tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396308313962730936.post981784425406623305..comments2013-04-13T07:38:10.868-07:00Comments on The Gadfly: Letter to Christopher Gray CastingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396308313962730936.post-80080656804964528122013-04-13T07:38:10.868-07:002013-04-13T07:38:10.868-07:00Here is a recent bounced check from this group.
...Here is a recent bounced check from this group. <br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151519468784286&set=a.491458389285.268650.607934285&type=1&theaterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396308313962730936.post-91414284647903034242012-08-03T21:51:48.546-07:002012-08-03T21:51:48.546-07:00I worked in that promo as well...never got paid:((...I worked in that promo as well...never got paid:(((Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396308313962730936.post-72989236503520023352012-07-31T13:57:05.140-07:002012-07-31T13:57:05.140-07:00Nick... he is here in griffin ga!Nick... he is here in griffin ga!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396308313962730936.post-60609614854557138152012-07-05T21:18:00.830-07:002012-07-05T21:18:00.830-07:00Good "Luck" collecting anything from Chr...Good "Luck" collecting anything from Chris Gray. He booked me for a job January 2012 and I haven't been paid since. Neither have 98% of the people I had worked with.<br /><br />If you find him, I'd like to know where he is so I can serve him some paperwork.<br /><br />~<br />NickAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535089536126312992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396308313962730936.post-38038841246115161082011-11-06T07:28:50.920-08:002011-11-06T07:28:50.920-08:00Look sir. I've give Christopher Gray casting ...Look sir. I've give Christopher Gray casting an opporrunity to make things right with me. I shared with them my ecperience and did not accuse them of, making things wrong. I did however, mention that there was a relationship between their agency and a chain of events that ultimately left me dissatisfied.<br /><br /> The reason I sent this letter is to do something different. Background actors get paid squat but what comes with the territory is a lot of downtime. On this particular day I was exploited. There was hardly any downtime and I was in the sun all day. Bg performers do not have an opportunity to pick and select their work. There are opportunities to join the union, however these exist everyday embedded in a crapshoot of what first assistant directors need at that very time and moment. You cannot become a union performer if you don't work.<br /><br />This letter was to appeal to make things right. While I personally did not charge christopher gray casting with any responsibility, I did mention that he was in a position to do me right. He could have called me up the following week and offered me a one time dispensation and used a union voucher on me. It is the same work but with 2.5 times the pay.<br /><br /> Why should I be chastised for negotiating a rate of compensation. I may have used an irrational means, but isn't the industry irrational? Many people want the work which pays pips and there is no shortage of ready and available extras? Also, I was promised a more personal touch, yet was required to pay at the time a 25$ administration fee(illegal).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5396308313962730936.post-37012086886263475802011-11-06T06:01:43.122-08:002011-11-06T06:01:43.122-08:00Dear Mr. Unlucky. First of all, your expectations ...Dear Mr. Unlucky. First of all, your expectations are far too high for "Background Extra" work. Even I will admitt, it's BS how they treat extras while they hull in millions off the back of our hardwork too. However, you seem to have that college mentality that just becaue you went to college, you deserve to get the big job with big money. It doesn't work that way nor should it. Also, you sound like you're blaming the ticket you got on getting called for this job. That's nobody's fault but your own. There was no need to even bring that into the story you've told. No need.<br /><br />To earn a unoin voucher, you need to be cast as a "feature" or "Principal" actor for the project. If you really wanna be union that badly, you can pay AFTRA their $1600 bucks! but it won't get you much farther. You have need to build a reel first and you do this by working on small projects, like for people in Film school. And most of it will be for free. Secondly, you will then need to find an agency that will accept you. The fact is; you won't get a speaking job unless you're with an agency and thus, you won't get a voucher until then. Fairly simple. <br /><br />Just so you know, I started out not knowing anything before I found my place but I didn't run to the web and announce it as you have. Not a good idea to do by the way. You need to research more about this type of work to inform yourself on how things really work here. Ask questions from people who have worked in this biz but don't complain because you will be black listed from every agency in town! I know several who are because of doing things like this. You just have to eat the bad that comes with the very little good until you make it bigger. That's just the pecking order you must follow. So Good Luck and learn!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com