CORPORATIONS, August 2000; Internet Prospector

August 2000
Internet Prospector

CORPORATIONS

CONTENTS:
Entertainment Industry -- Producer's Guild
Alex Epstein's Talent/Agent List
AFTRA -- Fees and Rates for Entertainers

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY -- PRODUCER'S GUILD

Let's take a look at the business side of entertainment.

The Producer's Guild has nicely categorized business and information links to the entertainment industries:

Motion pictures
Television * On location (find film commissions in your state)
Pre-production, production and post-production businesses
Organizations, unions and guilds

Some important guilds, with lists of members, studios, agents and more are: DGA -- Directors Guild of America http://www.dga.org/dga_links_page.htm

SAG -- Screen Actors Guild Agents listed by type of representation and by city. http://sag.org/ Contract fees for commercials: http://www.sag.org/contract2000/commercial_com_faqs.html

WGA -- Writers Guild of America Agents listed alphabetically and by state and major city. http://www.wga.org/agency.html

http://www.producersguildonline.com/links_c.html

ALEX EPSTEIN'S TALENT/AGENT LIST

According to Alex, there are four stages in a show business career: Who is Alex Epstein? Get me Alex Epstein. I need a YOUNG Alex Epstein. Alex Epstein -- isn't he dead?

Over the years Epstein has built a list of about 1,400 actors, actresses and directors, along with their agents. Note his instructions for downloading the list, and his caveat on the currency of the list. Read this for fun and for an honest appraisal of the 'business.' One of his sub-titles: Hollywood, the Animal That Eats its Young.

http://modigliani.brandx.net/user/musofire/talent.html

AFTRA -- FEES AND RATES FOR ENTERTAINERS

How much do people in the 'the biz' make? AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) can tell you the minimum rates and fees for all types of entertainers: actors, announcers, singers, musicians, stunt-people, comedians, choreographed swimmers and skaters -- EVERYone.

Scroll down to "How can I find out how much a job pays?" Some rate-charts are up front. Find others after the text on contracts. The Local link takes you to addresses for local AFTRA offices.

http://www.aftra.org/faq.html

Beverly Goodwin

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