“Don’t F🖐cking Touch Me”: On “Handling,” How It Injures Stand-Ins, SAG-AFTRA Protections, and Why Handling Stand-Ins Must Stop By Ben Hauck, Editor|2021-07-25T09:23:38-04:00February 19th, 2020|Challenges, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In Culture, Lessons, Stories, Terminology, Tips| Read More 0
The Many, Many Reasons (and Benefits) for Providing Prelims and Callsheets for All Stand-Ins (Even Day-Playing Stand-Ins!) By Ben Hauck, Editor|2020-02-10T15:04:41-05:00February 12th, 2020|Concepts, Debates, Editorial, Lessons, Recommendations, Tricks| Read More 0
Color Cover: Should You Be on the Clock to Get It? By Ben Hauck, Editor|2020-01-28T15:18:32-05:00January 29th, 2020|Concepts, Editorial, Lessons, Terminology, Tips, Tricks| Read More 0
The Ability to Anticipate Correctly: The Key Skill of a Professional Stand-In By Ben Hauck, Editor|2019-08-25T21:53:30-04:00September 4th, 2019|Challenges, Concepts, Editorial, Lessons, Principles, Tips, Tricks| Read More 0
Part 2: SAG-AFTRA Members Ratified the 2019 Commercials Contract — How Good Were Stand-In Central’s Guesses? By Ben Hauck, Editor|2019-05-15T13:44:10-04:00May 22nd, 2019|Concepts, Editorial, Multi-Part Post| Read More 0
Part 1: SAG-AFTRA Members Ratified the 2019 Commercials Contract — How Good Were Stand-In Central’s Guesses? By Ben Hauck, Editor|2019-05-15T18:35:35-04:00May 15th, 2019|Concepts, Editorial, Multi-Part Post, Video| Read More 0
The Proposed 2019 SAG-AFTRA Commercials Contract: How Will It Affect You? By Ben Hauck, Editor|2019-04-14T06:33:04-04:00April 10th, 2019|Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In the News, Lessons, Stories| Read More 0
How Available Do You Need to Be for a Stand-In Job? By Ben Hauck, Editor|2019-02-21T12:49:48-05:00March 6th, 2019|Challenges, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, Lessons, Principles, Recommendations, Tips, Tricks| Read More 0
Stand-In Central Contributor Ben Hauck Mentioned in The Hollywood Reporter By Ben Hauck, Editor|2022-11-03T19:13:58-04:00February 20th, 2019|Concepts, Editorial, In Culture, In the News, Lessons, Multi-Part Post, Photo Series, Stories, Video| Read More 0
Editorial: The Insulting Use of Celebrities as SAG-AFTRA Negotiates the 2019 Commercials Contract, and How Stand-Ins React to the “Feeding the Families” Argument By Ben Hauck, Editor|2019-02-06T22:32:45-05:00February 6th, 2019|Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In the News, Stories, Video| Read More 0
Why to Bring Your Own Power Supply When You Are Standing In — And What to Consider When Buying a Portable Charger for Your Mobile Phone By Ben Hauck, Editor|2018-11-16T10:31:05-05:00November 21st, 2018|Concepts, Editorial, Lessons, Product Reviews, Recommendations, Testimonials, Tips, Tricks| Read More 0
Know Your Contracts!: A Helpful Guide to the SAG-AFTRA Contracts under Which Many Stand-Ins Work By Ben Hauck, Editor|2018-09-13T12:55:39-04:00September 26th, 2018|Challenges, Concepts, Editorial, Lessons, Principles, Terminology, Tips, Tricks| Read More 0
Was the Child Photographed by TMZ on “Good Boys” Truly a Stand-In?: More on How Media Use the Industry Term “Stand-In” By Ben Hauck, Editor|2018-09-20T07:50:14-04:00September 19th, 2018|Challenges, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In Culture, In the News, Stories, Terminology| Read More 0
“Being Upstaged by a Stand-In Is One of the Great Unspoken Fears of Working Life,” Writes a Financial Times Columnist By Ben Hauck, Editor|2018-08-22T11:14:27-04:00August 29th, 2018|Concepts, Editorial, Humor, In Culture, In the News| Read More 0
SAG-AFTRA’s Network Television Code Ratified by SAG-AFTRA Members, Affecting Stand-In Wages and Working Conditions for the Next Three Years By Ben Hauck, Editor|2018-08-23T14:57:48-04:00August 22nd, 2018|Challenges, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In the News, Polls, Stories| Read More 0
Voting Deadline Is Thursday, August 16, to Send SAG-AFTRA Back to the Bargaining Table for Stand-Ins under the Network Television Code By Ben Hauck, Editor|2018-08-15T12:16:19-04:00August 15th, 2018|Challenges, Concepts, Editorial, In the News, Lessons, Polls, Tips| Read More 0
More on Why You Should Vote NO on the Network Television Code and Send SAG-AFTRA Back to the Bargaining Table By Ben Hauck, Editor|2018-08-07T22:15:49-04:00August 8th, 2018|Challenges, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In the News, Lessons| Read More 0
Why You Should Vote NO on the Network Television Code and Send SAG-AFTRA Back to the Bargaining Table By Ben Hauck, Editor|2018-08-05T18:57:46-04:00August 1st, 2018|Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In the News, Lessons, Tips, Tricks| Read More 0
SAG-AFTRA Website Under Reconstruction By Ben Hauck, Editor|2018-06-21T08:53:43-04:00June 20th, 2018|Concepts, Editorial, In the News| Read More 0
SAG-AFTRA Quietly Announced Only 2.5% Wage Increases for TV/Film Stand-Ins Back in January 2018 By Ben Hauck, Editor|2018-06-02T20:13:41-04:00June 6th, 2018|Concepts, Editorial, In the News, Lessons, Stories| Read More 0
Podcast Covers the Ongoing Split-Earnings Problem Faced by SAG-AFTRA Stand-Ins By Ben Hauck, Editor|2018-05-20T21:06:36-04:00May 23rd, 2018|Concepts, Editorial, In the News, Stories, Tips, Video| Read More 0
Podcast Covers Missing Rate Increases for SAG-AFTRA Stand-Ins and Photo Doubles By Ben Hauck, Editor|2018-04-20T15:59:39-04:00April 25th, 2018|Concepts, Debates, Editorial, In the News, Lessons, Stories, Video| Read More 0
SAG-AFTRA’s Network Television Code Is Up for Negotiation and Stand-Ins Need Help at the Bargaining Table By Ben Hauck, Editor|2018-03-13T20:28:12-04:00March 14th, 2018|Challenges, Debates, Editorial, Lessons, Tips| Read More 0
What Is “Minimum” Work for Stand-Ins, and What Might Imply More Pay? (Part 2 of 2) By Ben Hauck, Editor|2018-02-05T19:34:20-05:00February 28th, 2018|Challenges, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, Lessons, Multi-Part Post, Principles, Tips, Tricks| Read More 0
What Is “Minimum” Work for Stand-Ins, and What Might Imply More Pay? (Part 1 of 2) By Ben Hauck, Editor|2018-02-05T18:31:22-05:00February 21st, 2018|Challenges, Concepts, Debates, Editorial, Lessons, Multi-Part Post, Principles, Tips, Tricks| Read More 0