Jeff Heusser:
Business issues facing visual effect studios and artists have been a hot topic for years, the last few months have been downright depressing.
It's clear that something needs to be done. I fail to see how this helps. The problem I see is that nobody understands or gets what we do.
A Grip has a very explainable job. So does a Director,or DP. If you don't understand something treat that thing like shit. It's been going on forever.
If we want change we first need all of us to be on the same page. If we are fighting with each other we can't fight the problem. Make a list of the top 10 things you would like to see changed in Visual Effects. Then lets get the artists to say yeah that want we want and go from there. Its a bussiness plan isn't it. Treat it like one.
Right now we look like a bunch of monkeys fucking a football.
If you run a studio or head the post production for one all of this should be scaring the shit out of you. The studios can't make a movie without us, and you know it.