Miles Francis Cage's Lounge Discussions

http://www.sagaftra.org/content/steps-join

You are most welcome, I'm here to "pay it forward" whenever I can. Thank you and best of luck to you.

Be aware that Web Series do not make you eligible with the new rules per SAG-AFTRA since merge.

Wow thanks for the input everyone i really appreciate it alot. since i'm a newbee to this whole acting/entertainment biz

I understand what Brad is saying, however, are YOU looking at this from an actors point or are you interested in producing? The best thing for you to do is contact SAG-AFTRA at (323) 954-1600 and this is part of what they will tell you. They will be able to tell if you are currently eligible by your SS#. If you did a union sanctioned work prior to the merge in May 2012, they should have that on file, hence the SS# reference, you will be immediately eligible, if after, you need 3 days of any acting (even extra work counts) to become eligible. After that, you can join, there is a 1 time $3000 fee, $99 bi-annual payments due every May and Nov. and they will expect you to pay them 1.35% of your previous years union worked earnings once you have joined, they will explain this much better than I, I'm just trying to give you a broad picture (no pun intended) of what to expect. If you are unsure if a project you worked on was Union (SAG or AFTRA) just ask because they will tell you, please have that information handy, i.e. Production Company, correct name of project etc. When I mentioned at the beginning of this discussion about keeping your contracts and original pay stubs from a project, this can be huge in your favor because if the production paid you SAG/AFTRA wages and it wasn't reported correctly to SAG/AFTRA, which unfortunately does happen, you can now prove that you did! Producing is wonderful, however, do you have the money or backing to do your own project? Call SAG-AFTRA, they will confirm what I have listed in this post. Again, feel free to contact me directly, I deal with this subject on a frequent basis being a talent agent. Again, best of luck to you Miles!!

I'm a actor

Industry standard is 8x10 and can be either glued on with spray glue(Kinkos,office max,etc),or stapled in all four corners. If your wanting to set yourself apart from the multitudes,I'd recommend acquiring some clear head head shot envelopes (Google it). In addittion add a small,to the point cover letter asking for a meet n greet telling them what kind of work your looking for and what roles you book. Shorter is better. Have your coach or trusted industry pro proof your resume to clean up as well before you submit All the best !

ok thanks Mark for those ideas i sent a few out stapled here in Chicago and LA and my LA friends said no one staples anymore.