also calls out the writers strike exploitative status quo, etc

"It's not working for the artist right now and I just want to speak to that. That's fucked up," he said. "The writers are striking because with streaming, they can't get paid."

  • TheBeatles [any]
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    2 years ago

    VFX artists work for measley salaries on films that make billions, its truly despicable

    • EmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]
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      2 years ago

      Shit, they're just throwing VFX artists at every possible aspect of production they can.

      Too expensive to make four costumes or literally even a single set? Just slap your actors in a mocap suit in front of a green screen and their faces can be the only actual in-camera aspect of production. Then have a bunch of VFX artists in the global south make everything in blender and Bada Bing Bada Boom, you got an Avengers flick.

      Swear to god, we're a couple years off from minimum wage mocap actors doing all the actual acting and then they just deep fake somebody famous's face in and use an AI voice generator for every blockbuster film. Half-billion dollar Blockbuster films where the total budget for wages is $30,000.