Recent content by Dleo

I love writing screenplays--for the simple fact that your imagination can do anything. But in reality you only have so much time and money. I've found that when you make movies there's actually three movies-- The one you write The one you shoot and the one you edit. Sure the scrrenplays...

Agreed

I'm not sure about Jackie Brown, but I do know for sure that R.Rodriquez and Tarantino had many troubles with the union during the shooting of "From Dusk till Dawn"--but they were able to get through it, because they paid close to union scale--although some crew members complained that they...

This is because you are honorable!!! I'm pro union as well, and wish I could have large enough budgets to always pay the unions. I've never gone into a shoot without having all the basis covered, and if I were going to make a $1.5mil dollar film meant for theatrical Distribution I would count...

I take the blades off the mixer, use them as peton's, and climb out. Then shoot a movie called The Adventures of a Incredible Tiny Man!! I would need a normal sized cinematographer this time though--cuz the camera would be fripping huge. Can't hand carry the camera any more :)

Create a Defferrment agreement that states how much you will pay the actor when the film makes money, and that you will pay him and 'any oganizations that may be revelent to his status as an actor." Do not name SAG, this will upset a distributor. 'any oganizations that may be revelent to his...

SAG ELIGIBLE ACTORS Performers are eligible to join SAG after working on a SAG film in a principal role, gaining "Taft Hartley" status 15 days after the first day of work - or meeting background entry requirements. This means that the next SAG project they do will allow them to be a card...

I agree completely!!! I think SAG is a great organization for the most part!! They just seem to have issues with dealing with ultra-lowbudget filmmakers. I wish I could get larger budgets to make my films with. With a larger budget I would be happy to pay union scale and work with SAG, and...

PAYING ACTORS The best way to pay actors and anybody on a set is at the end of the week--or the last day of the week they work. You will keep the actors and crew happy, and your set will have harmony. Never miss a payroll, and never be late. Your crew and actors will love you, and they will...

SAG!!!! I'm the original poster of this thread. My whole hearted advise is to try and get your actor to do the film with out SAG. Unless he has a name that will help sell your film then it's worth it. SAG is a pain in the ass. We were able to get our deposit back, and in the end we would...

I always pay the actors I work with, but this is the first film I used SAG. Our acters felt like SAG treated us badly aswell. It was mostly our agent. It was an aweful expereince, and they treated our production like they really didn't care about us. They laughed in our faces -- they treated...

2001 Prod, Thank you!!! finderskeepers, You're absolutely 100% right! I won't go SAG again unless I have KNOWN actors--FOR SURE

Our film Demon Equation is done and we are premiering it 11-11-11 in Farmington Michigan. Here's a link to the Website:http://demonequation.com/ Let us know what you think of the poster and TEASER. Dleo

We've made a new film!!! Most was shot on A Sony NEX VG10, but some was shot using the Canon HV20 -- We moved up a bit to the Sony, but we still love the HV20, and we used it for all kinds of shots!!! The Movie: Demon Equation runningtime: 99 minutes genre:horror Site...

UPDATE Well we have done everything SAG has asked of us. We sent every paycheck on time -- we paid a higher than expected deposit, we have done everything they asked of us on time, and correctly. Now we are looking to get our deposit back -- SAG has not returned any of our E-mails or calls in...