I went back and edited an Alternate Cut of WHAT DID YOU DO? that is, among other things, now in color - vivid, visceral color. Curious what you all think.
https://t.co/AgtEsNX1Le
@_microbudgetpod@THEDONTTELLSHO1@austinfilm
Sure is a lot of “Obsession’s Art director should keep her trap shut about long hours/poor conditions and be grateful for the low rate she got” talk today from WGA/SAG members I marched on a picket line for 🤔
all this discourse could be solved by acknowledging six grand is solid pay for a low budget indie and maybe the post could've been written better, but more importantly we badly need a system for cast and crew getting paid fairly when an indie is sold and/or wins at the box office
David Lynch made sure the crew of Eraserhead who worked for little to no money all had a financial stake in the movie. For many of them, it was a financial bedrock that lasted for their entire lives.
maybe we should encourage a more profit sharing based model for everything. idc if you think she is paid enough, she should have a right to the hundreds of millions of dollars of profit the film made because she played a significant role in that
It’s crazy to me that this seems to be the general consensus surrounding this post when there are people with legitimate criminal records, who have done some absolutely heinous shit, who are still working in the industry
Hollywood: Alright fine let's hear these young filmmakers out.
Young filmmakers: We should get the rights to our movies back in the future and below the line talent should share in profits a film makes.
Hollywood: Spencer Pratt for mayor
Sitting back and watching the conservatism jump out of people in their responses to this. Film industry is full of Republicans with a higher social tolerance.
@FedeArielS@Ximbas011 My girlfriend is from BA and we're considering move there in a few years - what's the outlook for Film jobs there? She's a graduate of ENERC but I'm nowhere near as academically accredited.
a lot of people read this and went from INDEPENDENT CINEMA NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT, WE'RE NOTHING LIKE THE SOULSUCKING HOLLYWOOD MACHINES to SORRY BABY, THIS BUSINESS ONLY WORKS IF WE DON'T PAY WORKERS DECENT WAGES FOR THEIR WORK reeeeeeeeeaaaaaally fast
you did an imperialism. you did a western gaze. you failed to reflect the rich inner lives of the morality police who abused you when you were a child.
@zei_squirrel@emilmalek8752 Right, right. And you're clearly controlled opposition because nobody would actually say this stuff in good faith.
If you are an antifascist with a backbone you are opposed to dictatorships of any kind anywhere. Otherwise you're a bad faith actor for the oppressors.
@ScottJeschke Here's the thing - did they offer points or equity to the cast and crew for this Film? Even if you can't pay much right then, having something set up in case it blows up after the fact mitigates everything.
If they didn't, then it's shabby and she's right to call it out.