On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 12:27 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I have read that some lead actors in TV dramas ask for a producer > credit without any extra pay because it gives them a legitimate rationale > for being in the Writers Room at times, and in other ways suggest or lobby > for story ideas. >
That’s what agents tell their actor clients because that’s what studios tell the agents. If the actors are not in the WGA, they are not writing or exerting creative control. There are exceptions of course, but they are rare. > On Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at 8:40 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Kevin M, Thursday (12/20): >>> >>> The Producers Guild is a lost cause in terms of putting a cap on >>>> superfluous producer credits. A well run production requires at most two >>>> producers, one to oversee the creative aspects and another to oversee the >>>> organizational/financial aspects... sometimes one person can handle both >>>> sides of the production, but two are really what is required. But now >>>> actors get producer credits, as do their managers and lawyers, as do the >>>> relatives of the head of studio, as do the catering crew. Credits are seen >>>> as free contract negotiating ploys, but it ultimately hurts a production, >>>> tarnishes the credibility of the actual producers, and opens up a lot of >>>> people to civil litigation. You and I both know that Spielberg neither >>>> knows nor cares what’s going on at a crummy little CBS procedural, but now >>>> he’s getting dragged into it. And don’t misunderstand me, Dushku has every >>>> right to drag him into it as his name is right there in bold text, but his >>>> name is only there because CBS knows his name in the credits gives viewers >>>> a false sense of value. >>>> >>> >>> bermuda999, Friday (12/21): >> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> This is a serious question, if you know the answer: Does everyone >>>> listed as a producer receive a producer's fee, or can you hand out the >>>> title without the cash? >>>> >>> >> Only the Guild knows for sure. >> >> B >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
