The Hollywood Commission–which works in partnership with 26 leading companies, unions and guilds, academies, and talent agencies to end discrimination, harassment, bullying, and abuse in the entertainment industry–has launched its second Entertainment Survey, designed to give a voice to entertainment industry workers while providing the community with crucial insight surrounding the progress made in the past five years towards meaningful systemic change. The survey is now live here, and the Hollywood Commission encourages all members of the community to participate in the anonymous questionnaire.
Chaired by Anita Hill and founded by board members Kathleen Kennedy and Nina Shaw, the Hollywood Commission was formed in 2017 to bring together entertainment executives, independent experts, and advisors to take the necessary collective steps towards tackling the culture of abuse and power disparity in the industry.
The second survey, which is seeking responses from members of the community through November 27, 2022, builds on the results of that groundbreaking work. As the Commission and partner companies offer new resources, initiatives, and training in workplaces throughout the entertainment community, this second survey is a temperature check to specifically identify what progress has been made and where work still needs to be done.
With a goal of 20,000 responses–more than double the participation of the first survey–the new survey will include expanded demographics to ensure representation across all communities; an added focus on employees working in the gaming sector; new questions that measure and assess whether and in what ways people experience colorism; and questions focusing on survivor support and the resources needed for victims of retaliation to get back into the industry. The survey is open to entertainment workers in television and film, commercials, live theater, music, broadcast news, talent representation, public relations, corporate settings, and the gaming sector, from countries including the U.S., Canada, Mexico, the U.K., and countries throughout Asia, Oceania, and the South Pacific.
When the results are tabulated, the Hollywood Commission expects to learn where systems can be improved. Survey responses will focus the Commission’s efforts over the next several years–informing the issues that it will elevate for the community and pinpointing where the organization will prioritize its resources.
“As we seek to determine what systemic progress we have made over the past several years, the second Hollywood Commission Entertainment Survey is more important and in many ways consequential than our first,” said Hill. “With this new edition, we hope to double the participation of the first survey, which will help provide us with the insight we need as we continue to focus our efforts on our next phase of work. The key to that will be participation–we need to hear directly from all workers about their experiences. We look forward to working with our partners to encourage everyone in the industry to respond and participate, safely and anonymously.”
The first-of-its-kind survey, published in 2020, received responses from 9,630 entertainment workers, resulting in eye-opening responses, including:
65% of respondents didn’t believe that a powerful individual, such as a producer or director, would be held accountable for harassing someone with less power
Only 28% of respondents who had experienced an incident of gender harassment, unwanted sexual attention, or sexual coercion reported it to employers–because they think they won’t be believed, nothing will happen, or they’ll be retaliated against.
While men and women reported gender harassment (demeaning jokes or comments based on gender; sexually crude terms and insults) at similar rates (62% of men, 67% of women), females experience unwanted sexual attention (42%), sexual coercion (20%) and sexual assault (5%) approximately twice as often as males (22%, 9% and 2%, respectively).
The results of the new Hollywood Commission survey are expected to be completed and released in early 2023.
Creativity unleashed: D&AD releases free annual showcase and trend analysis
D&AD has released its highly sought after Annual available for free as part of its ongoing commitment to nurturing creativity across different communities.
The organization is sharing full access to the D&AD Annual--a summary of the insights, strategies and campaigns that powered the best creative work at the D&AD Awards 2024--and the D&AD Trend Report which explores the themes from the Annual and how they might shape the future.
The D&AD Annual goes “behind the work” of this year’s award-winning creative campaigns across 32 categories and provides exclusive insider insights from the people who brought them to life. Judged by over 300 world-leading designers, advertising executives and skilled creatives, the D&AD Awards represent one of the annual high points of the creative calendar with all winners presented with a D&AD Pencil.
From how conspiracy theory tactics were co-opted to make skincare brand CeraVe go viral, to how Channel 4 worked with multiple directors to portray vignettes of British life, and Apple found inspiration in the transparency of glass to inform the design of their Vision OS, the D&AD Annual shines a light on all the 2024 shortlisted and winning work.
As part of the Annual, D&AD Voices also invites perspectives on major themes represented in the winning work; from the lucrative rise of women’s football penned by journalist and broadcaster Zing Tsjeng and an exploration of how to brand a cultural institution by Art Review’s Louise Benson, to unpacking the new generation of magazines with MagCulture, and climate advertising with Creatives for Climate. The D&AD Annual is available here.
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