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According to Mehr’s reporter, the audience’s reception of their favorite faces during various events is a topic that has become more popular in the last few years due to the reflection in the virtual space and social networks. This topic is important because Sometimes artists refer to this event as a friendly meeting and sometimes they inform their fans of their presence before attending a private screening or visiting a collection.

But what has become news in the past few days due to the presence of an actor and the gathering created around him is different from the same friendly meetings.

Mohammadreza Golzar, whose videos welcoming his fans have been shared on virtual networks before, has been in the spotlight this time. The publication of a video of his presence in a mobile phone sales center and the presence of a large number of men to meet him has caused some virtual network activists to give another title to this friendly meeting and to describe the gathering as a black army that the actor himself is for this. The visit is scheduled.

Because of these margins Again One of the often neglected categories of cinema, that is, artists, has been in the spotlight.

Regardless of judgment about the correctness and Soqm The presence of artists in this video, which the actor himself has not yet reacted to, has raised doubts about the nature of the artists’ activities in spaces outside of the professional filmmaking process. What is the position of artists in Iranian cinema, and have they had side activities of the type mentioned in this recent case?

In order to find the answers to these questions, we went to one of the people in charge of supporting artists in Iranian cinema and had a conversation with him about how they work.

I wish we had a class!

Elnaz Atai, one of the activists in the field of providing artists for film projects, who has a history of cooperation with notable projects such as the movie “Ataqek Goli” in his career, explained in a conversation with Mehr reporter about the presence of artists in the film project: the activists of this field are usually sad. And they have many unsaid things that maybe there is no place to discuss all of them in one conversation. We have been trying to form a guild for artists for several years. We are following up with the Cinema House and the Ministry of Guidance so that we too can have a union so that the floor and ceiling of the salary received by the artists is determined by it.

He added: Currently, artists do not have a fixed salary in different projects, and the big problem we are facing is that even from our own colleagues. outsmart we eat! Of course, I don’t mean my old colleagues who have been in this field for years. Basically, in our cinema, “artists in charge” does not have a defined place and even in the end credits, he is mentioned at the end of the lists. In some projects, even the respect of the artists is not maintained. In one project, the production manager or the assistant producer are very fond of the artists, but in another group, they basically consider the artist as nothing! They do not have a suitable place to settle and receive, nor are they paid a suitable salary. All this is because we do not have a guild.

artist’s salary; 100 to 120 thousand tomans daily!

He continued: In some projects, artists suddenly face salaries that cannot be calculated! within today According to The contracts that we make with the projects, in the best case, the amount of 100 to 120 thousand Tomans is taken by the artist for each day! Since last year, the amount of the contract we make with the groups is only 200 thousand tomans per artist per day. This amount has nothing to do with the production manager or the project producer, and considering the effect of inflation on the project cost estimate, it is not profitable for them to spend more on art. But it should be kept in mind that we, as artists, are also experiencing this inflation.

Atai also explained about the difference between the amount of the contract and the amount received by the artist: After all, all these artists need service. Ayab And going and all these costs are the responsibility of the artists. Naturally, there should be a leader in every artistic group, as we, as the artists in charge, collaborate with several leaders in each project, and naturally, the payment of their wages is also included in the amount of the contracts.

He continued: Add to all these cases the lack of money and the delay in the payment of amounts by the projects, and it is not like this that the artists’ wages are paid by the project. For the past two years, I participated in a project called “2888” and was responsible for the artists of that project, but after this time since the film was ready, we still haven’t been settled. From the same producer for his previous project, “Cinema story CityI also have debts and these are the pains of my colleagues.

What is the motivation of artists to work with low wages?

Atai also said about the motivation of artists to participate in projects with these very small salaries: a group of these people are either retired or young people under the age of 20 who do not have suitable working conditions. A larger group of these people who often enter this field and are not permanent are people who want to experience being in this space. Sometimes they are even motivated to act, and when they come to know the realities of the black army or art, they abandon this work. Regardless of the motivation of these people, the issue is, let’s think that a daily wage of 200 thousand tomans for a person’s full-time presence in a project is reasonable and fair?

We have had cases such as holding openings related to some brands, or even for a supermarket and furniture store, who come to us to provide art. In these cases where there are no conditions for filming and participating in the video project, our contract amounts are also different

Pointing out that some people come to Hanoruri even with good financial status and just to experience being in a movie project, he explained: I remember once we called for a project and someone from Ardabil wanted to come to work. I very compassionately told him that I have called to start my work, but it is not worth so much that you want to come from Ardabil! I told him that you will not be seen in this work, but he emphasized that he wants to experience this space. Finally, he came and later told me that you were really telling the truth. What I imagined was something else and I told him not to think that art is the way to enter the cinema and an introduction to becoming an actor.

Atai emphasized: In terms of income, this work cannot even be considered a job. I tell all the young people who are coming, don’t waste your life and go for other jobs.

He also explained about the contract of supplying art for programs other than film and television projects: We have had cases such as holding openings related to some brands or even for a supermarket and furniture store, who come to us to provide art. In these cases where there are no conditions for filming and participating in the video project, our contract amounts are also different.

Proposal to provide art to change the results of city council elections!

This manager of providing artists in film projects continued: Among these, there are some things for providing artists that many of my colleagues among the people in charge of providing artists, like myself, do not do them. Maybe the appearance of the matter is that it is an important form of income for me and I can adapt to any space, but sometimes there are strange offers. For example, to attract artists in the field of influencing the results of city council elections in a particular constituency! We have had suggestions of this kind, but we really consider entering these fields outside of ethics and fairness. By the way, much higher wages are offered for these cases, but I and many of my colleagues do not accept these offers.

Regarding whether it is possible to use artists in the space of artistic events such as the opening ceremony of a movie or to welcome a certain actor, he said: Personally, I have not come across such a proposal until today, and on several occasions when I was in a private screening program We were present in the film, we were also invited as the film crew. Since artists are usually a subset of one of the art supply managers, I don’t think an actor can personally take care of the art supply and hire people to crowd their schedules. Of course, I have heard in some cases that some spend money like this, but personally, I have not faced such a proposal until today.

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