It can be hard to understand exactly how agency packaging fees and producing impacts writers’ salaries. This short explainer video does a great job visualizing the issues, and looking at why the WGA is in negotiations to address agency conflict of interest.
Twenty Questions About the Agency Agreement
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John welcomes WGA negotiation committee members Chris Keyser and Angelina Burnett to answer listener questions on what’s happening and what to expect. They offer insight into the history of the issues and new tools the Guild is rolling out for staffing season.
We also follow up on the Disney/Fox 2000 merger, why we won’t be saying ‘baby writers’ anymore, and upcoming meeting dates for the WGA.
Links:
- The Disney – Fox Merger
- Upcoming WGA Meetings and Voting Info
- Ask a Native New Yorker by Jake Dobkin
- Patriot on Amazon
- Money Heist on Netflix
- My Brilliant Friend on HBO
- We’re hiring a coder! If you’re interested please send an email to assistant@johnaugust.com
- You can now order Arlo Finch in the Lake of the Moon
- Submit entries for The Scriptnotes Pitch Session here.
- T-shirts are available here! We’ve got new designs, including Colored Revisions, Karateka, and Highland2.
- John August on Twitter
- Craig Mazin on Twitter
- John on Instagram
- Find past episodes
- Scriptnotes Digital Seasons are also now available!
- Outro by Chuck Eyler (send us yours!)
Email us at ask@johnaugust.com
You can download the episode here.
UPDATE 4-5-19: The transcript of this episode can be found here
Guild Sets Dates for Meetings and Vote
For the past few months, the WGA West and East have been negotiating with talent agencies over a successor to our 43-year-old agreement. I’m on the negotiating committee and it’s been fascinating.
Soon we’ll be holding membership meetings to discuss what’s going on and what’s in store:
WGA West members in Los Angeles:
- Tuesday, March 26th at Beverly Hilton, 7:30 pm
- Wednesday, March 27th at Sheraton Universal, 7:30 pm
- Saturday, March 31st at Writers Guild Theater, 10:30 am
- RSVP using the link in the email you received from “WGA Mandatory.”
WGA East members in New York City:
- Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 7:30 pm.
- RSVP and bring your Guild ID card.
WGA members will be voting on the following resolution:
To authorize the Board and Council to implement an Agency Code of Conduct, if and when it becomes advisable to do so, upon expiration of the current AMBA on April 6, 2019.
Voting for will take place for West members from Wednesday, March 27 at 9pm PDT through Sunday March 31 at 10:00am PDT. For East members, voting runs from Wednesday, March 27 at 9pm EDT through Sunday, March 31 at 10:00am EDT.
Eligible members will receive an email that includes a link to the online ballot when the ballot is activated. Please vote!
The Final Moment
John and Craig examine the final moment in movies, what they do and why they change so often.
We also take on vaccines, corruption, and extreme weather in another installment of ‘How Would This be a Movie’ and follow up on important upcoming meetings for the WGA.
Links:
- Aladdin in theaters May 24th!
- Chernobyl first episode on HBO May 6th.
- Unvaccinated Boy Got Tetanus, and Ohio teen defies parents and gets vaccine.
- Trump grounds Boeing 737 planes
- Extreme Avalanches in Colorado and Bomb Cyclone Storm
- Humblewood Campaign Setting for DND kickstarter
- Why Humans started saying “f” and “v”
- New Highland 2 videos and tutorials
- We’re hiring a coder! If you’re interested please send an email to assistant@johnaugust.com
- You can now order Arlo Finch in the Lake of the Moon
- Submit entries for The Scriptnotes Pitch Session here.
- T-shirts are available here! We’ve got new designs, including Colored Revisions, Karateka, and Highland2.
- John August on Twitter
- Craig Mazin on Twitter
- John on Instagram
- Find past episodes
- Scriptnotes Digital Seasons are also now available!
- Outro by James Llonch and Jim Bond (send us yours!)
Email us at ask@johnaugust.com
You can download the episode here.
UPDATE 3-25-19: The transcript of this episode can be found here.