Wages that do not cover the cost of equipment / competition with world cinema

Charso Press: Ehsan Afsharian Voiceover Cinematic and short works, pointing out that before these two movies “Savage Killer” and “old boy“, and none of them have been screened until today, he said: Currently, due to the existing conditions, many directors have stopped the production of films, and I hope that the production in the cinema will return to the previous routine as soon as possible and that new works will be produced in the cinema. .

In another part of his speech, he explained that the increase in production costs is one of the reasons why fewer films are released, and he explained: Imagine a producer or director with the best idea, making the best film, but the problem is Where is this movie going to be released? These days, the cinema does not help in the return of investment and it is not profitable for the producer to spend his capital of 20 billion to produce a film for which there was no economic justification.

This voice actor said: During the 2 years that the cinemas because coronavirus It was almost shut down, the production was very profitable for the home theater networks and the producers welcomed it, but now there is no such profitability in the home theater network and it can be said that the market of cinema and home theater networks is in a very bad situation.

Afsharian said: These days, the price of services and rentals in the cinema has increased a lot, so that if in the past a director or producer could produce a short film with 50 million Tomans, now this budget has reached 400 million Tomans. Hard earned money but easily paid for a short 10 day job.

He answered the question that with Attention Regarding the presence of short films in international festivals and competition with other works produced in countries with a cinema industry, the lack of various equipment, including up-to-date sound equipment, can influence the visibility of the film crew, he said: It is true that there are many differences. There is a difference between the equipment we use in Iran and the cinema equipment of other countries, for example, Hollywood cinema, but we can say that technically, especially in the sound department, we can compare to the productions. Hollywood be close

Voiceoverold boyHe continued: It can be said that in Hollywood, mostly in movies big Production It uses very special equipment, which, of course, does not exist in Iran at all. But I can say that technically in Iran we have produced works that have received very good awards in foreign festivals and in competition with other films.

He stressed: Imagine the sound team of a Hollywood movie, a team of 10 or 15 no one There are those who each do a job professionally and get good money. But we are one person in Iran Existence sounder It has to do all the work do it yourself and yet he receives a small salary.

Afsharian said: “Unfortunately, the price of equipment has gone up a lot, and if one of the equipment, for example, a speaker or a monitor If it breaks down, replacing it is associated with very heavy costs, of course, cinema equipment, for example, is not found at all in the field of sound, and if it is, it has staggering prices, while the salary of a sound engineer in the cinema is a low salary, imagine for a speaker You have to spend 80 million tomans pink The salary of a voice actor in cinema has recently reached 80 million tomans.

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