Common use of 303 First Assistant Director1 Clause in Contracts

303 First Assistant Director1. A First Assistant Director is one who is assigned by the Employer as the first assistant to the Director. The First Assistant Director, alone or in conjunction with the UPM, organizes pre-production, including organizing the crew, securing equipment, breaking down the script, preparing the stripboard and a shooting schedule. During production, he assists the Director with respect to on-set production details, coordinates and supervises crew and cast activities and facilitates an organized flow of production activity. The First Assistant Director may be assigned responsibilities of the UPM. His or her prime responsibility is to service and assist the Director. Without limitation, among the duties which the Employer must assign to the First Assistant Director or UPM are the supervision of or participation in the following: 1. Prepare breakdown and stripboard; prepare shooting schedule keeping the same within time limitations imposed by budget, cast availability and the requirement of complete coverage of the script. 2. If delegated by UPM or in his or her absence, oversee the search, survey and management of locations and ascertain the specific requirements of those locations as they might affect the production. The First Assistant Director must be sent to each location site sufficiently prior to the commencement of photography to adequately perform his or her duties. 3. Check weather reports. 1 See Paragraph 24-402(b) and (d) for duties of First Assistant Directors on multi-camera prime time dramatic pilots, presentations and series. 4. Prepare day out of day schedules for talent employment and determine cast and crew calls. 5. Supervise the preparation of the call sheet for the cast and crew. 6. Direct background action and supervise crowd control. 7. May be required to secure minor contracts, extra releases, and on occasion to obtain execution of contracts by talent. 8. Supervise the functioning of the shooting set and crew. Subject to the following paragraph, the foregoing description of the First Assistant Director's duties is not intended, nor shall it be construed, either to enlarge or diminish the duties of UPM, First and Second Assistant Directors or other personnel as such duties are presently and were heretofore customarily performed in the motion picture industry. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Paragraph 1-303, an Employer may not assign the duties of a First Assistant Director to Extra Player Coordinators, Production Assistants, or persons in positions 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- 303.

303 First Assistant Director1. A First Assistant Director is one who is assigned by the Employer as the first assistant to the Director. The First Assistant Director, alone or in conjunction with the UPM, organizes pre-production, including organizing the crew, securing equipment, breaking down the script, preparing the stripboard and a shooting schedule. During production, he assists the Director with respect to on-set production details, coordinates and supervises crew and cast activities and facilitates an organized flow of production activity. The First Assistant Director may be assigned responsibilities of the UPM. His or her prime responsibility is to service and assist the Director. Without limitation, among the duties which the Employer must assign to the First Assistant Director or UPM are the supervision of or participation in the following:: 1 See Paragraph 24-402(b) and (d) for duties of First Assistant Directors on multi-camera prime time dramatic pilots, presentations and series. 1. Prepare breakdown and stripboard; prepare shooting schedule keeping the same within time limitations imposed by budget, cast availability and the requirement of complete coverage of the script. 2. If delegated by UPM or in his or her absence, oversee the search, survey and management of locations and ascertain the specific requirements of those locations as they might affect the production. The First Assistant Director must be sent to each location site sufficiently prior to the commencement of photography to adequately perform his or her duties. 3. Check weather reports. 1 See Paragraph 24-402(b) and (d) for duties of First Assistant Directors on multi-camera prime time dramatic pilots, presentations and series. 4. Prepare day out of day schedules for talent employment and determine cast and crew calls. 5. Supervise the preparation of the call sheet for the cast and crew. 6. Direct background action and supervise crowd control. 7. May be required to secure minor contracts, extra releases, and on occasion to obtain execution of contracts by talent. 8. Supervise the functioning of the shooting set and crew. Subject to the following paragraph, the foregoing description of the First Assistant Director's duties is not intended, nor shall it be construed, either to enlarge or diminish the duties of UPM, First and Second Assistant Directors or other personnel as such duties are presently and were heretofore customarily performed in the motion picture industry. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Paragraph 1-303, an Employer may not assign the duties of a First Assistant Director to Extra Player Coordinators, Production Assistants, or persons in positions 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- 1-303.