#sag aftra solidarity

[seanastinhopeunquenchable]

Sean Astin has been out on the picket lines daily outside Paramount, Netflix, Disney Studios, Amazon, etc, explaining the issues as he sees them.

#sean astin #sag aftra #sag aftra strong #sag aftra solidarity #union strong #wga solidarity #wga strike

[youngpettyqueen]

“Hollywood is gonna grind to a halt!! Nothing new will come out!! What then??” The shows and movies I haven’t seen already are literally countless and also I am a serial rewatcher

#wga strike #wga solidarity #sag aftra strike #sag aftra solidarity #it would take me months just to get through every Star Trek #threats of no new content do not scare me

[noriyucko]

with the wga strike recently coming to an end, i give my support and respect to the writers that protested and held out for the 5 long months.

but i do want everyone to still be aware that sagaftra IS still striking and has yet to receive a good deal, so dont forget to continue giving them full support as they continue. hopefully amptp will fall through for actors soon, but we still have to be prepared in case they continue being stubborn.

#wga solidarity #wga support #support sag aftra #sag aftra strike #sag aftra #sag aftra strong #sag aftra solidarity #writers strike #actors strike

[wilwheaton]

I just realized... I suppose now that the actors have joined the strike, there's not going to be any more Ready Room for the time being?

We have been finished with production for a couple weeks, now, and there will be new episodes of Ready Room (including today) with every new episode of Strange New Worlds for the rest of the season.

Regardless of how long the strike lasts, we won't be ready for new production until the end of the year. If we are still on strike then, I wouldn't be available for work. Let's hope that it doesn't come to that.

#sag aftra solidarity #ready room

[hamletshoeratio]

"But no new content 😭!!" that means jack shit. We have several literal decades worth of content we can watch or rewatch. The writers and now the actors too are not only fighting for their livelihoods but for the futures and the soul of their industries.

Fuck new content, fuck the executives and producers and powers that be who make millions upon millions while the people, who create the content that make them rich, can barely make ends meet.

Here's some suggestions to anyone who doesn't know what to watch;

Nostalgia rewatch; watch old favourites, shows and movies you haven't seen in years but that stayed with you, the ones that mattered to you.

Watch the shows your parents didn't let you watch growing up because they thought the show was "too mature" for you.

Watch the shows and movies people have recommended to you that you never found time for before.

Watch indie films!!!

Look at different genres than what you've watched before and give them a go.

Try films and shows from other countries and/or in other languages. There's dubs and subtitles available and these shows and movies can be just as good if not better than their American and/or English speaking counterpart.

And remember when watching shows, that you do not have to binge them all at once, you can have your own personal tv schedule and watch say an episode a week like you would've done when/if they aired before streaming

Look at some older films and shows, why does it matter if it's in black and white or the camera quality is lower than 4k and hd, so long as it's good? And so many of those shows and films, while not perfect, have aged better than shows that have come out in the last decade, like the golden girls for instance has aged so much better than say glee (ok many many many shows aged better than glee but let's be real for a second, music was better when artists were terrified of the Glee cast doing a better version of their song on the show. I do still wish it was a show my mom didn't let me watch tho, lmao glee was fine but no, her twelve year old being obsessed with Les mis and rewatching it religiously was cause for concern 😂😭 I was just as obsessed with glee for seasons 1-4 especially).

It's ok to indulge your inner child and rewatch the classics tm. The shows and movies you grew up with. Rewatch the shows that got you through sick days from school, the tv movies you remember watching premiere, the cartoons that MADE your Saturday mornings, etc.

On the topic of animation, that's literally an unlimited genre you can tap into, which rarely gets the recognition and respect it deserves.

Don't be afraid to watch the one season wonders, the shows that networks and streamers cancelled after one season in spite of strong reviews and good ratings. Or the shows that ended abruptly around the season 3 or 5 mark because networks and streamers cancelled them because they didn't want to negotiate contracts and have to pay the actors and writers more. Get angry, remember what the actors and writers are fighting for.

The privilege of older shows that either concluded naturally or that writers were given a heads up on might be on it's last season is that you get closure, unlike with the above. That might not mean an ending is good but a bad ending is better than a cliffhanger. There's always fix its fics for a bad ending. And if the ending is good, it's typically GOOD in my experience. The fear of a cliffhanger and zero closure has already turned many against watching new content until the show is renewed for another season or is fully wrapped (and fans don't hate the ending).

Watch the shows that were in their day or are popular or critically acclaimed, they usually hold up to the hype.

Watch the old shows and movies your favs were on/in before they were your favs.

Try a soap or a telenovela, they can be entertaining af (holby city my love, Tuesdays have never been the same since the BBC robbed me of you).

If you liked a reboot or a revival of a show, try the original (in certain cases, the og is even better, see boy meets world v girl meets world).

If you like period dramas, try shows and films from other countries based on their history. A lot of times when people are telling their own history it goes far better than when Hollywood tries it (see the many times Hollywood has actors brought in because producers think they're good for box office and they then go on to butcher the accent their character should have, see Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts, Meryl Streep and so many others who have absolutely butchered the Irish accent over the years for instance. There's also many many instances even recently of just blatant whitewashing see Matt Damon as the last samurai...).

Listen to recommendations, watch the shows and movies you know your family and friends loved but you never got around to watching.

#wga strike #sag strong #sag solidarity #sag strike #wga solidarity #wga strong #writers guild of america #writers guild strike #like your ncis law&orders greys er spn etc all have nearly 20+ seasons WE'RE GOOD FOR AWHILE FOLKS #like the amount of content we have for star trek alone like #do you want tos tos films star trek the animated series tng tng films ds9 voy enterprise dsc picard ld the shorts prodigy tas films? #support the strikes #union strong #sag aftra #sag aftra solidarity #sag aftra strike #sag aftra strong

[cyanide-sippy-cup]

All I have to say about SAG-AFTRA

Fuck yes

#its finally happening :) #i stand with sag aftra #also make sure to check their website to see guidelines about what they want us doing #ESPECIALLY if youre looking to join a union later down the line #sag aftra #actors strike #writers strike #sag-aftra #sag aftra strike #sag aftra solidarity #workers rights #union strike #wga strike #sag strike #union strong #union solidarity

[josie-and-the-pussycats-2001]

I’m seeing a lot of information being passed around about the SAG-AFTRA strike and have already seen this line of questioning on Twitter so I thought I’d address what this means for Broadway actors as I understand it;

Many of your favourite Broadway actors work in film, television and other fields of acting outside of Broadway and do have SAG memberships and thus ARE currently on strike

HOWEVER

Broadway actors are also apart of the Actors’ Equity Association - typically known as Actors’ Equity or just Equity - this is a SEPERATE union

Broadway actors apart of Equity are signed and working under Equity contracts for the productions they are starring in

As they are working under different union contracts, if you see Broadway actors going to their jobs, performing as usual, promoting upcoming theatrical work, etc. - They are NOT scabbing or crossing the picket line as they are not under SAG-AFTRA contracts

Broadway actors are complying with their Equity contracts and to not do so would put their jobs in jeopardies

Remember, the people who comprise Broadway productions are not just famous names but are comprised of many hard working actors who do not have the status or recognition of their more notable co-stars and should NOT be shamed under the guise of false information

HOWEVER

If you see Broadway actors signing onto new screen productions, promoting upcoming screen work, and breaking any of SAG-AFTRA’s strike rules, then it is up to your discretion if you want to bring this to people’s attention

I would like to make it clear that I am NOT an expert nor a professional working on Broadway, this is all information I have gathered from discussions from people involved in the industry. I am only making this post as I have yet to see anyone else address this and have seen some people be confused about what Broadway actors are currently doing in this moment so I hope to help clear things up.

If there is any information I have misunderstood, failed to share or falsely spread, please feel free to correct me and I will update this post.

TLDR: Broadway Actors are not crossing the picket line by continuing to perform in their current theatrical roles as they are under Actor’s Equity Contracts which is a seperate union to SAG-AFTRA

#broadway #broadway musicals #musical theatre #theatre #sag aftra #sag aftra strike #actors equity #wga strike #wga solidarity #sag aftra solidarity #also tbh actors equity should strike but 😗

[gracefulserpent1207]

I feel like people are forgetting that the SAG AFTRA strikes were not JUST about getting better pay for actors and writers. Another very big benefit of the strikes, that is more overlooked than people care to admit, is protection against AI.

The reason why people overlook the damage that AI does to actors (including voice actors) and writers (as well as many others) is because people just aren't educated enough on it and this is because it is being advertised to be this amazing, technological advancement that will save the economy when it's actually the complete opposite. AI is damaging the economy because it is putting so many people out of jobs. Not to mention the fact that strikes are usually concentrated around getting better pay for people, so when uneducated people hear about the SAG AFTRA strikes, they tend to assume that it's because the actors/writers that are striking are just asking for more money (which they ARE doing and which they have the right to do because the pay they get stinks) and so avoid the other, equally important factors.

There are so many cases where I've seen AI being advertised/used in a "positive" way recently. This included a boy from my college mentioning how he couldn't be bothered to do the homework that had been set, so he just used AI to write his homework for him. Are we really seriously going to allow this to happen? Are we seriously going to allow young people to neglect their education and use AI to fake work for them, getting them target/expected grades that are much higher than what they're actually going to get, giving them false hope?

Another example from what I've seen includes an ad on TV for a new phone that used AI with the camera, and boy did this ad piss me off. Part of the ad sees a group of teens taking a picture, in which they are all frowning, with this phone. They then use the AI included with the camera to edit the picture so that they are all smiling. Why? Was it not easy enough to ACTUALLY smile? If not, was it because they genuinely aren't happy? And if that's the case, should we really be sending a message to TEENAGERS to just hide the fact that they aren't happy and fake a smile instead? Use AI to cover up the fact that you're struggling? No. No we should not.

I know a lot of people reading this probably think I'm reaching or overreacting, but AI does genuinely have a long term effect in these cases.

But I think the most common, most damaging example of people using AI that I've seen is from social media, specifically TikTok but other platforms as well. And this is the use of AI voice filters.

The SAG AFTRA strikes have worked hard to benift actors of all kinds, including voice actors, and the reason I'm drawing so much attention to this fact is because people just aren't getting it into their heads how DAMAGING AI voice filters are for voice actors. Several voice actors have already lost their jobs from being replaced by AI that can replicate THEIR voices, the voices that form part (the most important part) of their identity. Not to mention how damaging it can be for voice actors' dignity to hear their own voice coming from something else, especially considering how this "something else" can replicate within MINUTES what they had to perfect for YEARS. Voice actors put so much effort into getting their voices to be perfect for the role that they're playing, yet AI undermines that effort by imitating those "perfect voices" within minutes. Voice actors actually care about their roles/characters and the fans that love these characters. AI does not. All it does is copy. Yet companies would rather have heartless machines working for them than real life people who actually care about bringing characters to life for fans.

And you wanna know what the worst part is?

Apparently, those "fans" would rather hear AI voicing their favourite characters too.

Because it is YOU (the fans) who create, use and/or like AI voice filters on TikTok/Twitter/Tumblr. It is YOU who cannot accept the fact that your favourite character's VA didn't say the crappy line you came up with at 2am that you commented to them on Twitter, so instead used AI to make the character say it yourself because OBVIOUSLY you're gonna drop dead if you DON'T hear them say that line. Obviously, you can't go on with your life without causing a completely innocent and good person to lose their job AND their dignity for your own entertainment.

Another VERY big issue with AI voice filters is that the majority of voice actors whose voices I have heard being used with AI have specifically said that they do NOT support AI and do NOT wish for people to use AI to replicate their voice. Obviously, some people may not know this, but others do and they choose to ignore it. This does not just go for the people who create the filters. It goes for the people who use and/or show support for it too (such as liking videos that use a filter, etc. ) because you are spreading the use of AI and making companies more aware of it and how easy it is to use, and are therefore causing actors to be replaced. How would you feel if you heard your own voice being used by strangers without your consent for their own entertainment?

So for that reason, I am going to say what most people are just too scared to say:

Fans are just as responsible for the SAG AFTRA strikes for using AI as the companies that have been treating actors/writers like shit for years.

If you have EVER created/used/liked/reblogged/reposted/shared/etc. a video that uses an AI voice filter, please please please PLEASE go back and delete/unlike the video, and NEVER do it again. Do NOT interact with videos using AI voice filters AT ALL. If you get a video on your TikTok fyp, it's not that hard to just scroll past and ignore. If you're still not sure what kind of videos I'm referring to, a good example of a popular AI voice filter that I've seen recently that people need to STOP using is a filter of Luz Noceda (voiced by Sarah-Nicole Robles, who has specifically NOT given consent for AI replications of her voice to be used) and Hunter Whittebane (voiced by Zeno Robinson, who has also specifically NOT given consent for AI replications of his voice to be used) from The Owl House singing She Wolf by Shakira. If you have EVER interacted with this filter, please go back and undo however you interacted with it and spread this message to others.

I'd like to end this "rant post" by saying that I am NOT in anyway an actor/voice actor, but I am an aspiring writer. I remember one day earlier this year seeing something on the news about how companies were considering replacing human writers with AI and how in a certain amount of years, human writers may not even be needed anymore, and this scared the shit out of me because writing has ALWAYS been my dream and I thought my future was over before it had even began.

So in conclusion, PLEASE spread awareness of how damaging AI can be (for actors, voice actors, writers, etc.) and PLEASE make sure to NOT interact with it when you see it being used, unless you are asking another person to stop creating/using/interacting with it. And if you see a VA asking for people to NOT use AI to replicate their voice, just do the bare fucking minimum and respect their wishes. Your life isn't over just because you didn't get to hear Luz and Hunter singing She Wolf. Put the livelivoods of other people before your own entertainment. Thank you.

P.s. I'm gonna tag this post with fandoms that I've seen use AI for replicating voices (to spread awareness), especially if a VA from that fandom has specifically asked for it not to be used. Feel free to reblog and add tags of your own for any fandoms that you think I've missed.

#sag aftra #sag strike #sag aftra solidarity #sag aftra strong #sag aftra strike #ai #ai generated #ai voice #actors #voice acting #voice actors #writers #five nights at freddy's #miraculous ladybug #the owl house #ninjago #sonic the hedgehog #my little pony #sonic prime #across the spiderverse #into the spider verse #there are so many other fandoms I'm just so tired and can't think of any rn

[moments-on-film]

The SAG-AFTRA strike is over! A tentative agreement has been reached for a 3 year contract between SAG-AFTRA and the AMPTP that will “see Hollywood up and running again within weeks.”

According to Deadline, the contract “was said to include big gains in wages and bonuses as well as sweeping AI protections.”

Huge day for actors and the industry! I’m waiting on the announcement from SAG-AFTRA with additional details, as the contract still has to be ratified and approved by union members.

Major respect and congratulations to SAG-AFTRA leadership, the SAG-AFTRA negotiation committee, strike captains, and members of SAG-AFTRA for standing firm in their strike and fighting for a fair contract. Major respect and congratulations to everyone impacted by this strike, including sister unions and to the allies and those who stood in solidarity!

We are back!

Update: SAG-AFTRA has released an official statement to members!

#the bear #the bear fx #the bear hulu #carmen berzatto #carmy berzatto #sydney adamu #carmy x sydney #syd x carmy #sydcarmy #the bear season 3 #sag aftra solidarity #sag aftra #sag aftra strong

[mai-komagata]

omg jack and ethan on strike!

#spoimler #workers rights #sag strike #sag aftra #sag aftra strike #sag aftra solidarity #strange new worlds #i love these two #jack quaid #ethan peck

[davidaugust]

The fate of everyone who works in film and TV production hangs in the balance.

#ActorsStrike #SAGAFTRAstrike #SAGAFTRAstrong #IATSEstrong #TeamsterStrong #LiUNAstrong #UnionStrong #u1 #union #likeness #AI

#filmmaking #film #tv #sag aftra solidarity #sag aftra strong #sag aftra strike #sag aftra #sag strike #ai #safeguards

[seanastinhopeunquenchable]

Sean Astin really is an excellent spokesperson for his union and its members! Passionate, compassionate, articulate and with a mastery of the issues involved!

Here he is in front of the Amazon’s Culver Studio with union leaders from the WGA, the Teamsters and others.

#sean astin #sag aftra #sag aftra strike #sag aftra strong #sag aftra solidarity #wga strike #wga #teamsters

[scruffylookingpiratecaptain]

I know everyone has already talked about the strike, but as someone who works in the industry and who’s livelihood is directly impacted, I wanted to throw in my two cents.

Yes, my job is impacted right now. But it would be far more impacted if the studio execs get their way.

They’re trying to make writers and actors obsolete. Effects artists and costumers are absolutely next on the chopping block.

Support the strike. We’re fighting for the soul of our art right now.

#wga strike #sag aftra strike #wga strong #sag aftra strong #wga solidarity #sag aftra solidarity #i stand with wga #i stand with sag aftra

[toweringclam]

So netflix has its biggest hit of all time, both international and domestic, and the showrunners say, "We can have season 2 in a year once the strikes are over."

Within a month, they have announced season 2, and one of the strikes has ended. The other probably isn't for behind.

I know it's not the only reason, but I think One Piece has to get some of the credit for forcing Netflix to the table.

#one piece #one piece live action #one piece netflix #opla #wga strike #wga strong #support the wga #wga solidarity #sag aftra #sag strike #support sag aftra #sag aftra solidarity #sag aftra strong #sag aftra strike

[lg5]

lol

#Bad Faith Negotiators #wga #wga strike #wga strong #sag aftra #sag aftra strike #sag aftra strong #sag aftra solidarity #Deadline

[domhnallgleesonhaven]

Domhnall today in St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin to show his support to fellow actors, writers and creatives who are striking in the USA

#domhnall gleeson #sag aftra strike #sag aftra solidarity #wga strike #wga solidarity #dublin