Archive for category Motion Picture/Television Industry Contract News
IATSE Busts a Move, Openly Organizes VFX Workers
Posted by admin in Motion Picture/Television Industry Contract News, United States Industry News on May 14, 2012
http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/union-roundup-iatse-busts-a-move-openly-organizes-vfx-workers/ By Mark London Williams The IA,” according to organizer Peter Marley, “has become more political than it was in the past.” Marley was speaking over Mother’s Day weekend on a podcast at the redoubtable FXGuide website, more or less officially announcing an initiative that broke last week via the arrival of a website: Namely [...]
Movie business the prototype of new economy
Posted by admin in General Industry News, Motion Picture/Television Industry Contract News, Studio/Network News, United States Industry News on May 6, 2012
http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_20553730/movie-business-prototype-new-economy ByDave Maney an entrepreneur and former journalist, runs Economaney.com Last week, I laid out my best guess about America’s future economic structure: That it would start to look more and more like Hollywood and the film industry and less like what we’ve all thought of as the traditional American economic system. We’re leaving the [...]
Opposition to IATSE Deal Emerges
Posted by admin in Los Angeles/Hollywood/California Industry News, Motion Picture/Television Industry Contract News, United States Industry News on May 1, 2012
http://www.backstage.com/bso/content_display/news-and-features/e3ieb57fd719ca121fd6931735c4f67a1a8 By Jonathan Handel Public opposition is emerging to the tentative deal reached between IATSE and the AMPTP two weeks ago – which was unanimously endorsed by the union’s negotiating committee – but it’s impossible to gauge how widespread that position is. The unanimous endorsement, coupled with the union’s local by local, winner take all [...]
Overwhelming Ratification Vote for New IATSE Contract is Expected
Posted by admin in Motion Picture/Television Industry Contract News, Studio/Network News, United States Industry News on April 27, 2012
http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/overwhelming-ratification-vote-for-new-iatse-contract-is-expected/ By Jack Egan To build support prior to an upcoming ratification vote, International president Matthew Loeb is trumpeting the virtues of the tentative deal recently reached between IATSE and the studios for a new three-year Basic Agreement that will go into effect Aug. 1 if approved. “Our goals going into these negotiations have been met,” stated Loeb in a [...]
IATSE Local 480 – Film Technicians Union Endorse Virginia Vigil for Public Regulation Commission, District 3
Posted by admin in General Industry News, Motion Picture/Television Industry Contract News, State/Government Production Incentive News, United States Industry News on April 22, 2012
http://www.virginiavigil.com/press-release/endorsement-iatse-local-480-film-technicians-union/ IATSE Local 480 – Film Technicians Union has endorsed Virginia Vigil for Public Regulation Commission, District 3. Citing Virginia’s long-time support of New Mexico’s film industry and her dedication to building the film industry in Santa Fe County, IATSE President Doug Acton stated: ‘IATSE has endorsed Virginia Vigil because she has worked for a [...]
Tax credit that attracted movies to Ohio lives, dies in lawmakers’ hands
Posted by admin in Motion Picture/Television Industry Contract News, United States Industry News on April 22, 2012
http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/the-movie-blog/2012/04/tax-credit-that-attracted-movies-to-ohio-remains-in-lawmakers-hands.html By: Susannah Elliott Put into effect in the 2010 fiscal year, Ohio’s Motion Picture Tax Credit has spurred several movie production companies to bring their projects to the state — according to a recent Cleveland State University study, 27 productions have taken advantage of the $30 million tax credit since its inception. The incentive, [...]
“We Made This Movie” Crowdsourcing Musicians For Film Score
Posted by admin in General Industry News, Motion Picture/Television Industry Contract News, Studio/Network News, United States Industry News on April 22, 2012
http://www.bangstyle.com/2012/04/we-made-this-movie-musicians-score/ Rob Burnett, CEO of the production company of The Late Night Show With David Letterman, is offering up-and-coming musicians a tantalizing big break. Fresh off of his latest project, a film called We Made This Movie which he created with writing and producing partner Jon Beckerman, Burnett is hosting a contest using Red Bull [...]
New Member Orientation, Wednesday, April 25
Posted by admin in Motion Picture/Television Industry Contract News, Training & School News, United States Industry News on April 19, 2012
http://www.sagaftra.org/events/new-member-orientation-wednesday-april-25 City: Chicago, IL New members represent the future for SAG-AFTRA. The stronger they are, the stronger the union and all members are. The goal of the New Members Subcommittee of SAG-AFTRA Community Outreach, Community Organizing (COCO) is to get new members actively involved in our unions – volunteering, voting and learning – as early [...]
Visual effects artists aim to create better work environments
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-ct-visual-effects-workers-20120420,0,563491.story Visual effects artists complain they’re often employed in electronic sweatshops, working inhuman schedules, without health insurance or pensions. Their frustrations are fueling an effort to unionize. They called it the zombie walk. After midnight, when the coffee and Red Bull had worn off, Sari Gennis and her co-workers would take a brisk stroll to [...]
Dutch film industry pension scheme to transfer to PNO Media
Posted by admin in Europe Industry News, Motion Picture/Television Industry Contract News on April 18, 2012
http://www.pensionfundsonline.co.uk/554/pension-funds-insider/dutch-film-industry-pension-scheme-to-transfer-to-pno-media The Dutch Central Bank (DNB) has given permission to the pension fund for the film and cinema industry (BPF Film) to go into liquidation and transfer its assets and members to the bigger media scheme PNO Media. The scheme made the decision to transfer into PNO Media after what it calls a “strategic re-oriantation” [...]
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