Boston Movie Extra

I had a recent email asking me my thoughts on dropping their AFTRA membership, my answer is don't. I have been a proud member of both sag and aftra for the past 20 years and let me tell you I wouldn't dump my aftra membership at all especially now and I will tell you why. First yes I do use my sag card more than my aftra but as you might have noticed their have been some recent pilots that have come by that have been "aftra only" Second with the new studio coming in Sept 2010 and is estimaing around 900 comercials a year, I wouldn't dump it for anything. To some people the AFTRA card might be meaningless but I don't think that will be the case in the next 24 months..

I have been a proud member of SAG for 20 years now and I happen to love it. People ask me if they should be SAG because they are "a must join". My answer to that is if you want to do a few Non-Union projects for the experience then don't join as of yet, because you will not be allowed to if you are SAG. If you want to join SAG, know that it is a good thing the pay is better and the opportunities get a little better too, you just have to work at it. But please, please, please do not risk your SAG membership by doing NON-UNION work you will be found out. If anyone has opinion on this especially SAG members voice your opinion. As always if you have any questions or comments you can email me at bostonmovieextra@yahoo.com