Showing posts with label VFX Labor Issues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label VFX Labor Issues. Show all posts

VFX Union Picnic in Santa Monica

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At the request of artists on both sides of the border, the IATSE union in Los Angeles and Vancouver will be hosting informational meeting...

What if VFX Facilities Didn't Exist?

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A friend and I were discussing the future of VFX today.  To be honest, I haven't thought about animation much over the holiday.  I have ...

RSA Animate - Smile or Die

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I love the animated talks by the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts , RSA  It is not easy to create animation that is both  entert...

Smile or Die

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I dedicate this post to all of my colleagues who are out of work and/or have been out of work for almost a year now. I remember 2007 being ...

Scott Ross for President

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Everyone should listen to this interview... Interview with Scott Ross This is the most articulate, solution oriented conversation I have hea...

Media industry fears new rules will kill jobs

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This is the first article I have seen regarding runaway production in Animation and VFX that makes any sense to me.  If you are trying to bu...

VFX Soldier

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VFX Soldier Check it out. I enjoyed the comments section.

Deconstruction EORS

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Great Explanation of EOR and Freelancing  Bottom Line:   Got a problem with the shady EORS like MBO and Yurcor? File a complaint with the la...

Hollywood's VFX Sweatshops

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"Fundamentally, visual effects is a crappy business," James Cameron told me when I interviewed him for my book, The Futurist: The...

Cash Money

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It's so nice to get a paycheck from an employer -  on time and without hounding them!   This should be the standard, but it's not an...

Effects Corner POV

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I keep hearing "All of a sudden. the folks making VFX have grown up.  Now they are concerned about their families and want stability.  ...

VFX Town Hall Brought to you by ARTISTS

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Give a listen to a town hall created by working ARTISTS No need for art posters or self promotion here. Just a clean and simple website with...

Review: VFX Online Town Hall with Chris deFaria, Jeffrey Okun, Scott Ross

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VFX Online Town Hall with Chris deFaria, Jeffrey Okun, Scott Ross  if you missed it... LISTEN HERE Review:  The introduction by Lee Stranah...

VFX Labor and the Animation Guild's POV

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Steve Hulett and Tom Sito Everyone working or wanting to work in VFX, CG and animation should listen to this podcast. Steve Hulett of The An...

Letter to James Cameron

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Letter to James Cameron From: Lee Stranahan To James Cameron, I'm addressing this letter to you because you and your films have been suc...

The IRS and the Freelance Dilemma

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You may be paid on time finally as a freelancer for VFX, but you will have to pay an outside payroll company 5%??? Also, the author says ar...

Working in China?

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Check out VFX Wages january 11 2010 at 11:58 a.m. category: A guest post from one of our users, with editorial corrections and comments. Re...

Ralph Bakshi: Surviving In Tough Times

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Legendary animation director, Ralph Bakshi discusses how he survived the collapse of theatrical animation and offers tips to current animato...

FX Guide Interviews Scott Ross

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Scott Ross Interview FX Podcast Listen Dec 11, 2009 - Industry pioneer Scott Ross is our guest as we talk about visual effects history an...

Freelancers Union

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Freelancers Union I started Freelancers Union because I believe in the radical notion of fairness: we should all have access to the socia...