By Elizabeth Hsing-Huei Chou A visit to the costume department of the television show The Office is a lesson in fashion faux pas. Costume designer... »

A look at significant events, stories and milestones for Below the Line in its first five years. September 2002 Below the Line newspaper and Filmmaker... »

By Elizabeth Chou The best animated movies are the ones that make Simon Otto, an animator on DreamWorks' Flushed Away and Bee Movie, forget his... »

By Elizabeth Chou The four animation categories are some of the toughest categories to judge, according to Brian Sheesley, one of two governors for... »

Official Election Results: These are the official election results of Local 44 IATSE Certified by TrueBallot Automated Election Administration As of March 30, 2007 Officers of the Whole Business Agent Ed Brown – 967 – 61.36 % Victor Nerone – 359 – 22.78 Allen Price – 173 – 10.98 Richard Fresquez – 77 –... »

The Hollywood Reporter‘s Carl DiOrio provides a close look at a couple examples of how compensation terms and residuals are being structured for web-streamed projects: Hollywood Reporter: Guild lather up Web residuals WGA senior executive Jane Nefeldt described the terms as being a modified form of the guild’s basic-cable residual terms. Although those terms... »

BTL reported on the early stockpiling rumors and the Economic Development Corporation’ s study of its effects in our March 5, 2007 issue: (ctlr+ to increase text size) Economic Development Corp. on Impact of De Facto Strike by Jack Egan Stockpiling of scripts and an acceleration in production is already occurring as studios try... »

The Monday after SAG and WGA rubbed heads with each other at a March 16 contract negotiation strategy session, WGA issued a letter to its members assuring them that the stockpiling from 2001 is not making a comeback in this year’s talks. What is at stake here are important decisions to be made about... »

BTL‘s Jack Egan has an overview of the past year’s Labor activities and what it portends for the coming year in our January 2, 2007 issue: (ctlr+ to increase text size) The Year in Labor by Jack Egan As the year begins, it may be appropriate for below-the-line industry craft workers to pay some... »