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Year: 2012
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undertaking a project
Don’t undertake a project unless it is manifestly important and nearly impossible.
Edwin Land, inventor of instant photography
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Kodak preparing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/05/kodak_chaper_11/
The Wall Street Journal reports that Kodak, a company was synonymous with photography during a good part of its 131 years of existence – it had a 90 percent share of US photo-film sales in 1976 – is preparing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy if it can’t make survival cash by selling off its patent portfolio, itself a pathetic last act for the once-mighty company.
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VISUAL EFFECTS INDUSTRY Bill of Rights
http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/visual-effects-industry-bill-of-rights
The Situation Today The global visual effects industry is in transition. Because visual effects now play a central role in today’s feature films, television programming, animation, video games, commercials and virtually all forms of entertainment, they have become critically important to the entertainment industry.
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An Open Letter To VFX Artists And The Entertainment Industry At Large Visual Effects Society 2.0
http://www.visualeffectssociety.com/node/2425
As an Honorary Society, VES has led the way in promoting the incredible work of VFX artists but so far no one has stood up to lead the way on the business side of our business. No one has been able to speak out for unrepresented artists and facilities – or the craft as a whole – in any meaningful way.
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Eric Roth – The Real Wizards of Oz Deserve Better Treatment
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-roth/the-real-wizards-of-oz-de_b_1166422.html
Visual effects are the true “movie stars” of big studio pictures — they turn today’s movies into box office hits the same way big name actors ensured the success of classic films. In fact, 46 of the 50 top worldwide Box Office films of all time were visual effects-driven. And movies and broadcast programs you wouldn’t think of as visual effects driven routinely utilize “invisible” effects to make changes to hair color, the sky, or to the background of a scene — even creating the entire backlot and sets.
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