![]() ![]() ![]() In five years, Netflix will be selling a “Scorsese” filter for Adobe Premiere. The DGA all but signed away a director’s vision to the AMPTP in exchange a chance to beg for scraps later. This is where you need the real protection: so your own work can’t be used to replace you. With that in mind… DGA Members: read the fine print before you vote on this utter betrayal of your profession.Ĭause that’s insane. Technically the DGA membership could vote this down, though no one’s holding their breath. ![]() training the robot that will replace you – all they got was the chance to “discuss appropriate remuneration, if any” for training AI for the “purpose of creating new motion picture content.” Yup, that’s the actual language. Instead of “one” meeting a year, they got “two.” Instead of putting the director in charge of decisions about AI use, they got “consultation.” (Which just means if a director says no to AI, they’ll get fired for someone who’ll say yes.) Worst of all, on the most critical issue of training up AI on members’ work – i.e. Lovely, we moved one rung up the negotiating ladder away from “total corporate psychopathy.” But then holy shit, the actual language was revealed…įucking loopholes big enough for James Cameron to drive the Titanic through. ![]() So, it technically counts as an improvement the DGA got AMPTP to budge from its oh-so-popular “We won’t promise not to replace you with robots!” position. Pro-tip: the best way to save money in production is to have enough writers still around to rewrite the scene! Yet, AMPTP won’t consider giving a showrunner the writers he or she needs through production to ensure the show stays on schedule. It’s even kind of hilarious: an “extra” day is about the most expensive part of a show’s budget. An added day of shooting is definitely great for TV directors, though it felt a little like the doggy-treat the AMPTP tossed its favorite pet for closing the deal early. Seriously, did these guys just blink and lose their nerve Saturday night? With almost a full two days before the SAG results came out? Honestly, once that 98 percent SAG number hit, the irritation gave way to… pity: how much did the DGA’s “world class negotiators” leave on the table? Needless to say, the ol’ Twit feed was chock-full of Succession memes painting the DGA as any or all of the hapless, self-destructive Roy children. WGA leadership had been telegraphing that it was coming the whole week before. Now, this was the least surprising deal in the history of Hollywood labor. Or as I like to think of it, Munich 1938.* However, before basking in that golden glow, let’s go back to the DGA deal for a second. we’re about to shoot a take), I’m going to close my eyes and just remember that number. Next time a guest star asks me to rewrite a big speech 5 minutes before picture’s up (i.e. One cannot understate the miraculous rarity of this warm, fuzzy feeling. Never in the history of Hollywood have more writers wanted to hug more actors all at once. I’d bet an afternoon of awkward stares at the Grove means very little to Tim Cook.)īut then the out came the sun: SAG. (A well-meaning, but slightly quixotic campaign: Apple barely blinks when accused of child labor. Of course, it might’ve been because half the Guild was out leafleting Apple stores. With a light touch of shitty drizzle, as if the clouds couldn’t even make up their minds whether or not to rain on our parade. It was just a little grayer outside Paramount Monday. 21 Showrunners in Three Seasons: How 'Happy Endings' Became a Case Study on the Value of a Traditional Writers Room ![]()
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