don't buy it. I can see actors and writers getting residuals, but not casting directors. Can you?
Lois
The guy they interviewed was like, "The actors get residuals each time the show airs, and so do the writers, but casting directors should get residuals, too. Sure, the writer wrote the dialog, but we casting directors helped make that character happen."
I don't buy it. I can see actors and writers getting residuals, but not casting directors. Can you?
Lois
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[nq:1]Listened to a show on NPR yesterday about how casting directors want to join the Teamsters Union and get residuals ... " I don't buy it. I can see actors and writers getting residuals, but not casting directors.
- [nq:1]Listened to a show on NPR yesterday about how casting directors want to join the Teamsters Union and get residuals ...
- " I don't buy it.
- I can see actors and writers getting residuals, but not casting directors.
- [/nq] Do the Teamsters on film gigs get residuals?
- I mean the guys who drive the trucks...
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[nq:1]Listened to a show on NPR yesterday about how casting directors want to join the Teamsters Union and get residuals ... character happen." I don't buy it. I can see actors and writers getting residuals, but not casting directors. Can you?[/nq]
Do the Teamsters on film gigs get residuals? I mean the guys who drive the trucks... if they don't I can't see the casting directors getting them.
Do the Teamsters on film gigs get residuals? I mean the guys who drive the trucks... if they don't I can't see the casting directors getting them.
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I've heard of the greed of casting director's before. I've heard of them asking for an executive producer credit just to get a script in front of someone. Making a phone call call does not make a character happen, and asking for residuals diminishes the efforts of those actually involved in the production. Residuals? It's a big price to pay for someone to look up a number on their PDA and make a c
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[nq:1]Listened to a show on NPR yesterday about how casting directors want to join the Teamsters Union and get residuals ... happen." I don't buy it. I can see actors and writers getting residuals, but not casting directors. Can you? Lois[/nq]
Casting director.
Job function: Conceive/design a cast of characters to best support a movie story at the behest of a producing team.
Pay by the
Casting director.
Job function: Conceive/design a cast of characters to best support a movie story at the behest of a producing team.
Pay by the
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[nq:1]Casting director. Job function: Conceive/design a cast of characters to best support a movie story at the behest of a producing team. Pay by the job. Be done with it. One time thing. Next![/nq]
Agreed, they should be done with it and move on. Granted, I don't hear of everything, but I have yet to hear of a casting director who matches the major roles with the primary actors (without some
Agreed, they should be done with it and move on. Granted, I don't hear of everything, but I have yet to hear of a casting director who matches the major roles with the primary actors (without some
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[nq:1]Listened to a show on NPR yesterday about how casting directors want to join the Teamsters Union and get residuals on TV shows.[/nq]
Lois, I tried finding that broadcast on NPR's web site. Do you have more information about it?
jaybee
Lois, I tried finding that broadcast on NPR's web site. Do you have more information about it?
jaybee
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