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Organize! Pi Day set for 3.14.

[via & more info at: OccupyVFX]

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Vintage green screen picketing

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"I would hope that we could really support our effects companies, so we're not just riding the hairy edge of profit." - Claudio Miranda, Oscar Winner for 'Best Cinematography' on Life Of Pi

-via The Hollywood Reporter

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Read: Visual Effects Artists Revolt, Threaten To “Shut Down” Hollywood via BuzzFeed

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VFX IS NOT A COMMODITY: Backstage At The Academy Awards Bill Westenhofer Finishes His Speech

'Best Visual Effects' Oscar recipient Bill Westenhofer completes the acceptance speech the Jaws theme had cut him off from delivering during the live show: 

"What I was trying to say up there is that, uh, it is.. it is ironic that at a time when visual effects movies are dominating the box office that visual effects companies are struggling. And that, I wanted to point out that we are not technicians. Visual effects is not just a, uh, commodity that's being done by people pushing buttons. We're.. we're artists. And that if something.. if we don't find a way to fix the business model we may start to lose some of the artistry that.. if anything Life Of Pi shows that we are artists and not just technicians.

-Bill Westenhofer

More: On the Visual Effects Artists Protest Outside the Oscars, and the Dire Financial State of the VFX Industry (slashfilm.com)

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Kevin Mack, Oscar winner for "What Dreams May Come" (1998), letter to The Academy. #savevfx #vfxprotest

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Scott Ross makes the case for the VFX industry on Bloomberg TV. #savevfx #vfxprotest

Feb. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Scott Ross, a visual effects artist, talks with Bloomberg's Cory Johnson about the visual effects business and why visual effects artists deserve better pay. They speak on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg)

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