The provisions of the Directors Guilds contract are about the process by which a program is directed.
Ours is about the process by which an episode or series is written.
They are not precisely the same, but the philosophy is the same.
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And in contract language, when it says shall, it means must.
See the DGAs 2020 film and TV contracthere.
Before the WGAlaunched its strikea week ago, it had proposed minimum staffing for episodic TV writers rooms.
For pre-greenlight rooms, it proposed minimum staff of six writers, including four Writer-Producers.
Example: eight episodes requires seven writers including four Writer-Producers; 10 episodes requires eight writers including five Writer-Producers.
See the WGAs proposalshere.
Some writers are the sole voice of a show and others work with only a small team.
The WGAs proposals would preclude that.
Thats what were doing.
The only creative decision they defend is a showrunners decision to hire no one.
You cant do our work and not hire us to do it.
You cant dump all of the work on a single showrunner.
