SAG Indie Contracts Meeting

I attended a SAG meeting about contracts so that I could see how to videotape myself and stay "legal" in the eyes of SAG. Let me tell you...it's not easy. They got rules on top of rules and rules on how the rules should be ruled.

The bottom line that I figured is that if you are BROKE and still want to do union videos that you need to get an Internet contract. You defer all salaries until the project is sold and distributed. You can also enter the project into festivals and such, but you MUST 1st show it on the Internet for 2 weeks (I think it's two weeks). This contract also avoids having to show proof of Workman's Compensation insurance. The SAG Experimental and Modified Low Budget require the actual certificate before your project will be SAG sanctioned. Workman's Comp is still "required", but you don't have to produce the actual certificate. That's what I was told and I didn't push it any further. ;)