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The Marvel / Disney effect, CGI is so commoditized that you have far less truly passionate, highly skilled individuals working on CGI as an 'art', rather than t

• noahtallen 5y ago
  I think it’s more about the business need rather than the art. Many blockbusters these days are in a pretty extreme crunch. The business “can’t afford” to release late, and there’s so much CGI that everything needs to get done as quickly as possible. I’m sure many (most?) CGI artists would enjoy taking more time, but the business need (and their need for a job) trumps that. You can draw parallels to software development there too
• krapp 5y ago
  If you actually follow any CG or effects artists and listen to them discuss their work, you'll find they are extremely passionate and skilled, and tend to care a great deal about the quality of their work. However, they also aren't at all in control of the time or budgetary constraints they work under. You also have to consider that 99% of digital effects nowadays are unnoticed because they supplement the scene (like vehicles or crowds or physics simulations) rather than act as a point of focus. You don't notice all of the things that work right, you just notice the things that don't. And nine times out of ten, that's just because of crunch. These people are the hackers of their domain and it's disappointing to see people on HN dismiss them as hacks simply because they work for large studios. Meanwhile having FAANG on your resume in any capacity automatically signals you as an elite among elites.
• modshatereality 5y ago
  lol who downvoted this