With the announced closure of Framestore Vancouver this week, I've seen a number of people asking a variation of "WHAT IS GOING ON?" along with something about the SAG-AFTRA & WGA strikes ending 9 months ago. Well, my friend Joseph Bell recently showed how powerful a visual can be with his bubble chart. Here are the VFX credits to Avengers Infinity War. I chose it because Marvel historically has been really good about credits, so it seemed likely to be as complete as possible, although we all know VFX is often short changed for credits. Look at all those names. Each one represents a job that needed doing. For a few weeks, a few months, maybe even a year or more. I also chose it because Infinity War was one of three Marvel movies released in 2018. Meaning there are two other movies with near enough the same size list of names, and that's just from Marvel. This year, Marvel is releasing one film. That means in today's world, there is no job for someone for every name in that image. And another one just like it. That's just the contraction from one division of one studio. Over the totality of the industry? Just a whole lot less work out there.
Russell Falk
2w
Did people really think the super hero movie bubble was never going to end? That’s about as dumb as assuming interest rates would stay low forever
How much longer will this drought last?
Hristo Velev
2w
Zooming on a random place in the list, and I see famiar names. Sending hugs to everybody, hope we make it through. Thanks for putting that together!
Wild to see alllllllllll these names, zoom in and realize this is just the VFX stuff too. Such a strong visual, thanks for sharing this!
Did the industry reaches its high in the 2018, so the Wave starts to declining? Or will back to its normal?
Guanglei Jia
2w
each name represents a family too....
Rigel Bowen
2w
There I am on there, also here I am not working. This is the studios penny pinching and trying to figure out ways to keep us from earning a living wage. The academy hates visual effects, so do the hedge funds and financial firms that own the production side now. We're the most expensive part of making a film, and it's not because our wages are good, it's because production refuses to properly prepare for the inclusion of our work and give us enough time to do it without burning us out.
Rants about your personal grievances will get deleted.