Screen Actors Guild Photography Shack Guide
Screen Actors Guild With Members Around The World
By Judd Walker
Actors and actresses in America are represented by a
labor union called the Screen Actors Guild, or SAG for
short. SAG boasts over 120,000 members that include
TV actors, movie actors and voice actors. There are
also many performers from countries around the world
who are members.
The mission statement of the Actor’s Guild states that
they work to make sure that actors and actresses are
given fair pay and benefits, and that their working
conditions are acceptable. SAG also works to enforce
the payment of royalties and helps to secure employment
opportunities for its members.
The SAG associates itself with the AAAA (the Associated
Actors and Artistes of America and the AFL-CIO). Film
productions, or motion pictures, fall under the sole
jurisdiction of SAG.
Offices Across The US And Around The World
TV drama, film drama, internet, radio, and all other
media are shared with another union called AFTRA (American
Federation of Television and Radio Artists). SAG has
many offices across the United States and around the
world. Its main office is appropriately located in Hollywood,
CA.
There was a time, before the existence of the Screen
Actors Guild, when Hollywood took advantage of its movie
and TV actors and actresses. They would require them
to work long hours and would not allow breaks during
those times. The contracts offered to those performers
were abusive at best.
Actors Union Created To Meet A Need
Performers were forced to take long-term contracts
that the studio could renew at will, with no approval
from the performer. The contracts were famous for being
very controlling of the performer’s personal and professional
life, and most performers were unable to cancel the
contract because of certain wording that the studios
had strategically placed in the contract.
The Screen Actors Guild was started in 1925 under the
name of the Masquers Club. The Masquers Club was created
because of a need, by a group of about eight actors,
to put a stop to the abuses that the studios were forcing
onto its performers.
The Masquers Club Became The Screen Actors Guild
Film actors who had no contract found themselves facing
even worse conditions than did those with a contract,
and some actors and actresses had had enough. The Masquers
Club officially became the Screen Actors Guild in
1933.
In 1937, the passage of the National Labor Relations
Act prompted Hollywood producers to agree to negotiate
and work with the SAG labor union.
About the Author:
Judd Walker has written a number of articles on digital
photography, video and modeling including Become
A Model, Fashion
Models, Female
Models, Movie
Camera, Best
Digital Camcorder, Film
Director, Funny
Video Clips.
Keep a lookout as more articles from this author appear
on this website in the near future.
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