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I'm not in the industry, but from talking to people that have been, VFX is one of those things that gets squeezed the most. It typically happens after principal
by s1mon 3y ago
I'm not in the industry, but from talking to people that have been, VFX is one of those things that gets squeezed the most. It typically happens after principal photography is done, and the release date has been set in stone by the management and marketing machine at the studios. When you add the wide numbers of VFX houses, the lack of labor protections, and the ability to outsource to all corners of the world, there's so much competition that it's a race to the bottom with pricing and delivery dates.
- olivertaylor 3y agoThere are a lot of factors, but you’re not wrong.
- giraffe_lady 3y agoAre they in a union? I know most of the industry is unionized but I've never heard of vfx having its own or being part of one of the others.
- riotnrrd 3y agoNo. The VFX industry in the US is not unionized.
- wanderingmoose 3y agoYou are correct in that the industry as a whole is not union. Most of the smaller vfx houses are not union. However some of the larger vfx houses like ILM and some of the feature animation houses like Dreamworks are are union. (ILM is IATSE...not sure about others) In my experience, whether or a vfx shop is union or not has little impact on salary and job stability.
- dragonwriter 3y ago> In my experience, whether or a vfx shop is union or not has little impact on salary and job stability. Without unionization across the industry, that makes sense.