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aePrime

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7. The artist need the union

Reply to Cleita (Reply #4)

Sun Feb 24, 2013, 06:33 PM

Feb 2013

I work in research and development. I'm a rendering software developer. It's the artists who are in more trouble than I am.

That's not to say that they can't move my job overseas.

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Visual effects workers plan Oscar flyover protest [View all] Starry Messenger Feb 2013 OP

Almost took a job there aePrime Feb 2013 #1

vfx gets screwed just like every other below the line job in town. TeamPooka Feb 2013 #3

Sounds like you guys need a union or a guild to represent your interests. Cleita Feb 2013 #4

+1 Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #5

I used to know a lot of the crews. I used to be a bartender and Cleita Feb 2013 #6

The artist need the union aePrime Feb 2013 #7

kr HiPointDem Feb 2013 #2

Thank you! Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #8

Good. Artists must be paid for their work. DevonRex Feb 2013 #9

I have some family in the tech side of entertainment in LA. Starry Messenger Feb 2013 #10