Can people please stop posting "job ads" for "1-2min animated short" as UNPAID
Hey artist bros, grab a chair, I think we need to have a little talk. This is not okay and we need to stop letting these things happen.
I literally came across this ad the other day and I'm still livid:
"NEED A PERSON TO MAKE A 1-2 MINUTE ANIMATED SHORT. JOB IS UNPAID AS IT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET. NEEDS THEIR OWN EQUIPMENT AND DEADLINE WILL BE TIGHT. NEED SOMEONE EXPERIENCED, BUT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD JOB FOR A RECENT GRADUATE LOOKING FOR EXPOSURE AND EXPERIENCE"
Lets look at this for a second.
1. This person isn't asking specifically for an animator, a designer, a layout artist, a boarder. So I assume they have no idea what they're asking for and just want someone to create an animated short out of their arse for them. UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON SCREEN WILL HAVE TO BE CREATED. In a professional environment, this would be a dozen people and take months.
2. Unpaid. You are expecting someone to take this ridiculous amount of work for free. "Experience & exposure" is bullshit and people need to stop using this to justify making people work for free. Sure, under some circumstances one would make the exception, say if Walt Disney rose from the grave and said HEY WORK FOR ME FOR FREE, you'd jump on that because your CV would instantly gain 50 levels. BUT THE TRUTH IS, MOST BIG REPUTABLE COMPANIES WILL PAY YOU FOR YOUR INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE. YOU WILL NOT WORK FOR FREE. EVEN IF THEY DONT PAY YOU, THEY WILL COVER YOUR TRAVEL, TRANSPORTATION, HELP WITH OTHER THINGS. NEVER. FOR. FREE.
3. For the love of all things, stop trying to prey on recent graduates. They are already in enough debt and the job market is slim, stop with this bullshit.
4. Maybe it isn't "in the budget"- are you taking a cut? Are you working for free too? If you are, you're a shitstain. Even then, if you're expecting someone to work for you, FOR FREE, you need to offer them something for their time. Offer to pay their expenses. Offer to pay their travel. Offer something. It probably wont help, but it will make you look like less of a shitstain.
5. Your deadline better be a few months because I just made a 2min film & it barely got done in 10 months.
So rant over, but this is rampant in the job posting lists. Every time I change the location where I'm looking, three or four of these pop up.
I don't care your skillset, age, education. You are fucking better than this.
Don't expect people to work for you for "portfolio/experience", especially if you're just some guy who has taken on a project.
Stop trying to take advantage of artists.
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