The show is up and the clock is running. The rules, the rest, and the job of holding a shooting day together.
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Turnaround, rest, and the rules that cost real money.
The DGA's 2026 contract shortened the multi-cam Extended Workday Trigger from 15 to 13 hours and rewrote how a 1st AD's daily rest period ends. Neither shows up on a rate card.
The 2026 SAG-AFTRA contract added an 8pm call time notice deadline and a walkaway meal rule. Turnaround, weekly rest, and overtime didn't move at all.
The law caps a minor's hours. It does not tell you that the number changes by age band and by which school regime applies today. Here's the version a 1st AD actually needs.
A sixth consecutive day does not look different on the call sheet. It is a real premium for everyone on it, and it started with a schedule nobody checked for the run.
One missed hour of rest is a forced call, and a forced call is real money. Here is the SAG turnaround math, plain, before it shows up on a cost report.
What the job actually is, from prep to wrap.
Movie Magic set the standard. StudioBinder put it in a browser. Now AI-native tools are showing up too. Here is what each one actually does, what it costs, and where AD PrePro fits, including what it does not do yet.
The official answer leaves out 90% of the job. Here is the full one: breakdown, stripboard, DOOD, the language of the set, and the part no job description mentions.