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A P R I L 2 0 2 3 I 3 In this installment of KNOW YOUR RIGHTS we take a look at a few key rights during Prep for Features and Long-Form Television: As a DGA-covered Director, before you are assigned to a film, the Producer must inform you of the following: 1. The creative personnel already employed 2. Existing film contemplated to be used 3. Any rights of script or cast approval held by someone other than the Employer or individual Producer 4. The motion picture's top sheet, and 5. The story and script, if any The Producer should also fully disclose to you all other creative commitments relating to the picture. The protection of the creative rights of our members is one of the founding principles of our Guild. It is important for every member to understand that these are "use them or lose them" rights; each time we choose not to exercise them, we further the chances of their erosion. — The Creative Rights Handbook is available online at www.dga.org. Many Directors have requested the Guild increase efforts to educate themselves, their representatives, studio executives and crew members of a Director's Creative Rights. This series of articles is designed to help raise awareness of your rights, which span all phases of production and are foundational to the role of the Director. There is more information on the rights outlined here in the Creative Rights Handbook and in Article 7 of the DGA Basic Agreement. We encourage you to share this with fellow Directors and crew members. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: Prep in Features & Long-Form Television If you find yourself with any creative rights questions or problems, please consult a DGA Field Representative or call the DGA Contracts Line at (310) 289-2010. For more information, download a copy of the Creative Rights Handbook, from the Creative Rights Section on www.dga.org. Harassment Prevention Training for Directors Now Available Online The Guild believes the workplace should be a respectful and inclusive environment and that every individual has the right to a safe workplace. We condemn harassment and are committed to developing solutions to eradicate it from our workplaces. During the DGA's last negotiation with the AMPTP, the Guild required the employers to make substantive changes to the currently existing Contracts Services training for AD/UPMs and AD/SM/PAs to make the training course relevant to Directors working under the Basic Agreement and the Freelance Live and Tape Television Agreement. That course is now available for Employers to begin referring Directors for training, so you may begin to receive emails from Contract Services about this training in the coming weeks. About the Course Contract Services' harassment prevention training course is a two-hour online course consisting of multiple modules and live-action vignettes. It is regularly updated to satisfy the legal requirements of both California and New York and is tailored to the unique issues affecting crews working in a production environment. It was developed collaboratively by the major studios through Contract Services to satisfy the Employers' obligation to provide this important training. More than 70,000 motion picture production employees have completed the course since the first version of it rolled out in 2017. What to Expect? If your Employer asks you to complete the Contract Services harassment prevention course, you will receive an email from Contract Services Training Referral Platform using an email address called noreply@email.csatf.org. This email will let you know that your Employer has enrolled you in the training and ask you to click a link to launch the course. It should take about two hours to complete. After completing the course, you will receive a completion certificate by email, and your Employer that enrolled you in the training will also be able to view whether you have completed it. You should save your copy of the completion certificate to provide it to other Employers in the future. (Under California law, this training is generally required to be retaken every two years, so you may be asked to complete it again later.) If you have any difficulties accessing the training through the Training Referral Platform, please contact Contract Services at trp@csatf.org or by calling 818.565.0550 ext. 1263. If you have any questions about this training please contact DGA Associate Western Executive Director Lisa Layer at LisaL@dga.org or (310) 289-2067.

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