The Visual Effects Industry Issues, 2018

Today, the visual effects industry has many issues.

▪️uneven market due to film subsidies (free money) to studios
▪️6 major clients (soon to be 5) pits VFX houses against each other
▪️no union, no guild, no trade association
▪️fixed bids
▪️"digital makeup"
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— Todd Vaziri (@tvaziri) January 2, 2018

▪️directors+studios insulting/downplaying digital effects
▪️“CGI is ruining movies”
▪️VFX houses not able to discuss their work
▪️no overtime pay in some locations
▪️wokeness scarcity
▪️late turnovers lead to perpetual crisis mode
▪️overtime wrecking lives
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— Todd Vaziri (@tvaziri) January 2, 2018

▪️no portable health insurance (US)
▪️zero share in VFX films’ success
▪️always a fight for credits
▪️disingenuous studio PR hyping “practical effects/puppets” when effects are partially/fully replaced with digital

Let’s make some progress in 2018.
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— Todd Vaziri (@tvaziri) January 2, 2018