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The Long Goodbye chosen for the official selection of the International Dubai Gulf Film Festival
The Long Goodbye, the film directed by Javier Ideami with the collaboration of London Academy of Media, Film & TV, has been chosen for the official selection of the International Dubai Gulf Film Festival in United Arab Emirates from April 14 to 20, 2011. This is another success for the Long Goodbye which already won the best song award at the international music film festival in Ubeda, Spain.
Javier Ideami has also been the tutor of very successful Photography masterclasses at the London Academy during the last years.
The Long goodbye deals with the emotions we go through when we have to say good bye to a loved one. the film contains two music pieces and is set in the beautiful indonesian island of Bali.
London Academy was involved in the film from its pre-production stage collaborating with Javier Ideami at the pre-production and production stages.
You can watch the film online visiting the page: http://www.ideami.com/filmmaking/the-long-goodbye
The Long Goodbye by Javier Ideami
Another film directed by Javier Ideami in Bali with the collaboration of London Academy is called Erase Love. Erase Love which was released before The Long Goodbye, has already won 3 international awards and been featured in the official selection of over 13 international film festivals.
Javier Ideami is an award winning multidisciplinary artist and entrepreneur who has been blending art and technology for years. Some of his works can be seen online at: http://www.ideami.com.
Join London Academy film courses at: http://media-courses.com/film-training-courses/film-school.htm
The Long goodbye by Javier Ideami
The Long goodbye by Javier Ideami
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The Screen Actors Guild
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The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) represents over 200, 000 film and TV performers worldwide. The SAG is a labour union that was founded in 1933 in response to the blatant exploitation of actors by major movie studios. Although it resides primarily over film and TV performers, it partners with AFTRA for radio and internet performers. The main office is in Hollywood although it has several satellite offices. The SAG has had many notable presidents over the years including past American president Ronald Reagan and legendary actor Charlton Heston. The current president is Ken Howard who has presided in that position since 2009.
RULES
Any performer is allowed to join the SAG provided that they meet the criteria in any of 3 categories: principal performer in a SAG production, background performer and at least a 1 year member of an affiliated union. In order to meet the principal performer criteria, a performer would merely need to work at least 1 day as the lead in any SAG production. A background performer would need to work at least 3 days on a SAG production before the criteria would be met. For the last category, as long as you were a member in good standing and held an officer position with any one of the other affiliated unions, you would be able to join SAG.
To join, a potential member must pay an initial fee of $2, 277 plus the first semi-annual membership due of $58. After that, the membership dues are calculated based on the member’s earnings from SAG productions. If you forget to pay on time, penalties will be handed out with the maximum punishment being kicked out of the SAG.
SAG rules also state that no 2 members may have identical names while working. Because of this rule, many actors have had to choose a new name because their name was already taken. One notable example of this is actor Michael J. Fox.
In return for following its rules, the SAG protects the rights of its members through standardization of pay and working environments. They also offer pension and health plans.
HISTORY
SAG was founded by 6 actors in March 1933: Berton Churchill, Charles Miller, Grant Mitchell, Ralph Morgan, Alden Gay and Kenneth Thomson. Just 3 months later, Ralph Morgan became the first president and a board of directors was formed. Although the SAG was founded to protect actors, many refused to join initially. It wasn’t until producers collectively agreed not to bid competitively for actors did members begin signing up. In fact, it only took 3 weeks for the SAG to grow to over 4000 members.
Interestingly, the SAG was embroiled in Cold War controversy during 1947. A group of 10 suspected communists (people who were involved with the film industry) were sentenced to prison for refusing to cooperate with Congress. In support, several SAG members flew to Washington in support for the Hollywood Ten (as they were called). These members included Humphrey Bogart and Gene Kelly. The SAG even forced all members and officers to take a ‘non – communist’ pledge in response to Congress.
The SAG Award
The SAG has gone on strike 5 times in its history. During a strike, all SAG members must cease working. The latest in 2000 was controversial because many members stated that they felt the strike was unnecessary – they felt that the same results would have been achieved either way. After the strike, the SAG found that some of its members had worked illegally; the most notable being Elizabeth Hurley and Tiger Woods who were fined $100,000 each.
AWARDS
The SAG has awarded the Screen Actors Guild Awards annually since 1995. These awards are considered an accurate indicator of Academy Award success.
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The Producers Guild of America
BENEFITS TO BECOMING A MEMBER
There are several benefits to becoming a member of PGA. They include inclusion in their health insurance and pensions plans as well benefits related to standardizing the working conditions of their members and ensuring correct on-screen credits. There are also several special benefits that include education seminars, mentor programs and admission into special screenings of nominated movies during award season (usually December to February).
HISTORY
Interestingly, the PGA started off as 2 separate organizations: Screen Producers Guild (SPG) and Television Producers Guild (TPG). The SPG was formed in 1950 with William Perlberg being its first president. The TPG was formed in 1957 with Ben Brady as the first president. It was until 1962 when the 2 organizations merged to form the PGA. The first president of the newly formed PGA was iconic producer Walter Mirisch. Other notable presidents have been Stanley Rubin, Kathleen Kennedy and Marshall Herskovitz.
In 2001, the PGA expanded its membership base by merging with the American Association of Producers (AAP). This move ensured that the PGA would represent all producers across the board. As part of the merge, 3 councils were formed within PGA. The first was the Producers Council which represented all producers, executive producers and co-producers. The second council formed was the AP council which presented all associate producers, production managers and supervisors, production coordinators, post production staff and visual effects producers. The last council, New Media Council, wasn’t formed until 2002. It represents all producers who work in new media such as mobile, internet and games.
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Also in 2001, the PGA East Regional Chapter of the Guild was formed. Established by John Schwally and Nelle Nugent, the East Regional Chapter existed to serve all members based on the East Coast. The current president of the chapter is John Hadity who has been in this position since 2008.
AWARDS
In 1990, the PGA held its first awards ceremony. Originally named the Golden Laurel Awards, the concept was created by then PGA officer Joel Freeman to honour producers and films that were exceptional that year. The name of the awards were eventually renamed the Producers Guild of America Awards. The PGA Awards attract many high profile celebrities and has had several of them host and/or present awards. They include celebrities such as Ted Turner, Nick Clooney, James Earl Jones, Michael Douglas, Shirley MacLaine and Marlo Thomas. Similar to the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the PGA awards have known to be an accurate indicator of Academy Award success. Its 2010 winners include The King’s Speech for Theatrical Motion Picture and Toy Story 3 for Animated Motion Picture. Actor Sean Penn won the Stanley Kramer Award for “illuminating provocative social issues”. Try the London Academy Production managers course
The Golden Globe Award
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Academy Award
History 
In 1943, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) was formed by the Hollywood based correspondent of Britain’s Daily Mail. The members of the association were Hollywood based journalists from around the world. This legacy has not changed. The association recognises and acknowledges film and television, as a universal art form. As representatives of the world press, the members felt a responsibility to voice their opinions on productions. They created the Golden Globe, an award that acknowledges excellence in every aspect of film and television, from the script and actors to the overall film, which are presented at a lavish ceremony. The first Golden Globe awards ceremony was in 1947, at the 20th Century Fox studios in Los Angeles. It has since been held at various locations, including the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Jennifer Jones was the first to win the, Golden Globe for Best Actress in a film for her performance in, ‘The Song of Bernadette’, which also won best film. Paul Lukas was the first actor to win best actor in a film, for his performance in, ‘Watch on the Rhine’. There have been many landmarks in the history of the Golden Globes. The most significant was in 1951, the association branched out to include drama and musical or comedy, to acknowledge all genres of film and television. In 1952, the association created the Cecil B. DeMille Award to especially acknowledge outstanding contribution to the entertainment field. It was named after the first recipient, Cecil B. DeMille. Today the Golden Globes accredits achievements in 25 categories; 14 in film and 11 in television. The association represents 55 countries including, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. In order to determine nominees in each category of the Golden Globes, the association interview more than 400 actors, writers, directors and producers and watch over 300 films and attend international film festivals.
The Recent Golden Globe Awards 
The 68th Golden Globe awards were held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, California, on 16th January 2011. It was hosted by the British comedian, Ricky Gervais, making it his second consecutive year as host. He received criticism from the media and celebrities that attended the awards for his borderline insulting jokes, directed at the celebrities and president of HFPA, Philip Berk. Robert Downing Junior described him as ‘mean spirited with mildly sinister undertones’. After his opening monologue, that shocked more than amused the audience, he disappeared for an hour. His ‘disappearing act’ left the audience to assume he was told to tone down his jokes, when he returned subdued. The most controversial joke was about the Scientology faith and homosexuality. Referring to the film, ‘I Love You, Philip Morris’, Ricky remarked: ‘it’s about two heterosexual actors pretending to be gay, the complete opposite of some famous Scientologists’. However Ricky’s unconventional hosting did not deduct from the award ceremony. The film, ‘The Social Network’, was the star of the ceremony winning four out of the 6 categories it was nominated for; Best Motion Picture Drama, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score. Despite the historical film, ‘The Kings Speech’, leading the awards with seven nominations, it received one award, Best Actor in a Motion Picture, which went to Colin Firth. Among the winners were; Natalie Portman, for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, for her role in; ‘Black Swan’. Christian Bale won Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, for his role in, ‘The Fighter’. Robert De Niro won the Cecil B. DeMille, Lifetime Achievement Award, for his exceptional contributions to the film industry. The television show, ‘Glee’ won the most Golden Globes in the television categories. The Golden Globe ceremony is one of the major events of the entertainment industry and one of the three most watched awards shows on television and is broadcast live to 150 countries.
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Erase Love continues receiving Awards
Erase Love, the film directed by Javier Ideami ( who has been Tutor at London Academy numerous times) and who produced the film in Bali, Indonesia with the support and collaboration of London Academy and its director, Andy Parkin, continues receiving awards.
This month the film received the Director’s Special Recognition award at the San Francisco International SFShorts Film Festival and in october the film will receive the Metropolis Television Award in Spain.
The film will be shown on the main spanish national TV Channel as well as in the International Spanish channel.
In July the film received as well the Xperiment Visual Award in the Fascurt Film Festival in Barcelona, and it has been nominated in many other festivals around the world including the London International Sci-Fi Film Festival, the Silicon Valley and Ventura film festivals in California, the Mirada en Corto film festival in Argentina and many others
Javier Ideami’s web can be found at: http://www.ideami.com
You can watch – Erase Love – in youtube here
