Ailing f/x sector spotlights creaky tentpole foundation

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118066191

by bsenftner • 13 years ago

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MrScruff• 13 years ago

This is a fairly accurate depiction of the current state of the industry. It's fair to say that it's difficult to think of a good reason to stay in vfx other than that the work itself is so darned enjoyable.

bsenftner2• 13 years ago

Yeah, I spent 7 years at R&H. Stayed because I loved the work. I left because the work demands require your entire being, day and night, leaving you no life at all.

cadr• 13 years ago

Why is that? It always seems the case that vfx eats up everyone time, but it always seemed to me that it was that projects were terribly managed, and if they weren't, this wouldn't be as much of an issue.

jpdoctor• 13 years ago

> "They know what our margins are and they won't let us make any money," he said.

Wow. When you depend on your customers to "let" you make money, you simply don't have a business.

Come back when they need your service, and then force them to cover your expenses with some profit thrown in. Until then, go do something profitable.

gamblor9562• 13 years ago

Studios do need their services. FX uses to be a huge margin industry, until it became marginalized.

However, there are now so many competitors in the market, domestic and foreign that margins are thin or non-existent.

In a nutshell, it's what is going to happen to the tech world when programming skills become marginalized.

pessimizer• 13 years ago

No, studios don't need their services because there are now so many competitors in the market, domestic and foreign.

I don't need the services of Nobu, but that doesn't mean that I don't need to eat.

Ailing f/x sector spotlights creaky tentpole foundation

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