The cry for VFX workers needs to be a universal cry. From the out of work in LA and London, to the soon to be put of work in Vancouver, to the VFX facilities all over the planet, to the Indian VFX worker that has been treated like a slave... the entire VFX industry needs to come together and solve the issue that the Motion Picture Studio does not compensate VFX facilities appropriately. Frankly, I dont blame the Studios. I am not trying to vilify them at all. After all, they are business people just trying to make the best product for the least amount of money. If anyone is to be blamed, it is us, the VFX industry for allowing our goods and services to be sold at unbelievably discounted rates. Where the VFX facility takes most of the risk. Where we eat each other alive by dropping our prices so low that we cannot sustain the lean times. It is not the big bad Movie Studio that doesnt respect us (and they dont) that has caused our undoing, it is us that doesnt respect us that has. But..... I have a dream (it worked before!) that all of the owners/managers/CEOs of VFX shops form an International Trade Association that could deal with the Studios, that would allow the shops to regain their pride, that would ensure that our industry continues to survive. I for one have been doggedly pursuing this effort for a very long time. I ask for all of you to demand that your bosses form a coalition and start to organize such a Trade Association. As someone once said: We seem to be made to suffer. Its our lot in life. I dont agree. - Team Pixel D Studios / pixeldstudios
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 18:15:09 +0000