#vfx protest

If you have a half hour to spare this weekend, check out this mini doc on the fall of the Oscar-winning studio, Rhythm & Hues. This will give you some background on the current state of the VFX industry and the reason VFX artists staged protests last year during and after the Oscars.

While I feel I don't have the right to make my profile picture/blog solid green/blue, I really feel strong about this protest going on right now.  Even if this doesn't get read, I still need to get this off my chest.

More movies than ever use VFX, and in ways you'd never think of unless you saw the sets themselves.  VFX artists are gifted, talented, creative individuals who ABSOLUTELY deserve more than what they get right now.

I have tinkered around very lightly with Adobe After Effects CS6, and have used Premiere Pro CS6 quite a bit, and I know about Chroma Keying, so I have SOME knowledge on what goes on in VFX.  It's not a lot, but I know it's a very strenuous process that takes time, effort, and LOTS of patience.

The fact these people get laid off and get cut pay is a crying shame, and has to have something done about it.

For those not familiar, here's an article about the striking in general: http://variety.com/2013/film/awards/visual-effects-artists-protest-near-oscars-817905/ This is about the Social Network Strike: http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/03/oscars-vfx-protest/ Here's a blog of what you could be seeing if it weren't for these artists: http://beforevfx.tumblr.com/