Don't say your in the movie until you see it first..
The golden rule I would say to one's self is don't say that you are in a movie until you see the final cut. You can say you worked on a movie that's fine, but unless you see yourself in the film don't say a word. I once knew this guy that I worked with last year for 3 days straight and would constantly talk about this particular film he was in and worked on it for a long time, and stood next to such and such, and he was featured etc, etc you know the drill.. Well after talking about this for hours to more than a dozen people, he was becoming annoying. Well low and behold I watched this film a couple of months ago and he was NO WHERE! A couple of days ago I worked with him again along with a couple of people that were there (at the other set last year). Once he saw us he just came up and said "You can't say your in the movie if your not in it" All we said was "exactly" Hey we have our good days where we have face time and there other times we don't but we love this business and we don't care...it's the movie biz folks!
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When do you really know that you should??
Thanks for any info in advance.
depends on why you are joining..
If you are joining the union so you can make more money while on set..do it as soon as you are asked/eligible..
If you dont have enough professional experience, then you should wait till you do. There is far more NON union jobs readily available then union. Once you are union you CANNOT work NON jobs..and will limit your experience.
And you will know when you can join SAG, when you can (you will have earned your 3 waivers and can check on there website 14 days after your 3rd is earned)..AFTRA you can buy your way in.
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As far as when you should join the Union, that all comes down to your personal situation. If you're just working background and want to make more money doing it then you're probably good to join as soon as you can. If you need more experience in roles, wait till you feel you have the experience. Union may get a faster more frequent look when it comes to auditions but if you can't land the role it does you no good and you're worse off. You want to have some kind of resume and experience to talk about and that just may come from non-union work. If you jump in and join the Union, you can't do anything non union. So evaluate your experience, what you want work you want to do and see what fits for you. It's important to point out that plenty of Union people have only done background and even though they are Union still haven't done any actual Union acting roles. So it's not a guarantee that you will get those anyways. It's harder to get an audition for a production like we're talking about if you're non union but it's possible. I'm non union and I was called to audition for a speaking part out of the blue. I got as far as a callback (second audition for the NY Casting Director) but sadly didn't get the role. But still, it happened. Lay out your goals and experiences first and decide what is best for you at the present time. If you feel it's better to wait then wait. Once you join, you can't take back the decision.
- lol!! even as an extra family and friends think it's "your" movie when you tell them your just going to be part of the experience.
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