The duties of a Second Assistant Director are clearly outlined in Paragraph 1-304 of the DGA Basic Agreement (BA). Some of these duties include: preparing the daily production reports and end of day paperwork, distributing call sheets to the cast and crew, and signing cast members in and out of the production. These duties may not be reassigned to non-DGA personnel pursuit to the BA:.
“Notwithstanding any other provision of this Paragraph 1-304, an Employer may not assign the duties of a Second Assistant to Extra Player Coordinators, Production Assistants, or persons in position in which the assigned duty has not been customarily performed in the motion picture industry. There shall be no alteration of job titles to evade or subvert the provisions of this Paragraph 1-304.”
If you have any questions regarding the use of production assistants please call the Contracts Department at 310-289-2010 or a DGA Field Representative. If you would like to report a violation anonymously you may call 310-289-5300. for the West Coast or 212-581-0370 for the East Coast.
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