IDEAS - Institute for Developing Entertainment Arts & Studies at LAVC
IDEAS is a page to learn what the 19 Los Angeles Community Colleges are doing to promote entertainment career paths, workshops, and other services.
IDEAS is a page that has housed numerous Economic Workforce Development Grants based out of Los Angeles Valley College and focused on providing a bridge between education and employment. IDEAS is meant as an unofficial resource for LAVC's goal is to provide curriculum alignment between K-12, community colleges and four year institutions in the fields of ICT (which includes CSIT and CAOT) and Digit
IDEAS is a page that has housed numerous Economic Workforce Development Grants based out of Los Angeles Valley College and focused on providing a bridge between education and employment. IDEAS is meant as an unofficial resource for LAVC's goal is to provide curriculum alignment between K-12, community colleges and four year institutions in the fields of ICT (which includes CSIT and CAOT) and Digit
Top executives from some of the nation’s biggest media conglomerates haven’t in recent months been shy about blasting Nielsen, the industry’s de facto measurement of success or failure. At Walt Dis…
Really good discussion on the economics of today's industry.
Disney Has a Spending Problem | Discovery Doesn't? w/ Kamran PashaDiscovery CEO David Zaslav doesnt want to win the spending war for Discovery Plus (or HBo M...
More good news about the theatrical window. Now, if only the industry could deal with that pesky belief that the traditional female audience that used to drive "bread and butter pictures" was never a thing...
Sony’s video game adaptation “Uncharted,” starring Tom Holland as street-smart treasure hunter Nathan Drake, had another solid showing at the international box office. Over the we…
In their last outings as leaders of ViacomCBS, the executive team led by Shari Redstone and Bob Bakish finally started to sound like they have a solid plan to compete in streaming. On the day Viaco…
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The Van Nuys Neighborhood Council will be holding an online Homeless Forum on March 2nd. If you need personal information or just want to learn more, this is the place to learn and get answers.
Variety needs to remember its own past when it would annually compare the Superbowl to the Oscars. Traditionally, the Oscars were the #2 show of the year in ratings.
The Oscars are the culmination and celebration of the year in cinema, just as the Super Bowl is the pinnacle for football season. As the nation pauses for a long day of gridiron action, it seems lo…
Disney CRUSHES Expectations | Disney CEO Bob Chapek Wins | Beauty & The Beast Cancelled - w/ Kamran PashaDisney reported their 1st Quarter Fiscal 2022 and sm...
02/11/2022
Got a big radio announcement! Starting Monday I'm going to be doing sports updates Monday through Friday for the Pennsylvania News Network which is on 60 stations in PA so I'll be on in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Buffalo. Also, I'll be doing sports updates for the Maryland News Network. They are on 30 stations in MD so I'll be on in Baltimore and Washington DC. I'll be continuing my news duties on NRG Broadcasting legendary Rock 108 and 105.7 KOKZ Cedar Rapids Waterloo as Julio Newsio Flores the top stations in Eastern Iowa.
Now that there is clearance for Discovery to "merge" with Warner Media, expect a lot of changes (read: opportunities) to be happening for our students...
AT&T and Discovery have gained clearance for their much-anticipated deal to spin off WarnerMedia so it can merge with Discovery, a deal that has already been approved in Europe. The approval of…
Last week Netflix experienced a significant decline in its stock price, despite what SEEMED like positive news (a net 8mm new subscribers in Q4). What, then is the issue? Could it be that those subscribers were primarily in territories such as India that cost a fraction of a subscription in the US? Are these lower market subscribers supplanting those leaving the higher priced areas? Then, there's the issue of the big drop off between Q4 (8mm subs) and the projections for Q1 (only 2mm?) Something's amiss here, which is why Wall Street may be balking.
UPDATED: Netflix stock fell almost 3% Monday, continuing the downward trend it’s been experiencing since the streaming giant reported last week it had ended 2021 with slightly lower-than-expe…
In preparation for my low budget producing class, Media Arts 113 ( Class #17981), here's a video on appropriate budget levels and why they are important if you have any hopes of being profitable. Class is on Mondays at 6:35 to 8:35 PM at Los Angeles Valley College.
How unfun and uncreative is a focus on budgets! Yet, how important to your eventual success in the entertainment industry. In broad strokes, we go over the v...
Bob Chapek, who is nearing the two-year mark since he took the baton as CEO for the Walt Disney Co., has articulated three key strategic priorities for the company in a memo to employees. Referring…
Interesting conversation about the Chapik (current head of Disney) memo and what is happening as a consequence. https://youtu.be/IWlHYhWvNbI
Kathleen Kennedy STRIPPED of ANOTHER Project - Disney / Lucasfilm Children of Blood & Bone DUMPED and sold to Paramount Studios - w/ Kamran PashaDEADLINE to...
The loss of major entertainment figures such as Betty White, Peter Bogdanovich, and Sidney Poitier would be tragic enough, but to lose them all in such proximity is another reminder of how our legacy is always fragile. Here we go over some of the real differences these performers made to the world of entertainment... and how they remind us of what we can do for the future as well...
The simultaneous passing of Betty White, Peter Bogdanovich, and Sidney Poitier seems to portend the end of an era. However, it actually positively proves a p...
At the start of 2020, Variety boldly predicted what the box office landscape that year was going to look like… before the world was upended by a pandemic. While several of those forecasts did ultim…
Given the high hatted treatment Hollywood gave to Chinese subject matter (i.e. very ignorant screenplays; trying to foster western aesthetics on Asian models; being unwilling to do outreach to the Asian community in general or the locally based Chinese community in particular), while expecting to bring big box office was always a pipe dream. China was well aware of both Hollywood's success with Sony and its failure with Matsush*ta -- execs dealing with China would have been well served had they done similar research and done business accordingly).
China has always taken extraordinary measures to protect its massive market from Hollywood content, but 2021 truly put its World Trade Organization obligations to the test. Only 21 revenue-share Ho…
It is too bad the Golden Globes have gotten such a bad name as they have proven to be one of the most generous in their actual endowments of community colleges and universities. At both City and Valley, they have set up very lucrative foundations that truly DO help impacted communities. In that way, they were the avant garde.
There will be no celebrity presenters when the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announces this year’s Golden Globe winners on Jan. 9. Variety has obtained a copy of an email from the Globes tale…
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@Brian Uptgraft, former student and long-time industry pro involved with Valley College's various grants, now has his own new series coming up. Here's some info ab out it!
"Two New Podcasts are about to drop, featuring true life stories of U.S. Bounty Hunters! Brian Uptgraft, Bounty Hunter for over 35 years will discuss cases, bail recovery, fugitive recovery, shoot outs, and all manner of True Stories. “Criminal Reckoning” will discuss the capture of famous fugitives by FBI, US Marshalls, Fugitive Recovery Agents and Local Law Enforcement. Wanted Bail Skips will feature Fugitives on the run Right Now, and how audiences can help capture them. Go to our website (still under construction) and help us capture Bail Skippers!
How do we discuss with our students what's going on with China and their on-again, off-again investments in Hollywood? The best way is to say they were NOT a unique event in Hollywood history, mainly part a continuum of Big Money investors who eventually got tired of the lack of return on investment.
Many in Hollywood are worried about China pulling out. They should be worried, but they should not be surprised -- especially if they have been in the indust...
Moviegoers rang in 2022 and slammed the door shut on 2021 by watching “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” the kind of escapist fare that seems to be resonating strongly in the middle of a public…
In preparation for classes next semester, here's a video discussing some of the challenges that are appearing in the entertainment industry. The differences between Spiderman No Way Home and West Side Story 2021 defines the real dichotomy the industry is facing.
There is a major cultural shift going on in Hollywood today. After years of bounty arriving via China and streaming, Hollywood appears to have forgotten its ...
It would be nice if Variety knew its own industry's history... this "decoupling" is the same decoupling that has happened with Japan, Saudi Arabia, the UK, the EU, corporations such as Coca-Cola, GE, Matsush*ta, Credit Lyonnaise, Vivandi, etc. Every time Hollywood feels it has a "Mr. Moneybags" that will keep delivering cash with no discipline associated with the spend, this type of regrouping inevitably hits. If Hollywood is going to regain its strength, it needs to stop it with constantly trying to appease investors (or Twitter) over audiences and real numbers. It isn't that difficult, and lying that this is "unprecedented" is part of the problem because it happens all the time.
The tea leaves aren’t difficult to read: China and Hollywood can bid adieu to any attempts at in-depth cultural collaboration for the foreseeable future as relations between Tinseltown and th…
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IDEAS has been part of the Los Angeles Community College System since 2002, primarily offering training and other services for students, incumbent workers, and those seeking career changes. We offer free workshops and learning sessions in all aspects of entertainment. Stay tuned for further information.
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IDEAS was originally a program developed by the California Community College Chancellor’s Office Department of Economic and Workforce Development in 2002. It originally provided workshops for entertainment industry incumbent workers (generally from unions) in digital media skills.
In 2010, the Entertainment Industry Training Collaborative joined with IDEAS to continue providing incumbent worker training, but with vastly increased funding. In an arrangement with Contract Services Administration Training Trust Fund (the multi-local that also provides “safety passports”) for its members to ensure set safety. During the three years of this grant, over 2,000 industry workers were funded for advanced technical training beyond the scope of its usual services.
From 2013-2018, it was the home for the 19 community colleges in the Los Angeles Region and the 9 colleges in Orange County to post news, links, announcements, special events, etc. that were happening on their campuses. During that time, it hosted numerous workshops including boot camps, curriculum development, high school events, development of new curriculum, and more.
During those five years, IDEAS created nearly 200 digital video assets that may be used in classrooms, workshops, and at Workforce Development facilities. Broken into specific channels based on the occupation, each video features an interview with questions from an industry “newbie” (usually a former community college student just entering the workforce) to an industry pro who has been in the industry for multiple years. The careers covered are mostly below-the-line (crafts) and front office positions to give students a broad sense of all the jobs available. They may be found on individual playlists at the Sensei Dan W Channel on YouTube
Further, IDEAS oversaw 450 regional events hosted at ten different colleges, over fifteen high schools, and at numerous industry partner locations. Through its affiliation with LA HITECH, a California Careers Pathway grant, IDEAS worked closely with Dr. Laurie Nalepa at LAVC to help coordinate up and down articulation from high school to community colleges; from community college to four-year institutions; and, finally, from the workforce back into the community college for noncredit classes. The events held impacted over 5,700 students; 1,000 faculty members; 1,000 incumbent workers; and 100 industry partners. Utilizing industry partners, over forty courses were revised or developed.
The page is now a place for the 19 community colleges to post their announcements, let people know what is going on around the community, and work on special projects with the various campuses.
Please note that it is no longer in any way associated with the ICT and Digital Media portion of the Deputy Sector Navigator grants at this time.
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Fellow partner in crime on many of the events hosted during the past five years tells the true story!
Another of our industry experts showing the way...
Hi everyone, not quite sure what Supervisor Kuehl and the rest of the Board is doing -- the press release is all buzzwords. However, you might want to contact her office and see what IDEAS can do to help...whatever they are up to.
https://www.facebook.com/sjkuehl/posts/1838485602932952
More from Dsn SmataDan herself!
This week's guest on the podcast is community college success story Armen Fetulagian. He went from LAVC to Northridge and is now post-production supervisor on an upcoming Netflix series.
Beginning of the semester, time for some podcasting! Another group of students not waiting for their dreams to come to them but are making them happen.
from our ICT-DM pals at Cuesta College!
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