A talk with Howard Shore. That's pretty god actually - I loves me some Movie Scores...
I've pretty much decided on doing it. Just have to get the $$$$$ together. Like I ve been told by multiple people, it's about additional options - and that's good with me.
Thanks
Mark
It's good to have the membership just in case. Some people lose out on opportunities when they have to say "I'm not in the union yet, but I have my hours." I don't work enough to get benefits, but every once in a while something will pop up and it has always been a great experience. Plus they have free screenings at the directors guild 1-2 times per month which can be cool. Last year they did the hobbit and afterwards we got to see howard shore talk about composing the music which made it all worth it for me.
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 6:07 PM, Tal Nitris@tal.bz [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
TalThe union doesn't mind when you do non union gigs.I am a big big fan of the health insurance.
On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Jay Mahavier jay_mahavier@earthlink.net [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Those are the sort of things that you have to figure out for yourself. But I don't know of any law that says that since you are in the union that you can't take a non-union job. But a non-union job isn't going to count towards your union benefits. And that's when you sit down and make the determination if you are getting enough offers for union work, or will be able to get enough union work offers, to make joining worth your while.
As for the needing to change classifications, I don't know. That's something you can probably call them and ask them about.
But no one can tell you if you joining the union is a good fit. We can tell you things to consider, but the final decision will need to be your own.
Jay
On Feb 26, 2015, at 1:35 PM, Mark Santora mrsantora@gmail.com [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Thanks for this Jay.
For me, the biggest things is that most of the Trailer Houses I work with are non-union. So I'm not sure how that would shake out. Also, it's a decent chunk of change to join, how easy is it to find work as a union member? If I join as a trailer editor, would I be able to find work as a TV Editor as well or would I have to change my classification within it and dues to move onto that?
Mark
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