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In the Q1 2020 issue of CineMontage, the interview with editor Nick Houy ("City of Women," page 55) contained several errors. Houy's answer to a question about influential films was truncated and re- ferred to films such as "Yi Yi" and "The Tenant" that influenced his work on another film, "The Humans," and not his work on "Little Women." The article also said erroneously that "Little Women" was filmed near Steiner Studios in Brooklyn. The film in fact was shot in Massachusetts. Finally, the article misspelled the name of the actress Florence Pugh. A l s o , o n p a g e s 2 6 a n d 2 7 o f t h e Q 1 i s s u e , e d i t o r A r i c L e w i s ' n a m e was misspelled. CineMontage regrets the errors. 18 C I N E M O N T A G E I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A TALK SHOW FOR MORE THAN SEVEN YEARS NOW, AND I HEARD THAT GIVEN MY LENGTH OF SERVICE, IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO START GETTING ADDITIONAL VACATION PAY. HOW DO I KNOW IF THAT APPLIES TO ME? A S K T H E F I E L D R E P you all to share. Soon enough, that one machine is expected to download dailies, upload cuts, and send turnovers all at the same time. How does everything happen at once with only one computer? Assistant Editors are (mostly) ex- tremely organized, deadline-oriented individuals that operate as efficiently as possible. The desire to bring in that free laptop and get the job done is a hard one to resist. But you have to resist. Whether you've called the Guild first or not, do NOT bring in your laptop if you're not being paid a box rental for it. First, see if the Post Producer/Super- visor can determine the order of events. Does the editor get dailies or does the sound house get the turnover? Make it clear when an equipment sit- uation could lead to a workflow delay. If a supervisor understands that there's only one laptop around and that could mean, for example, delayed dailies, it might just so happen that another laptop magi- cally materializes. Don't work longer than you are ap- proved to put on your timecard. If you just stood your ground on the whole laptop thing, don't undermine yourself by handing out free time because you couldn't start downloading your dailies until four hours into your shift. You get paid for all time you work. Full stop. Take your meal breaks and put in for penalties if they are delayed. Remember, if your employer doesn't want to pay for enough equipment to concurrently get work done, it means that they want to pay for work to be done sequentially. If that means overtime, then that's overtime. They can't have it both ways at your expense. Finally, don't internalize the stress and pressure of everything that needs t o b e d o n e o n o n e m a c h i n e . I f t h e studio decides we only work on one i n te r n e t - co n n e c te d co m p u te r, t h e n w e w o r k i n a w o r l d w i t h o n l y o n e i n t e r n e t - c o n n e c t e d c o m p u t e r . It's their problem. Let the studio do the stressing. ■ Y ep, you just might be eligible. Employees who have worked for eight consecutive "eligible" ca l e n d a r ye a rs fo r a n e m p l oye r ca n q u a l i f y f o r i n c re a s e d v a c a t i o n p a y. That includes project hires as well as regularly employed studio/signatory company hires. Depending on how vacation is paid, that could mean a jump from two to three weeks paid time off, or a percentage jump, from a 4% weekly vacation payout to a 6.2762% weekly vacation payout. D e f i n i te l y e n o u g h t i m e o f f t h a t i t 's worth investigating. Now, there are some catches. This applies to Majors, Independent and Vid- eotape Agreements. It's not applicable in the New York/Eastern region. And members must have worked for an employer a minimum of 100 straight- time days in each calendar year, and a CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS minimum of 1600 aggregate straight- time days over the eight-plus years. But again, time is money. So if you think you are due some vacation pay, check with a Guild Field Rep. ■ If you have a question about a work issue, email SCollins@editorsguild.com, or call (323) 876-4770 and ask to speak with a Field Rep.