Comments on: A Recap Of The Trouble In The Visual Effects Industry

By: Mbutu Namubu

Mbutu Namubu — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 06:50:00 +0000

Every investment is profitable according to “Hollywood accounting” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_accounting

By: Mbutu Namubu

Mbutu Namubu — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 06:48:00 +0000

Everything is profitable according to “Hollywood accounting”

By: Spy Black

Spy Black — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 23:48:00 +0000

Welcome to the age of Corporate Imperialism folks. It’s not going to get better. All this work will soon be outsourced. This is especially so if any kind of union is formed. Unions have been dis-empowered anyway. Look at whats happening to all kinds of unions around the country. This is happening in every single industry. Short of a social-political revolution (don’t hold your breath), we’re all going to be slave labor sooner or later.

By: Spy Black

Spy Black — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 23:40:00 +0000

Hollywood would just send all the work overseas then. It will soon do that anyway.

By: Spy Black

Spy Black — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 23:38:00 +0000

Why bother censoring any of this?

By: Jason Armond

Jason Armond — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:07:00 +0000

After thinking about this for days. I don’t see a end to the problem. Say if all the VFX workers and companies in the USA went on strike tomorrow. The movie studio would just send the work to Canada or or Japan or anywhere overseas. The thing with all other film workers you have to be physically there to do the work. VFX is done after the fact and can be done anywhere.

By: Jason Armond

Jason Armond — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:02:00 +0000

The VFX industry is a saturated market. VFX work can be done anywhere in the world. The business model of small VFX houses has been flawed for years. Pixar and ILM and a few others create their own movie content. Concept to completion. Most of the small VFX houses are waiting to put in bids on other studios films. They are not creating for themselves. They are just working for the man.

By: Jason Armond

Jason Armond — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:53:00 +0000

I don’t know where you got your info. The studio’s and the movie industry are still very profitable. It may not be like it was back in the day, but they are making money. The reason why the industry looks for government handout and incentives is. They know they can get them. The want to make as much money as possible. They pit Wilmington NC , Charleston SC, Atlanta GA. Savannah GA, Louisiana, Canada against each other and see which will give them the most tax breaks.

By: Jason Armond

Jason Armond — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 06:47:00 +0000

I agree with the outsourcing part. VFX would have no problem working in a union. There is a misconception that a Union slows things down. It actually speeds things up. I sets strict rules and guide lines when in comes to work conditions and pay. If you ever been on a set things move fast. As for behind the scenes workers.

By: Adam Temple

Adam Temple — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:42:00 +0000

I think they are afraid they would be completely outsourced and also turn out the film union where it takes 4 hours to move a cable. VFX can’t work properly if you have a command chain line to talk to the different art directors like most studio unions .