I Haven’t Been Paid Yet
Rachel writes in: I worked on a project over 6 months ago and I still haven’t been paid. I’ve emailed several times, to no avail. The coordinator who hired me is no longer involved with the project. Do you have any advice? Most productions will pay you a week or two after the end of […]
The Real Cause of the Earning Gap
The Real Cause of the Earning Gap In which our intrepid blogger explains why there is a wage gap, and offers no good solution whatsoever… On this week’s episode of Scriptnotes, John August and Craig Mazin discussed the WGA Writers Report. They made a lot of good points, and you should totally listen to that […]
Not Getting Overtime
An anonymous reader writes in: I’ve just been told my show doesn’t have the budget to pay for OT, even though I’ve already had an hour and a half of it. The producer claims that no one gets OT. Even worse, my call time was 7:00 am to load gear and such from the rental […]
PA Rate
A reader who didn’t sign her email and has an incomprehensible list of letters and numbers for an address (at netscape.net, of all domain names) asks: I’m currently working as an Office PA on a […] film which I have been told is trying to keep things cheap, and was a little shocked that I […]
Another Stupid Competition
I was listening to the Adam Carolla Show this morning, and they had Kaitlin Olson, from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, as a guest. They were talking about how poor you are when you’re starting out, and Adam said, “But you’re making good money now, at least.” “Oh, yeah, I’m making big bucks,” she sarcastically […]