Today's article by David Cohen in Daily Variety is pretty darn encouraging. Dave notes that visual effects is now being treated as part of production/principal photography; rather than post-production. And he reports that Pixomondo was able to move away from the flat bid business model to a more flexible approach on "Hugo".
Using previz to better advantage; using temporary vfx for the edit, and DELAYING the final effects until the picture was actually locked (sorta) proved to save a lot of wasted effort (and money).
Will this approach spread? We'll have to wait and see. But, if it does, it bodes well for visual effects artists and their eventual integration into the IATSE's West Coast production community.
Jimmy
Pixomondo is the last company i would have expected to show such an effort. Sad but true, they have been the role-model of dumping prices in the industry. But maybe there IS hope...
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't count on it, Pixomundo is not an american company. Chances are the studio was insisting on shooting overseas and therefore had to use an overseas company. Pixomundo could charge more and still under cut US companies.
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