JOHN KOSTRZEWSKI | motion graphics designer » Industry News http://johnkostrzewski.com Sun, 06 May 2012 08:35:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The State of the VFX Industry http://johnkostrzewski.com/2012/05/03/the-state-of-the-vfx-industry/ http://johnkostrzewski.com/2012/05/03/the-state-of-the-vfx-industry/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 14:09:59 +0000 John Kostrzewski http://johnkostrzewski.com/?p=2093 Read The Rest →]]> There has been a argument spreading over the internet for some time now about the state of the VFX industry. Workers not being compensated for their work, no life insurance or benefits, no overtime, putting in long hours at the office which tears their family lives apart, even sleeping under their desks so they don’t have to commute in the mornings and can work on the project faster are common complaints to be heard from many VFX workers in the United States and abroad.

Recently, the LA Times ran an article from a long time VFX worker about these situations and it was met with a lot of criticism and rebuke. Step in Scott Squires, an industry expert and VFX legend with some excellent, real world, no-holds-barred answers to these criticisms.

You need to read this article: “What Happened” by Scott Squires.

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