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DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC. BASIC AGREEMENT OF 2011

Table of Contents

ARTICLE 1

Recognition and Guild Shop

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Section 1-100 RECOGNITION 1-101 Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91-102 Further Negotiations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Section 1-200 DEFINITIONS1-201 Definition of "Motion Picture" and "Motion Picture

Industry" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111-202 Theatrical Motion Pictures and Free Television Motion

Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121-203 Basic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121-204 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131-205 Definition of Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Section 1-300 DEFINITIONS OF EMPLOYEES RECOGNIZED1-301 Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131-302 Unit Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131-303 First Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151-304 Second Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171-305 Associate Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201-306 Work Reserved to Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Section 1-400 GUILD SHOP PROVISIONS1-401 Definition of Guild Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201-402 Future Employment Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211-403 Notice of Failure to Pay Dues and Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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Section 1-500 LISTS EXCHANGED: MAINTENANCE OF GUILD SHOP1-501 Employer's Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221-502 Guild's Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231-503 Reliance on Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231-504 Guild Dues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231-505 Continuation of Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241-506 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241-507 Definition of "Dues" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251-508 Right to Deduct Dues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

ARTICLE 2

Disputes Section 2-100 MATTERS SUBJECT TO GRIEVANCE AND

ARBITRATION2-101 Arbitrability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262-102 Limitation on Arbitrator's Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262-103 Defenses, Setoffs and Counterclaims . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Section 2-200 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE2-201 Time Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272-202 Grievance Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282-203 Grievance Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Section 2-300 ARBITRATION PROCEDURE2-301 Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282-302 Demand for Arbitration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282-303 Respondent's Statement of Its Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292-304 Selection of the Arbitrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292-305 Situs of Arbitration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312-306 Notification to Arbitrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312-307 Hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322-308 Exchange of Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322-309 Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

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Section 2-400 EXPEDITED ARBITRATION PROCEDURE2-401 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Section 2-500 ARBITRAL REMEDIES2-501 Authority of Arbitrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352-502 Consideration for Determining Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362-503 Compliance with Arbitrator's Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Section 2-600 COURT PROCEEDINGS2-601 Arbitration Exclusive Remedy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362-602 Claims for Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362-603 Petition to Confirm, Vacate or Modify Award . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Section 2-700 WITHDRAWAL OF SERVICES2-701 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

ARTICLE 3

Minimum Salaries for Directors of Theatrical Motion Pictures

Section 3-100 MINIMUM SALARIES3-101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383-102 *Guaranteed Period of Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-103 **Preparation Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-104 ***Cutting Allowance Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-105 ****Photography for Unknown Type of Theatrical

Motion Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403-106 Interchange of Assignment - Theatrical - Television . . . . . . 413-107 The Daily Rate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413-108 Series Bonus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413-109 Sequel Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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ARTICLE 4

Directors' Freelance Contracts

Section 4-101 Cost of Motion Picture As Basis of Salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434-102 Second Unit Work on Weekly or Daily Basis and

Applicable Preparation Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434-103 Starting Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434-104 Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444-105 Compensation on Recall for Particular Services . . . . . . . . . . 454-106 Compensation for Fractional Week (for Theatrical

Motion Pictures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464-107 Holidays, Sixth and Seventh Days Worked in the

Director's Workweek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464-108 Deal Memorandum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494-109 Personal Services Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504-110 Prohibition Against Credits and Offsets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504-111 Development Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

ARTICLE 5

Directors' Term Contracts

Section 5-101 Term Contract Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

5-102 Application of Minimum Salary to Term Contracts . . . . . . . 525-103 Layoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

ARTICLE 6

Suspension and Termination of Directors

Section 6-101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556-102 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566-103 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566-104 Replacement of Director Who Furnishes Material . . . . . . . . 566-105 Payment To and Mitigation By Discharged Employees . . . . 57

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ARTICLE 7

Directors' Minimum Conditions - Preparation, Production and Post-Production

Section 7-100 PREAMBLE7-101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Section 7-200 DISCLOSURE AND CONSULTATION WITH RESPECT TO COMMITMENTS

7-201 Disclosure Before Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587-202 Consultation After Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607-203 Consultation Regarding UPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607-204 Selection of First Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 607-205 Second Unit Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617-206 Individual With Final Cutting Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617-207 Production Executives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627-208 One Director To A Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Section 7-300 PREPARATION7-301 Literary Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647-302 Delivery of Shooting Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647-303 Stunts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657-304 Television Preparation Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667-305 Inclusion of Director's Name on Episodic Television Scripts 66

Section 7-400 PRODUCTION7-401 Dailies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667-402 Distant Location Viewing Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677-403 Private Office and Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677-404 Second Unit Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687-405 Special Photography and Processes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697-406 Use of Video Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697-407 Videotape of Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697-408 Audience Switchers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

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Section 7-500 EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION7-501 Responsibility of Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707-502 "Hotline" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707-503 Vesting of Post-Production Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717-504 No Interference with Director's Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717-505 Preparation of Director's Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717-506 Right to Be Present and to Consult . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777-507 Delivery Date for Television Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777-508 Right to Director's Cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787-509 Editing Theatrical Motion Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787-510 Editing of Motion Picture for Foreign Television Exhibition 817-511 Assumption of Obligations by Buyer or Assignee . . . . . . . . . 817-512 Producer's Scheduling Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827-513 Right of Consultation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827-514 Screenings of Unfinished Television Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827-515 Motion Picture Rating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827-516 Circulation of Film Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837-517 Editing Theatrical Motion Pictures for Foreign Exhibition . . 837-518 Release of "Director's Cut" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847-519 Notice of Director's Editing/Consultation Rights . . . . . . . . . 847-520 Participation of Directors in Post-Production Process for

One-Hour Series Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847-521 DVD Release of Theatrical Motion Pictures or Long-Form

Television Motion Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Section 7-600 COPY OF MOTION PICTURE7-601 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857-602 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867-603 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Section 7-700 PREVIEWS7-701 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867-702 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877-703 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877-704 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877-705 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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Section 7-800 COMPENSATION FOR CUTTING TIME7-801 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Section 7-900 COMPENSATION IN CASE OF LENDING (THEATRICALMOTION PICTURES)

7-901 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Section 7-1000 ADDITIONAL SCENES AND/OR RETAKES7-1001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Section 7-1100 LOOPING AND NARRATION7-1101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887-1102 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887-1103 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 887-1104 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Section 7-1200 THE DUBBING OF SOUND AND MUSIC7-1201 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Section 7-1300 FOREIGN VERSION7-1301 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Section 7-1400 REPLACEMENT OF DIRECTOR7-1401 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Section 7-1500 GENERAL PROVISIONS7-1501 Employer’s Decision Final . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917-1502 Third Party Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 917-1503 No Retaliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927-1504 Attendance at Casting Sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927-1505 Electronic Transmissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927-1506 Creative Rights Standing Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 927-1507 Post-Production/VFX Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

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ARTICLE 8

Directors' Credits

Section 8-100 GENERAL PROVISIONS8-101 Guild to Determine Controversy Over Credits . . . . . . . . . . . 958-102 Form of Director's Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 958-103 Restriction on Use of Word "Director" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 968-104 Better Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Section 8-200 CREDIT FOR DIRECTORS OF THEATRICAL MOTIONPICTURES

8-201 Screen Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-202 Visibility of Director's Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-203 Credits on Paid Advertising . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 988-204 Publicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1038-205 Publicity Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1038-206 Phonograph Records, Books and Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1038-207 Theatrical and Souvenir Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1038-208 Videodisc/Videocassette Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1048-209 Distribution and Licensing Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1048-210 Submission of Press Books and Advertising to Guild . . . . . 1048-211 Pseudonym . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Section 8-300 CREDIT FOR DIRECTORS OF TELEVISION FILMS8-301 Screen Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1068-302 Commercial and Other Material Not to Interfere with

Director's Screen Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1078-303 Size of Director's Screen Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1078-304 Visibility of Director's Screen Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1078-305 Submission of Proposed Screen Credit Format to Guild . . . 1078-306 Advertising Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1088-307 Assumption of Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1088-308 Publicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1088-309 Publicity Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1098-310 Director's Credit for Television Film Released Theatrically 1098-311 Pseudonym . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1098-312 Pilot Director Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

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ARTICLE 9

Directors' Special Conditions

Section 9-101 Underwater Work Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1109-102 Aircraft Flight Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1109-103 Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance . . . . . . . . 1109-104 Reporting of Hospitalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1119-105 Distant Location Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1119-106 Wearing Apparel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1119-107 Producing Directors (Television) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

ARTICLE 10

Minimum Salaries and Working Conditions of Directors Employed on "Free TV Pictures"

Section 10-101 Minimum Salaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11310-102 Compensation for Fractional Week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11810-103 Pilot and Spinoff Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11810-104 Interchange of Assignment -- Theatrical -- Television . . . . 12210-105 Other Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12210-106 Daily Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12210-107 Adjustment of Term Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12310-108 Preparation Allowance Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12310-109 Order of Shooting or Preparation of Consecutive Films at

Employer's Discretion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12510-110 Trailers and Promos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12610-111 Options -- Notice to Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12710-112 Multiple Picture Commitments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12710-113 Director Rest Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12710-114 Subcommittee for Long-Form Television Motion Pictures . 12810-115 Director Residency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

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ARTICLE 11

Additional Compensation to Directors for "Free" Television Films

Section 11-100 ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR RERUNS ANDFOREIGN TELECASTS

11-101 Additional Compensation for Reruns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12911-102 Foreign Telecasting Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13511-103 Method of Payment; Guild Access to Records . . . . . . . . . . 14211-104 Reports for Foreign Telecasting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14311-105 Television Motion Pictures and Contracts to Which

Provisions Hereof Are Applicable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14311-106 Employer's Acquisition of Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14311-107 [Deleted] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14311-108 Basic Cable Exhibition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Section 11-200 ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR THEATRICALEXHIBITION

11-201 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14411-202 Television Film Amplified or Combined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14611-203 Television Films to Which Additional Compensation

Applicable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14611-204 Time of Payment for Theatrical Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14711-205 Method of Payment and Records of Theatrical Releases . . 14711-206 [Deleted] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14711-207 Excerpts From a Free Television Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14711-208 Films Exhibited Without Admission Charge . . . . . . . . . . . . 15111-209 Compilation Television Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15211-210 Lead-Ins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Section 11-300 GENERAL11-301 No Director May Waive Minimum Salaries or Minimum

Additional Compensation for Reruns or Theatrical Use of TV Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

11-302 Payment for Combined or Extended Films . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15411-303 Excerpt From a Theatrical Motion Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

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11-304 Special Work for Theatrical Release or Reruns . . . . . . . . . . 15711-305 Reruns and Payments for Theatrical Release of Television

Films are Separate Additions to Minimum Salaries . . . . . . 157

ARTICLE 12

Pension, Health and Welfare Plans

Section 12-100 GENERAL PROVISIONS12-101 Trust Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15812-102 Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15812-103 Delinquent Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15812-104 Arbitration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15912-105 Loan-outs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15912-106 Claim Periods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Section 12-200 PENSION PLAN12-201 Employer Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16112-202 Definition of Salary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16112-203 Employee Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16212-204 Loan-outs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16312-205 UPM/Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Section 12-300 HEALTH AND WELFARE PLAN12-301 Employer Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16312-302 Loan-outs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16412-303 Contributions Not Deemed Wages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16412-304 [Deleted] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16412-305 [Deleted] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

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ARTICLE 13

Minimum Salary Schedules and Working Conditions of UPMs, Assistant Directors and Associate Directors

Section 13-100 MINIMUM SALARIES13-101 Minimum Salary Schedules and Conditions for UPMs,

Assistant Directors and Associate Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . 16513-102 Completion of Assignment Pay for Term Contract

Assistant Directors and UPMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16813-103 Completion of Assignment Pay for Freelance First

Assistant Directors, Freelance UPMs and Freelance Associate Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

13-104 Completion of Assignment Pay for Freelance Second Assistant Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

13-105 Employment Contracts and Layoffs -- UPMs and Assistant Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

13-106 No Intent to Evade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17713-107 Deal Memorandum -- No Credit or Offset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17713-108 Payroll Week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17813-109 Time of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17813-110 Extended Workday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17813-111 Call for Daily UPM, Assistant Director and Associate

Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18413-112 Workweek, Partial Workweek, Prorating of Fractional

Payroll Weeks, Work on the Sixth and Seventh Days in the Employee's Workweek and Shifts in the Employee'sWorkweek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

13-113 Holidays -- Assistant Directors, UPMs and AssociateDirectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

13-114 Distant Location Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19013-115 Unworked Holidays - Assistant Directors, UPMs and

Associate Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19013-116 Rest Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19213-117 Work in the New York Metropolitan Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19413-118 Wrap Supervision Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

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Section 13-200 WORKING CONDITIONS13-201 Weather Permitting Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19513-202 Employment Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19513-203 Reporting of Hospitalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19813-204 Employees in the Armed Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19813-205 Pay Adjustment for Work in Higher Classifications . . . . . . 19813-206 Notice of Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19913-207 Jurisdictional Disputes -- Assistant Directors, UPMs

and Associate Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20113-208 Duties of Assistant Directors and UPMs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20213-209 Screen Credit for Assistant Directors and UPMs . . . . . . . . 20213-210 Aircraft Flight Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20313-211 Underwater Work Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20313-212 Overscale Pay and Allowances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20413-213 Clothing for Hazardous Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20413-214 Travel to Distant Location and Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20413-215 Meal Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20613-216 Dinner Allowance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20613-217 Casual Reassignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20613-218 Production Reports, Call Sheets, and One Line Schedules . 20613-219 Budget Disclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20613-220 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Section 13-300 PREPARATION TIME13-301 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20713-302 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20913-303 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20913-304 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21013-305 Rehearsal Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21013-306 Order of Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21013-307 Waivers (For Television Films) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21013-308 Preparing the Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Section 13-400 GUARANTEED WRAP13-401 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Section 13-500 CONTRACT EMPLOYEES13-501 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

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Section 13-600 VACATIONS -- ASSISTANT DIRECTORS, UNITPRODUCTION MANAGERS AND ASSOCIATEDIRECTORS

13-601 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Section 13-700 ADDRESS VERIFICATION FOR LOCAL HIRES ONDISTANT LOCATION

13-701 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

ARTICLE 14

Trainee Programs, Intern Programs, Qualification Lists and Interchange

Section 14-100 TRAINEE PROGRAM14-101 Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21314-102 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21414-103 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21414-104 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21614-105 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21614-106 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21614-107 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21614-108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21714-109 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21714-110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21714-111 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21714-112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21714-113 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21714-114 Additional Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Section 14-150 INTERNS14-151 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22014-152 Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22114-153 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22114-154 Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22114-155 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22214-156 Reporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22214-157 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

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Section 14-200 QUALIFICATION LISTS14-201 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22214-202 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22314-203 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22314-204 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22314-205 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22414-206 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Section 14-300 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA QUALIFICATION LIST14-301 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22414-302 Requirements for Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22514-303 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22614-304 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22714-305 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22814-306 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22914-307 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

Section 14-400 NEW YORK AREA QUALIFICATION LIST14-401 Initial Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23014-402 Requirements for Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23014-403 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23114-404 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23214-405 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23314-406 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23414-407 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23414-408 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23414-409 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23514-410 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Section 14-500 THIRD AREA QUALIFICATION LISTS14-501 Initial Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23614-502 Requirements for Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23614-503 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23714-504 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23814-505 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23814-506 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

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Section 14-600 UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER MULTI-CAMERAQUALIFICATION LIST

14-601 Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24114-602 Requirements for Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24114-603 Preference of Employment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Section 14-700 INTERCHANGE14-701 Commercial Qualification Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24314-702 New York Area and Southern California Interchange . . . . . 24514-703 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24514-704 Interchange of Classifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Section 14-800 CONFLICT WITH LAWS14-801 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24614-802 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Section 14-900 BURDEN OF PROOF14-901 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

ARTICLE 15

Non-Discrimination

Section 15-100 POLICY15-101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24915-102 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Section 15-200 EMPLOYMENT OF ETHNIC MINORITIES AND WOMEN15-201 Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24915-202 UPMs, First Assistant Directors, Second Assistant Directors

and Associate Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

Section 15-300 REPORTS15-301 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25015-302 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

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Section 15-400 REPRESENTATIVES15-401 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25015-402 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25015-403 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Section 15-500 HUMAN RESOURCES COORDINATING COMMITTEE15-501 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25015-502 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Section 15-600 ARBITRATION15-601 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25115-602 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25115-603 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25115-604 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Section 15-700 DIVERSITY MEETINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

ARTICLE 16

Term of Agreement and Modifications of Term Section 16-100 TERM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Section 16-200 NEGOTIATIONS FOR A NEW AGREEMENT . . . . . . . . 253

ARTICLE 17

Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 17-100 COOPERATION BETWEEN EMPLOYER AND GUILD17-101 No Strike, No Lockout Provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25417-102 Waiver of Liability Re Strike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25517-103 Suspension of Services During Strike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25517-104 Employer's Options Re Strike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25617-105 Exercise of Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25717-106 Statute of Limitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

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17-107 Right to Sue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25817-108 Incorporated in Employment Contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25817-109 Guild's Obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25917-110 Employer-Director Cooperative Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . 25917-111 Guild By-Laws to Comply with this BA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26017-112 Employer to Effectuate this BA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26017-113 Members of Guild to Comply with this BA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26017-114 Any Member of the Guild May Obtain Better Terms . . . . . 26017-115 No Waiver of Minimum Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26017-116 Guild Will Issue Waivers and Act Promptly Thereon . . . . . 26017-117 Contracts to Comply with this BA -- No Deferment of

Minimums . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26117-118 Hold Harmless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26117-119 Proof of Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26317-120 UPMs' and Assistant Directors' Residuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26317-121 Delay in Payment or Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26317-122 Guild Access to Premises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26417-123 Morals Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26417-124 Delegation of Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Section 17-200 SCOPE AND INTENT OF THIS BA17-201 Geographical Application of this BA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26517-202 BA to be Interpreted in Accordance with Law . . . . . . . . . . 26617-203 BA Binding on Whom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26617-204 Subcontracting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26817-205 Change of Name by Employer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26917-206 This BA Never to Be Interpreted as a "Closed Shop"

Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26917-207 Intent to Prevent Breach of Individual Contracts . . . . . . . . 26917-208 Working Conditions Used in Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27017-209 Guild's Right to Discipline Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27017-210 Guild's Right to Accept Members Under its By-Laws . . . . 27017-211 Assumed Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27017-212 Exclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27117-213 Notices, How Given . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27117-214 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27117-215 Motion Picture and Television Relief Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

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Section 17-300 EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED17-301 All Terms are Used in the Ordinary Accepted Sense in the

Industry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27217-302 Significance of Titles and Sub-Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27217-303 Terms Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Section 17-400 RESIDUALS AUDITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Section 17-500 SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Section 17-600 ISAN NUMBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

ARTICLE 18

Supplemental Markets - Theatrical and Free Television Motion Pictures Section 18-101 Motion Pictures Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

18-102 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27518-103 Supplemental Market Distribution Other Than By Cassettes27818-104 Supplemental Market Distribution on Cassettes . . . . . . . . . 28318-105 Participating Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28818-106 Reports and Manner of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28918-107 Charge for Late Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29218-108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29218-109 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29318-110 Employer's Acquisition of Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29318-111 Production, Finance, Distribution Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . 29318-112 Employer Continuing Liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29418-113 Failure to Deliver Assumption Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29418-114 Employer's Dissolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29418-115 Networks and Television Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29518-116 Trailers, Advertising, Stock Shots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29518-117 Termination of BA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295

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ARTICLE 19

Theatrical Motion Pictures, the Principal Photography of Which Commencesafter July 1, 1990* and Released to Free Television

Section 19-101 Motion Pictures Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

19-102 Percentage of Accountable Receipts Payable . . . . . . . . . . . 29719-103 Definition of "Employer's Gross" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29719-104 Definition of "Accountable Receipts" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30019-105 Accrual of Employer's Obligation; Charge for Late

Payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30019-106 Allocation of License or Sales Fee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30019-107 Participating Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30119-108 Reports and Manner of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30119-109 Crediting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30319-110 Employer's Acquisition of Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30319-111 Mortgage, Pledge or Lien . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30419-112 Production, Finance, Distribution Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . 30519-113 Bona Fide Theatrical Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30619-114 Continuing Obligation Beyond Term of BA . . . . . . . . . . . . 306

ARTICLE 20

Minimum Salaries and Residual Compensation for Directors ofMotion Pictures Produced Mainly for the Pay Television

and Videodisc/Videocassette Market

Section 20-100 APPLICABILITY OF THIS ARTICLE20-101 Covered Motion Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30720-102 Videodisc/Videocassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30720-103 Pay Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30720-104 Service and Subscribers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30820-105 Exhibition Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Section 20-200 DIRECTORS' MINIMUM SALARIES20-201 Initial Minimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30920-202 Adjustments of Initial Minimum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

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Section 20-300 RESIDUAL COMPENSATION FOR PAY TELEVISIONAND VIDEODISC/VIDEOCASSETTE EXHIBITION . . . 312

20-301 Time of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Section 20-400 RESIDUAL COMPENSATION FOR PAY TELEVISIONEXCLUDING (a) PAY-PER-VIEW AND (b) SPORTS ANDNON-STAGED EVENT PROGRAMS

20-401 Subscriber Residual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31320-402 Percentage Residual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316

Section 20-500 RESIDUAL COMPENSATION FOR PAY TELEVISIONEXHIBITION (INCLUDING PAY-PER-VIEW) OF SPORTS AND NON-STAGED EVENT PROGRAMS . . . 323

Section 20-600 RESIDUAL COMPENSATION FOR PAY-PER-VIEWEXHIBITION OTHER THAN SPORTS AND NON-STAGED EVENT PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324

Section 20-700 RESIDUAL COMPENSATION FOR VIDEODISCS/VIDEOCASSETTES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Section 20-800 RESIDUAL COMPENSATION FOR EXHIBITION OFCOVERED MOTION PICTURES IN OTHER MARKETS

20-801 Free Television Exhibition of Covered Motion Pictures . . . 32620-802 Basic Cable Exhibition of Covered Motion Pictures . . . . . . 32620-803 Theatrical Exhibition of Covered Motion Pictures . . . . . . . 32720-804 Supplemental Market Exhibition of Covered Motion

Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32720-805 Other Exhibition of Covered Motion Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Section 20-900 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS20-901 License Covering More than One Motion Picture . . . . . . . . 32720-902 License Covering More than One Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32720-903 Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32820-904 Availability of Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32820-905 Future Negotiations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32920-906 Charge for Late Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33020-907 Second Unit, Etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

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20-908 No Waiver of Minimum Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33120-909 Excerpts From a Pay Television Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331

Section 20-1000 EMPLOYER'S ACQUISITION OF TITLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

Section 20-1100 APPLICATION OF "FREE TELEVISION" PROVISIONS20-1101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33320-1102 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33420-1103 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33420-1104 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33420-1105 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33520-1106 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

ARTICLE 21

Copyright Royalty Tribunal

Section 21-100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

ARTICLE 22

Responsibility for Residual Payments

Section 22-100 EMPLOYER'S RESPONSIBILITY AND DISTRIBUTOR'SLIABILITY

22-101 Distributor's Assumption Agreement for Theatrical MotionPictures -- Television and Supplemental Markets . . . . . . . . 337

22-102 Financial Assurances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34422-103 Qualified Distributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34622-104 Buyer's Assumption Agreement -- Television and

Supplemental Markets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34722-105 Security Interests -- Buyer's Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35422-106 Qualified Buyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Section 22-200 DISTRIBUTOR'S LIABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357

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Section 22-300 RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAYMENT OF RESIDUALS --DISTRIBUTOR'S LIABILITY AND EMPLOYER'SLIABILITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

22-301 Television Distributor's Assumption Agreement -- TelevisionReruns, Basic Cable Exhibition, Foreign Television Exhibition,Theatrical Exhibition and Supplemental Markets Use . . . . 358

22-302 Financial Assurances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36722-303 Qualified Residual Payor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36922-304 Television Buyer's Assumption Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37122-305 Financial Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38022-306 Qualified Residual Payor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381

Section 22-400 EMPLOYER’S DISSOLUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383

Section 22-500 ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT NOT REQUIRED . . . . . . 384

ARTICLE 23

Programs Made Primarily for the Basic Cable Market

Section 23-100 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR HIGH BUDGETDRAMATIC PROGRAMS ONE-HALF HOUR OR MORE INLENGTH MADE PRIMARILY FOR THE BASIC CABLEMARKET

23-101 High Budget Figures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38523-102 Initial Compensation and Included Days – Directors . . . . . 38623-103 Initial Compensation – Other Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38723-104 Residual Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388

Section 23-200 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR LOW BUDGETDRAMATIC PROGRAMS ONE (1) HOUR OR LONGER MADE PRIMARILY FOR THE BASIC CABLEMARKET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389

Section 23-300 TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR OTHERENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMS MADE PRIMARILY FOR THE BASIC CABLE MARKET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390

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ARTICLE 24

Terms and Conditions for Multi-Camera Prime TimeDramatic Pilots, Presentations and Series

Section 24-101 Programs Covered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391

Section 24-200 TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TOEMPLOYEES EMPLOYED ON COVERED PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Section 24-300 TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TODIRECTORS EMPLOYED ON COVERED PROGRAMS 392

24-301 Base for Residual Payments for Reruns Other than in Network Prime Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392

Section 24-400 TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TOCLASSIFICATIONS OTHER THAN DIRECTORS (i.e., FOR “BELOW-THE-LINE” EMPLOYEES) EMPLOYED ON COVERED PROGRAMS . . . . . . . . . . . . 393

24-401 Staffing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39324-402 Definitions/Duties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39324-403 Salary Rates and Production Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39924-404 Prep Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40224-405 Completion of Assignment Pay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40324-406 Other Working Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40324-407 Preference of Employment and Eligibility for Placement on

Multi-Camera Qualification Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

Section 24-500 ELIGIBILITY FOR PLACEMENT ON MULTI-CAMERAQUALIFICATION LISTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405

24-501 Requirements for Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40524-502 Eligibility Criteria for MCQL for Second Second Assistant

Directors and Additional Second Assistant Directors . . . . . 40624-503 Eligibility Criteria for MCQL for Key Second Assistant

Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407

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24-504 Eligibility Criteria for MCQL for First Assistant Directors 40724-505 Eligibility Criteria for MCQL for Unit Production

Managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

Section 24-600 PREFERENCE OF EMPLOYMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408

EXHIBITS EXHIBIT A-1 QUALIFIED DISTRIBUTOR/BUYER LETTER OF

AGREEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410

EXHIBIT A-2 QUALIFIED RESIDUAL PAYOR LETTER OFAGREEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414

EXHIBIT B-1 STANDARD LETTER OF GUARANTY FOR QUALIFIED DISTRIBUTORS/BUYERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418

EXHIBIT B-2 STANDARD LETTER OF GUARANTY FOR QUALIFIED RESIDUAL PAYORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421

EXHIBIT C-1 FORM FOR DIRECTOR DEAL MEMORANDUM(THEATRICAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424

EXHIBIT C-2 FORM FOR DIRECTOR DEAL MEMORANDUM

(TELEVISION) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426

EXHIBIT C-3 FORM FOR POST-PRODUCTION ADDENDUM TODIRECTOR DEAL MEMORANDUM (Theatrical and Long-Form Television) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428

EXHIBIT C-4 FORM FOR UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR – WEEK-TO-WEEK OR DAILY DEAL MEMORANDUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429

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EXHIBITS (continued)

EXHIBIT C-5 FORM FOR UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR – TERM DEAL MEMORANDUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431

EXHIBIT D INSTRUCTIONS AND EMPLOYMENT DATA REPORT 433

EXHIBIT E-1 PAY TELEVISION AND VIDEODISC/VIDEOCASSETTE PAYMENTS FUND AGREEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

EXHIBIT E-1(A) INSTRUCTIONS TO PAY TV FUND ADMINISTRATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446

EXHIBIT E-2:

PART A SUBSCRIBER RATES FOR MOTION PICTURES MADEFOR PAY TELEVISION SERVICES WITH FEWER THAN6,000,000 SUBSCRIBERS IN THE FIRST EXHIBITIONYEAR OF THE MOTION PICTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448

PART B SUBSCRIBER RATES FOR MOTION PICTURES MADEFOR PAY TELEVISION SERVICES WITH 6,000,000 ORMORE SUBSCRIBERS IN THE FIRST EXHIBITION YEAROF THE MOTION PICTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450

EXHIBIT E-3 ACCOUNTABLE RECEIPTS PLATEAUS . . . . . . . . . . . . 452

SIDELETTERS

Sideletter No. 1 re Committee on Unprofessional Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453

Sideletter No. 2 re Editing of Theatrical Motion Pictures by Local Television Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454

Sideletter No. 3 re Definition of “New York Area” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455

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SIDELETTERS (continued)

Sideletter No. 4 re Exercise of Peremptory Challenges to Arbitrators . . . . . . . . 456

Sideletter No. 5 re Negotiations in Good Faith with Respect to Exhibit E-1(B) 457

Sideletter No. 6 re Security of Employees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458

Sideletter No. 7 re Residual Provisions for Pay Television Programs Made for Services with 6,000,000 or more Subscribers in the FirstExhibition Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459

Sideletter No. 8 re Requirement for Placement on Qualifications List . . . . . . . 462

Sideletter No. 9 re New York Area Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463

Sideletter No. 10 re New Residual Formula for One-Hour Network Prime TimeDramatic Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464

Sideletter No. 11 re Distributor’s/Buyer’s Liability for Residuals; Notice andOpportunity to Cure Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468

Sideletter No. 12 re Experiment in Syndication of Half-Hour Series in MarketsRepresenting 50% or Fewer of U.S. Television Households 469

Sideletter No. 13 re Waivers for Distant Location Shooting on One-HourSeries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471

Sideletter No. 14 re DGA–Producers Pension and Health Plans, Inc. . . . . . . . . 473

Sideletter No. 15 re Exhibition of Motion Pictures Transmitted via New Media 478

Sideletter No. 16 re Los Angeles and New York Panels of Arbitrators for Major Studios and Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

Sideletter No. 17 re Arbitration of Disputes Concerning Tri-Guild Residuals Audits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491

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SIDELETTERS (continued)

Sideletter No. 18 [Deleted] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506

Sideletter No. 19 re Conservation Collection Sideletter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507

Sideletter No. 20 re Terms and Conditions for Non-Prime Time Multi-Camera Dramatic Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512

Sideletter No. 21 re Special Conditions for Pilots and New One-Hour and New Single Camera Half-Hour Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513

Sideletter No. 22 re Diversity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514

Sideletter No. 23 [Deleted] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515

Sideletter No. 24 re Diversion of Pension Plan Contributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516

Sideletter No. 25 re Script Delivery in Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517

Sideletter No. 26 re "Supersized" Episodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 519

Sideletter No. 27 re Possessive Credit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528

Sideletter No. 28 [Deleted] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529

Sideletter No. 29 re Single Camera Assistant Director Cooperative Committee 530

Sideletter No. 30 [Deleted] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531

Sideletter No. 31 re Geographic Scope Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532

Sideletter No. 32 re Episodic Television Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533

Sideletter No. 33 re Third Area Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534

Sideletter No. 34 re Alternative Digital Broadcast and Cable Channel Committee . 535

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Sideletter No. 35 re Programs Produced for New Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536

Sideletter No. 36 re Theatrical Motion Picture Company-by-Company Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552

Sideletter No. 37 re Episodic Television Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553

Sideletter No. 38 re Distribution of Summary of Director<s Creative Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554

Sideletter No. 39 re Serious Misconduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555

Sideletter No. 40 re Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556