The "War of the Worlds" effect -- how the F/X folks get driven to nervous breakdowns

Plot Device · May 27, 2007

Here's a blogger entry

http://filmchatblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/pirates-of-caribbean-killed-my-marriage.html

about the inhuman demands being made by studios upon f/x houses during the eleventh hour before a film's release. They call it the "War of the World's" effect because this new attitude of blithely short-changing f/x houses on realistic timeframes was triggered by the amazingly effiecient three-month f/x schedule of that recent Spielberg film.

NikeeGoddess · May 27, 2007

what's more inhuman?

so what! they get paid.

what's really inhuman is the minimum wage which is still below poverty level

what's really inhuman is that a-list actors get paid $20 million bucks and a vital crew member might make as little as $100/day

what's really inhuman is that a-rod banks $33,000 every single time he's "at bat" whether he strikes out or hits a home run

what's really inhuman is those people who must scoop out the outdoor port-a- potties for a living

special f/x guys - they get paid! some of their interns work for free.

The "War of the Worlds" effect -- how the F/X folks get driven to nervous breakdowns

Plot Device

A woman said to write like a man.

NikeeGoddess