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How Does One Make A Million Dollars in the Movie Business? Part 2 | VFX Business

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How Does One Make A Million Dollars in the Movie Business? Saturday 2nd June 2012. The $1.7 million had been received and about $1.2 million already spent. Two writers, a trip to Japan, dozens of meetings and two years had transpired and so far, several disappointing drafts and not even a traffic light insight, let alone a green light. This team was comprised of two young guys, an Argentinian, Rudi Liden and a Japanese American, Dave Kebo. Couldn’t we have a happy ending? Couldn’t Keiko and Nic live?

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Transformances… | Scott Huckabay

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No shows booked at the moment. No shows booked at the moment. Sign up on the Email list. You've already signed up, Thanks! Check your inbox now to confirm your subscription. For upcoming new music releases and performances. It's the soul expression of music I play that feeds my constant state of bliss. In the midst of it all, my hope is that I can help invoke creativity and inspiration in others throughout this beautiful planet! 2013 Elizabeth Diane: lucid9design.com. Photo's courtesy of Dave Rand.

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BC Subsidy High Wire Act Hit By ‘Fiscal Tsunami’ | VFX Soldier

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Commentary On The Visual Effects Industry's March To The Bottom. BC Subsidy High Wire Act Hit By ‘Fiscal Tsunami’. It’s an all too familiar story I post about on this blog: US studios fall in love with a government that give them free money. Governments runs out of money. US studios leave for the next sucker. A BC newspaper reports that government officials may leave out the film and games industry for further support in the future:. Two years ago I predicted problems for subsidized locations. Six major ...

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An Open Letter to Genndy Tartakovsky | SpiUnion

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VFX Artists in support of a better Industry. An Open Letter to Genndy Tartakovsky. We had fun at the Hawaiian Luau the other night, thank you for taking the time to sign our posters. We would like to talk about some very serious issues in the animation industry today. Perhaps you are unaware of the working situations for artists at Sony Pictures Digital Productions. There is a 3-tiered benefit system that your crew works under:. We work to make your ideas come to life. When audiences buy blu rays and...

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An Open Letter to Ang Lee | VFX Soldier

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Commentary On The Visual Effects Industry's March To The Bottom. An Open Letter to Ang Lee. Dear Mr. Lee,. When asked about the bankruptcy of Rhythm Hues, the visual effects house largely responsible for making your film “life of Pi” as incredible as it was, you said:. Incidentally, those were the same gorgeous sunsets and vistas that your DP Claudio Miranda took credit for without so much as a word of thanks to those artists. And the same animated performances that helped win you the best director s...

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SpiUnion | VFX Artists in support of a better Industry | Page 2

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VFX Artists in support of a better Industry. Question of the Day – Initiation Fees. May 24, 2012. We asked Steve Kaplan:. So what’s the deal with initiation fees? They are waived for new members present when a vote takes place, right? If someone is employed at a later date, do they have to pay the fee? Isn’t it true most companies will pay the fee if asked for as a signing bonus? Can you pay in a payment plan? If so, over how many months? What are the dollar costs to people? VFX Union Meetup – 5/21.

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To the MIB3 and Spidey crews | SpiUnion

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VFX Artists in support of a better Industry. To the MIB3 and Spidey crews. Read a great comment. It’s been a fact for over 15 yrs the the most profitable films come from our effortsfrom VFX. When you watch the credits roll our names are at the bottom of that totem pole and often just plain left out, why? Because pixels are expensive? No because we have no representation! So exactly how many jobs were covered under a union agreement on the latest 2 Columbia Pictures shows that we worked on? Watch all thos...

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Sony Pictures Animation , 10th Anniversary | SpiUnion

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VFX Artists in support of a better Industry. Sony Pictures Animation , 10th Anniversary. 10 years. Did anyone know at the time just how important Sony Pictures Animation. Was going to be for the future of the company? That Imageworks was going to become an animation studio with a shrinking presence in traditional vfx? With Amazing Spiderman and MIB3, there is still some business coming from the Lot. But in the future, Imageworks is the business. Open Season September 29, 2006 $197,309,027. How to Survive...