New Documentary: Hollywood's Greatest Trick
I just became aware of a 2-day old article about a documentary available in full, showing the current situation of visual effects workers in Hollywood's film industry. Hollywood's Greatest Trick It talks about how the industry has been able to continue to raise the bar on the quality and increased number of visual effects shots in an average Hollywood film. The revenue generated by these films are also discussed. This is put in context when compared to the overheads and marginal profits that can be made from film to film. The documentary then shows that on top of struggling just to break even, what visual effects vendors and companies are up against when bidding for movies to be awarded to them from a limited and fixed pool of client studios. At the artists level, the film talks about how artists are expected to work long hours, and their passion for their work was being taken for granted, oftentimes for the benefit of the clients. More and more companies are hiring