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Final supporters
We the actors & crew whose names are listed below participate in this petition to implore the Management of JMC academy to direct its students to share work and recognise the efforts of the mostly, volunteer actors that contribute to the curriculum by giving their time for free in order to help students make films.
Actors are currently discussing black-banning JMC in response to some extremely poor treatment that, anecdotally, seems to be rife across JMC campuses.
In particular we request one change to your marking or grading process. As a prerequisite for grading completed work, we ask that the student must give an undertaking that all volunteers, either side of the camera, that assisted on the project has been supplied with a copy of his/her work.
If this assurance isn't given or cannot be substantiated the project will not be marked or graded.
We are tired of giving days of our time only to be ignored.
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December 16, 2014
The reach of this petition has grown significantly and confirms that our experiences are far from isolated. This momentum provides a firm foundation as we prepare to present our request to the administration at JMC Academy.
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I personally have no issues with JMC films students - maybe I was lucky enough to get crews that were all willing to supply footage when asked. I, however, understand that when we work as actors and donate our time and our bodies, our selves, and ask (well I always ask but some may be shy to ask) for footage, the footage is payment for our time. In the words of Will Eamon (INXS) - we sign contracts, we arrive on set on a time production decides. Not returning footage of our work is like us not showing up. Being late to returning footage is like us being late on set. Many of us are professionals, and we remember those that treat us unfairly.
I have 3 jobs where I have been totally cut of, ignored and am still waiting for film, almost given up on JMC
OFFICIAL RESPONSE FROM JMC ACADEMY MANAGEMENT: We are grateful that you have brought this to our attention and understand the frustration that this has caused. We want to stress that on all 3 campuses we do enforce that students respect all actors and crew and entering into clear agreements with actors regarding delivery of completed films and / or providing rushes. However in light of these complaints and the subsequent creation of this site, we have decided to amend our policies and improve the wording of particular paperwork to ensure that JMC Academy Film and Television students enter into more transparent arrangements with external actors and crew to ensure that there is better communication through all stages of pre-production, production and post-production and that finished copies of films and/or rushes are delivered in a timely manner. Kind regards, JMC Academy Managament.
If you can't produce footage for your actors then pay them! In every industry a service provided is rewarded with a fee or a product. Honour your contracts!
people give your their skills, their time, their laughter anguish heartbreak a charcater that they need to be played for the role, the leat you could do is give them their worth and them their work to , your student got their work done with their help least you can do is respect them and their work as well.
If you are working on these projects you should absilutely get a copy of the final product. Anything less is absurd.
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
We the actors & crew whose names are listed below participate in this petition to implore the Management of JMC academy to direct its students to share work and recognise the efforts of the mostly, volunteer actors that contribute to the curriculum by giving their time for free in order to help students make films.
Actors are currently discussing black-banning JMC in response to some extremely poor treatment that, anecdotally, seems to be rife across JMC campuses.
In particular we request one change to your marking or grading process. As a prerequisite for grading completed work, we ask that the student must give an undertaking that all volunteers, either side of the camera, that assisted on the project has been supplied with a copy of his/her work.
If this assurance isn't given or cannot be substantiated the project will not be marked or graded.
We are tired of giving days of our time only to be ignored.
Updates
December 16, 2014
The reach of this petition has grown significantly and confirms that our experiences are far from isolated. This momentum provides a firm foundation as we prepare to present our request to the administration at JMC Academy.
15 Comments
If your not going to pay the actors with their film then you have to pay them for their time. It's simply called Professionalism! It feels like a waste of time when we spend our hard earned money on fuel to go to the filmings and sometimes were not even catered for on set. It's about time all students realised the value of what is being given to them. Be professional and make sure we are fed properly on sets and pay us our footage or pay us money. We are not free, we come at a cost of fair exchange.
I personally have no issues with JMC films students - maybe I was lucky enough to get crews that were all willing to supply footage when asked. I, however, understand that when we work as actors and donate our time and our bodies, our selves, and ask (well I always ask but some may be shy to ask) for footage, the footage is payment for our time. In the words of Will Eamon (INXS) - we sign contracts, we arrive on set on a time production decides. Not returning footage of our work is like us not showing up. Being late to returning footage is like us being late on set. Many of us are professionals, and we remember those that treat us unfairly.
I have 3 jobs where I have been totally cut of, ignored and am still waiting for film, almost given up on JMC
OFFICIAL RESPONSE FROM JMC ACADEMY MANAGEMENT: We are grateful that you have brought this to our attention and understand the frustration that this has caused. We want to stress that on all 3 campuses we do enforce that students respect all actors and crew and entering into clear agreements with actors regarding delivery of completed films and / or providing rushes. However in light of these complaints and the subsequent creation of this site, we have decided to amend our policies and improve the wording of particular paperwork to ensure that JMC Academy Film and Television students enter into more transparent arrangements with external actors and crew to ensure that there is better communication through all stages of pre-production, production and post-production and that finished copies of films and/or rushes are delivered in a timely manner. Kind regards, JMC Academy Managament.
If you can't produce footage for your actors then pay them! In every industry a service provided is rewarded with a fee or a product. Honour your contracts!
people give your their skills, their time, their laughter anguish heartbreak a charcater that they need to be played for the role, the leat you could do is give them their worth and them their work to , your student got their work done with their help least you can do is respect them and their work as well.
If you are working on these projects you should absilutely get a copy of the final product. Anything less is absurd.
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If your not going to pay the actors with their film then you have to pay them for their time. It's simply called Professionalism! It feels like a waste of time when we spend our hard earned money on fuel to go to the filmings and sometimes were not even catered for on set. It's about time all students realised the value of what is being given to them. Be professional and make sure we are fed properly on sets and pay us our footage or pay us money. We are not free, we come at a cost of fair exchange.