tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post2345005094693386262..comments2024-03-22T23:14:47.686-07:00Comments on Effects Corner: The Miracle of Visual Effects, will it continue?Scott Squireshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920073387249178066noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-34523526916189589502013-05-05T21:34:25.643-07:002013-05-05T21:34:25.643-07:00That's why I've provided links in other po...That's why I've provided links in other posts to fair trade assoc.Scott Squireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15920073387249178066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-82109466517453827452013-05-05T21:25:06.230-07:002013-05-05T21:25:06.230-07:00Scott, you remember, because you were there, that ...Scott, you remember, because you were there, that the Hollywood feature film was virtually resurrected by the visual effects motion pictures of the late 1970s. When I was a film student at USC in the mid-1970s, Hollywood was making fewer than 80 theatrical features a year. The success of Star Wars and Close Encounters made Hollywood jump on the VFX bandwagon in the hopes of reaping even part ofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-48722398156930135502013-03-10T21:34:28.513-07:002013-03-10T21:34:28.513-07:00Actually tax incentives are not refunds. Sorry to ...Actually tax incentives are not refunds. Sorry to break it to you. Please see<br /><a href="http://effectscorner.blogspot.com/2012/08/visual-effects-tax-incentives.html" rel="nofollow">VFX incentives</a><br /><br />Check the related links as well.<br /><br />Studios msy spend money in an area but that doesn't mean the locals get all of that money or that much returns to the actual governmentScott Squireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15920073387249178066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-70057368680649088032013-03-10T21:19:33.310-07:002013-03-10T21:19:33.310-07:00Scott, I'd like to comment on the VFX subsidie...Scott, I'd like to comment on the VFX subsidies.<br /><br />Most subsidies are tax refunds, which means the sales taxes/other taxes on money spend is refunded to the studio.<br /><br />These refunds are given against receipts, so the studios actually have to spend the money at the location giving the refund.<br /><br />Not too unlike how airports operate "tax free shops".<br /><br /Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-82366281359909237002013-03-05T15:53:07.280-08:002013-03-05T15:53:07.280-08:00My term of 'artists' covers all those crea...My term of 'artists' covers all those creating visual effects. I could have substituted the word vfx workers or vfx professionals. Our profession represents a wide mix of artists, craftspeople and technicians, most who deal with some amount of creativity and some amount of technical knowledge. We have programmers, we have engineers, we have IT, and the full range of people to ultimately Scott Squireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15920073387249178066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-30837443145411307992013-03-05T12:26:59.400-08:002013-03-05T12:26:59.400-08:00Bravo, Scott!
But... "We’re not technicians....Bravo, Scott!<br /><br />But... "We’re not technicians. We’re artists and craftspeople."<br /><br />What's with the hostility toward "technicians," whatever that means? If we are thought to be technicians, or even if we truly are technicians, why should that change our importance to the process or what we deserve?<br /><br />I'm worried that if we draw a distinction Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-58961111893682229142013-03-05T00:50:34.691-08:002013-03-05T00:50:34.691-08:00Thanks for answering Scott and setting me straight...Thanks for answering Scott and setting me straight, I appreciate that, nice to go on a blog and learn something. As for myself, Game, Independent Films, TV and surprisingly the Theatre are getting my full attention. Film work its a nice to have and honestly its my dream will have to wait. I have to eat and live. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231743979599886282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-53830721518374572122013-03-04T15:45:13.190-08:002013-03-04T15:45:13.190-08:00Richard,
The studios don't have their own vfx...Richard,<br /><br />The studios don't have their own vfx departments because they can get it done cheaper at 3rd party companies and without the hassle or risk. Because of the subsidies (gift from governments) that pay up to 50% of costs and the companies underbidding the jobs and doing it for less than it actually costs, it's a big win for the studios.<br /><br />The studios know if theyScott Squireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15920073387249178066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-26466756357171508892013-03-04T15:27:52.062-08:002013-03-04T15:27:52.062-08:00That's right. It flows from the top and the st...That's right. It flows from the top and the studios and their subsidies and shady accounting throws the whole thing off downstream.<br />fx studios are then forced into an unenviable position.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-9542064439657810262013-03-04T14:44:37.933-08:002013-03-04T14:44:37.933-08:00Management is covered in Bad Visual Effects Busine...Management is covered in <a href="http://effectscorner.blogspot.com/2013/02/bad-visual-effects-business-practices.html" rel="nofollow">Bad Visual Effects Business Practices</a><br /><br />However the while process starts from the beginning and the subsidies and the studio practices in turn encourage management to do what they do.Scott Squireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15920073387249178066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-46934387606188856472013-03-04T14:24:41.966-08:002013-03-04T14:24:41.966-08:00An industry I love, enjoy and strive to get better...An industry I love, enjoy and strive to get better at is slowly disappearing. I turned down two positions as I did not think I was ready for them, they have both since closed. <br /><br />VFX was unceremoniously dumped by the studios in the early seventies, matte departments, proprietary in house VFX departments shut. <br /><br />Independent film makers especially in LA had a glut of talent, lAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231743979599886282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-28652788702461482702013-03-04T13:44:18.079-08:002013-03-04T13:44:18.079-08:00This article makes no criticism toward the managem...This article makes no criticism toward the management of VFX vendors, many of which are extremely even fraudulently managed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-61976942282521949212013-03-04T11:36:56.573-08:002013-03-04T11:36:56.573-08:00Excellently put as always. That said...
...imagin...Excellently put as always. That said...<br /><br /><i><b>...imagine what would happen if there were no more visual effects. What if all visual effects artists stopped tomorrow, put down their computer pens and said, enough is enough. Workers on films, television, commercials, animation, video games, etc. <br /><br />Everything. <br /><br />Stopped.</b></i><br /><br />If Hollywood continues to Celshaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06835531857425033524noreply@blogger.com