Stumble it!New Milestones
Since I have hit a bunch of milestones as of late, I decided to pick some new ones and list them here:
1) Get my SAG Card (currently I am AFTRA)
2) Reduce my Bacon number to 2 (completed 10/31/05)
3) Play a principal role in a project with a budget over 100K
4) Play a principal role in a project that screens at Sundance or Cannes.
Wish me luck!
[…] Back in the beginning of this year I had posted some milestones that I hoped to achieve during the coming year. I am happy to report that another of these milestones, the second so far, has now been met. The milestone I am referring to was my desire to be offered a SAG card from the Screen Actors Guild during this year. You are not allowed to just join the guild out right, you must be asked first. In order to be asked you must meet the requirements. The requirements vary; I worked 3 days as a background extra on SAG shoots for SAG wages. That is the tricky part, because non-union background extras are rarely paid union wages. However, if you are in a sister union of SAG like AFTRA, of which I am a member, you do get paid the same union wage. So many people join AFTRA first because it has no requirements and it is kind an easy back door into SAG. It does however cost $1400 dollars to join AFTRA, so some people don’t take this route. Also it cost another $1400 to join SAG once you are invited. I just sent in all my info yesterday and should get my plastic SAG card in the mail soon. Being a member of SAG looks damn good on actors resume and lets people know that you are serious about your craft because it ain’t cheap to join. […]
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