▲ 729 ▼ Marvel VFX Workers Vote To Unionize In Historic Hollywood First (www.slashfilm.com) submitted 3 years ago by ZephyrXero@lemmy.world to c/workreform@lemmy.world 12 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Currens_felis@lemmy.ml 117 points 3 years ago (1 child) They deserve it permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world [S] 59 points 3 years ago (2 children) Yeah. I've heard so many horror stories from the VFX contractors now. Sound like a hellacious job to work currently permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 50 points 3 years ago (2 children) A lot of creative jobs are like this. Game development is incredibly predatory. Noodle has a fantastic video. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] metaStatic@kbin.social 26 points 3 years ago not just creatives. if you love what you do you need to be in a union: see pilots. permalink fedilink source parent [–] breadcodes@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I always upvote Noodle. This specific video led me to leave my workplace abuse as a dev, and just about just about everyone else I worked with left as well once they saw people leaving. We're all much happier for it. I wish we had a union, because I loved those people and wanted to work with them forever, but we all had to move on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago Agreed. I think he got kinda uppity about people putting animations through AI that increased the frame rate, but other than that he’s chill, and one of the less cringe tubers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Would the contractors even be in the union, or would it just be the internal employees? A lot of the contract companies aren't even in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shutz@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 years ago I think I read that this is mainly for the VFX people who need to be on-set (since they need to make sure that what is being shot will then be usable for compositing and adding VFX, etc. Those are the people who can't be offshored. Can they be contractors? Maybe, but maybe the other unions for the other people on the set might refuse to work with non-union contractors. So I'm not sure how this will affect the VFX contractors who do the VFX work that comes after principal photography. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ZephyrXero@lemmy.world [S] 59 points 3 years ago (2 children) Yeah. I've heard so many horror stories from the VFX contractors now. Sound like a hellacious job to work currently permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 50 points 3 years ago (2 children) A lot of creative jobs are like this. Game development is incredibly predatory. Noodle has a fantastic video. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] metaStatic@kbin.social 26 points 3 years ago not just creatives. if you love what you do you need to be in a union: see pilots. permalink fedilink source parent [–] breadcodes@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I always upvote Noodle. This specific video led me to leave my workplace abuse as a dev, and just about just about everyone else I worked with left as well once they saw people leaving. We're all much happier for it. I wish we had a union, because I loved those people and wanted to work with them forever, but we all had to move on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago Agreed. I think he got kinda uppity about people putting animations through AI that increased the frame rate, but other than that he’s chill, and one of the less cringe tubers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Would the contractors even be in the union, or would it just be the internal employees? A lot of the contract companies aren't even in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shutz@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 years ago I think I read that this is mainly for the VFX people who need to be on-set (since they need to make sure that what is being shot will then be usable for compositing and adding VFX, etc. Those are the people who can't be offshored. Can they be contractors? Maybe, but maybe the other unions for the other people on the set might refuse to work with non-union contractors. So I'm not sure how this will affect the VFX contractors who do the VFX work that comes after principal photography. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 50 points 3 years ago (2 children) A lot of creative jobs are like this. Game development is incredibly predatory. Noodle has a fantastic video. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] metaStatic@kbin.social 26 points 3 years ago not just creatives. if you love what you do you need to be in a union: see pilots. permalink fedilink source parent [–] breadcodes@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I always upvote Noodle. This specific video led me to leave my workplace abuse as a dev, and just about just about everyone else I worked with left as well once they saw people leaving. We're all much happier for it. I wish we had a union, because I loved those people and wanted to work with them forever, but we all had to move on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago Agreed. I think he got kinda uppity about people putting animations through AI that increased the frame rate, but other than that he’s chill, and one of the less cringe tubers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 26 points 3 years ago not just creatives. if you love what you do you need to be in a union: see pilots. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] breadcodes@lemm.ee 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) I always upvote Noodle. This specific video led me to leave my workplace abuse as a dev, and just about just about everyone else I worked with left as well once they saw people leaving. We're all much happier for it. I wish we had a union, because I loved those people and wanted to work with them forever, but we all had to move on. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago Agreed. I think he got kinda uppity about people putting animations through AI that increased the frame rate, but other than that he’s chill, and one of the less cringe tubers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sebinspace@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago Agreed. I think he got kinda uppity about people putting animations through AI that increased the frame rate, but other than that he’s chill, and one of the less cringe tubers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Would the contractors even be in the union, or would it just be the internal employees? A lot of the contract companies aren't even in the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shutz@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 years ago I think I read that this is mainly for the VFX people who need to be on-set (since they need to make sure that what is being shot will then be usable for compositing and adding VFX, etc. Those are the people who can't be offshored. Can they be contractors? Maybe, but maybe the other unions for the other people on the set might refuse to work with non-union contractors. So I'm not sure how this will affect the VFX contractors who do the VFX work that comes after principal photography. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shutz@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 years ago I think I read that this is mainly for the VFX people who need to be on-set (since they need to make sure that what is being shot will then be usable for compositing and adding VFX, etc. Those are the people who can't be offshored. Can they be contractors? Maybe, but maybe the other unions for the other people on the set might refuse to work with non-union contractors. So I'm not sure how this will affect the VFX contractors who do the VFX work that comes after principal photography. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CanadianCorhen@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 years ago Thats amazing, and important news. permalink fedilink source
[+] HellAwaits@lemm.ee -26 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] chuckleslord@ttrpg.network 22 points 3 years ago Anyone who is a fan should support the people who create it, not just their own rabid desire for content. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 years ago Most fanboys (and fangirls, and fanbies) are in favour of this. permalink fedilink source parent [–] onionbaggage@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago What? I'm thrilled. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chuckleslord@ttrpg.network 22 points 3 years ago Anyone who is a fan should support the people who create it, not just their own rabid desire for content. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 16 points 3 years ago Most fanboys (and fangirls, and fanbies) are in favour of this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] onionbaggage@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago What? I'm thrilled. permalink fedilink source parent
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