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DUTY OF PRODUCER TO NOTIFY1018 No later than fifteen (15) days prior to the first scheduled day of principalcast recording of a program or episode or, in the case of a TelevisionDocumentary, no later than the date of recording of final narration, or thedate of the fine cut if there is no narration recording, the Producer shall sendto the Guild and to every person who has been engaged by the Producer (or,with the knowledge of the Producer, to any predecessor of the Producer) tomake a written contribution to the Script, a draft of the intended writing andsubsidiary writing credits worded in accordance with the provisions ofArticle 1003 to 1008 and in the form of the Notice of Intended WritingCredits as in Schedule 2. Such notice will indicate the order in which theProducer proposes to announce the names of the Writers, if more than one,accorded credit, and the placement of the writing and subsidiary writingcredits in the credit sequence in accordance with Article 1015. If theproduction company proposes a Writer who is also a director or Producer orExecutive Producer, the notice shall so indicate.In the case of television Series, the Producer may have the notice ofintended credits, described above, delivered by hand not later than seven (7)days prior to the first scheduled day of principal cast recording of a programor episode.The Producer shall send to the Guild and to every Story Editor who hasbeen engaged to provide Story Editor services on any production the Noticeof Intended Writing Credits form in Schedule 2 indicating intended onscreenStory Editor credit(s) as negotiated per Article 603, and showing theplacement and order in which the Producer proposes to announce the namesof the Story Editors. The Producer must file this notice for all productionsprior to their wrap date.1019 If any subsequent alteration to the intended writing or subsidiary writingcredit is intended, the Producer shall notify the Guild and all Writersinvolved of its intended alteration, but in any case the Producer shall notifyany Writer who has been engaged subsequent to the first day of productionas to his/her proposed final credit. This notification should be not later thanfourteen (14) days after the completion of filming or taping of the program.1020 All notifications referred to in Article 10 shall be sent by hand, e-mail orfacsimile and shall be delivered to the last known address, e-mail address or144