Assumpta Serna, Scott Cleverdon and their plan to avoid slimy harassment in Spanish cinema

The audiovisual field is on fire.

Since #MeToo emerged in 2017, more and more

situations of harassment, abuse or assault, usually of a sexual nature.

At the last Feroz Awards gala held on January 28 in Zaragoza, the actress and singer

(30) filed a complaint against the producer

(55) for sexual assault.

"If all the groups in the audiovisual sector could organize ourselves with

encompassed in ethical codes to act ethically throughout the work process, including promotion such as parties, festivals, press conferences or photocalls, these

he assures

(65).

Speak with aplomb.

He endorses her vast experience as an interpreter with

in 20 countries and six languages.

For almost three decades he has shared his life with the Scottish interpreter

(53), with whom, together with 50 other entities in the sector, they created the Code of Good Practice for Actors in the Audiovisual (CBPAA).

Los Feroz are not the only case in our cinema.

Other native actresses

as

(54) and

(41) have been victims of some type of inappropriate conduct.

Assumpta is not in favor of divulging the

because "even if we don't want it, doubt assails us and we color a defendant as a presumed culprit. Not only is it clumsy, it also damages the reputation and puts the reader in a position trial" while Scott argues that "with the

philosophy we are working on the assumption that no one would falsely accuse someone. What happens

By being driven by ideology and the 'threat narrative', where only women can be victims and only men can be aggressors, we are creating an abuse-prone gap in society."

Faced with the emotional earthquake in the sector, Scott emphasizes the

and mechanisms to reinforce ethical action, since "when employees from other sectors contribute knowledge to other groups, business results have led to greater work efficiency , the quality of the work has increased and

through dialogue".

The actor couple has been highly involved in managing quality and

of a work since they created the Assumpta Serna School (EAS) in 1999, the First Team international foundation in 2004 and Familia de Cine in 2020, the latter emerged during the pandemic because the sector "realized the importance of

-says Scott- so a group of film and theater professionals through the Association of Good Practices (ABPAU) collects the proposals of professionals and associations received through Change.org and etica@familiadecine".

Now more than ever, Assumpta and Scott act as accent coaches and

functions performed in the recent filming of the Atresmedia miniseries

starring

For the scenes within a story with a certain voltage above the average, the marriage affects its Code of Good Practices that has the recommendations and conduct guides of Ita O'Brien, SAG or Equity UK.

In summary, they affirm that the privacy coordinator must be involved from the beginning of a project to write a document on the

and the choreography of movements that includes meetings with the team leaders -costumes, makeup, props-, the protocols for those who may be on the set,

so that they do not damage the reputation of the performers.

And, above all, "provide and check the necessary pieces of clothing, pads and protections for each actor / actress to reduce contact or transfer of fluids," they say.

At your disposal there are

to

scented wipes to avoid odors of sweat, taco or bad breath.

There are innumerable changes that are to come.

Tonight, the Goya Awards premiere their first anti-harassment protocol.

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