Author: pIXELsHAM.com

https://www.vulture.com/2023/06/spider-verse-animation-four-artists-on-making-the-sequel.html

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/across-the-spider-verse-work-conditions-phil-lord-230052.html

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/hollywood-actors-union-authorize-strike-1.6866720

Talks between the 160,000-member union, Hollywood’s largest, and the major studios are scheduled to start on Wednesday, June 28th.

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/06/an-actors-strike-could-devastate-studios

https://www.vulture.com/2023/06/vfx-artists-in-hollywood-push-for-union-amidst-wga-strike.html

The CGI in The Little Mermaid was criticized for having an uncanny and soulless look. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was called out for lackluster visual effects. So much of what we see onscreen relies on computer-generated imagery, and it costs a lot of money to make. So why does it often look so bad?

Vulture’s Chris Lee explains there is a long list of reasons: a lack of qualified workers, directors with limited visual-effects experience, and studios such as Marvel overworking and underpaying. “It’s an unsustainable business model,” he tells Into It, “and I’m told over and over again by not knowing what they want, and by overworking these employees, it’s basically a race to the bottom. The films decline in quality, and the fans revolt.”