Talk:Screen Actors Guild

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I would like to see a section analysing the benefits to producers and the detriments to artists.

By fixing the price a producer must pay for an actor, he may not hire as many actors for budget reasons. More actors would get work, but at this lower price.

Conversely, producers get a benefit from the union, because the union has culled the less talented or committed actors from the mass of actors who might want to work for that producer. The producer can choose from union actors, who as a rule are far better actors than the non-union folks.

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Should there be a page, or at least a section in this article, of current and past Presidents of the Screen Actors Guild? I was trying to find one online but so far havent come up with anything. Anyone? -R. fiend 18:52, 14 Jun 2004 (UTC)

does anyone know what format to use when you have an idea for a television show?

How about a small reference to the Film Actors Guild, referenced in Team America: World Police

[edit] Name rules

Say something about the rules for screen names. --Error 03:34, 22 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Non-Union

What does it mean if a production is "non-union"? It is not endorsed by SAG? Features non-SAG actors? What? Mucket 21:24, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Non-Union productions are films that have not signed the standard SAG agreement. A union film signs the SAG agreement, which grants the union a whole bunch of guarantees and creates liens against the production to ensure that the SAG rules are followed. Brian1975 01:29, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! Mucket 03:36, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Suggestions

Move SAG Awards to a separate article
Check article for lines that are lifted verbatim off the sag.org website, I believe there are many such lines, as they read with a familiar ring
Add information about the significance of SAG membership to actors-- how necessary it is, and the popular (and real) perception of how difficult it is to obtain a SAG card. SAG 'cards' are not even mentioned in the article. Central and relevant information about what SAG is and what its overall significance to industry and acting community seems to be missing whereas more peripheral information such as its past history and numbers on dues/salary is highlighted instead Santaduck 02:56, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
Add information on the strike of the summer of 1980, mentioned at 1980 in television. User:Ceyockey (talk to me) 02:21, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

I don't presently see any section at all about the SAG awards. Have I overlooked it? I've started many articles, but the ins and outs of awards-list articles are a bit out of my depth. Nonetheless, it would be good to have such an article, as watching last night's awards is what brought me to the SAG article in the first place. Lawikitejana 04:07, 30 January 2007 (UTC)