@GoForKristen@BlackOutSpartan ๐ฏ this. The complete surprise over the prospect of paying your crew post the success is whatโs really awkward. You HAVE the $250M now, your art director shouldnโt be seeing you turn into a millionaire while they continue struggle to pay bills over your shared product.
@adam_roster@BlackOutSpartan@GoForKristen The bonuses are based on company performance. The only thing promised in contracts is an appraisal that determines whether you get a raise, that too because Corporate wants to keep you employed.
Defending multimillionaires over contractual wagers is NOT a good hill to die on.
@adam_roster@BlackOutSpartan@GoForKristen Even corporate thats like the top tier of capitalism, pays off bonus based on business performance every year. But sure, case closed because you said so and have always worked on agreed upon rates.
ASININE take!
Youโre saying that a filmmaker cannot pay some dividends to his team post $250M success? & the art director who worked on it with $250 a day is the one making bad choices?
People really need to drop the โbecause I also didโ yardstick to measure justice
#Obsession
The Obsession art director post. Man, what a choice.
One year total experience. Only credit pre-Obsession is a single short film. Sign on to a low budget indie. Agree to rate. Movie explodes. You're suddenly the Art Director fo the most talked about film of the year.
If this ever happens to you, let me give one piece of advice. Embrace it. Use the credit to fight off offers, get a BTL agent, turn those difficult three weeks into an incredible career.
Do NOT cut every connection you have to the filmmakers, put out tweets about how you wish you'd shut down their production, and complain about the rate you agreed to (which isn't even like $100 or some student film sketchiness).
Do you know how many indies I have done as an actor for $240/day? A fucking lot. Every single time I know what I'm getting into and I hope to god it turns out well and leads to another opportunity. I cannot even imagine getting cast in Obsession and then putting out a career ruining post about it instead of trying to leverage it into more work.
@LukeBarnett Just because you didnโt get paid fairly (or post release success) doesnโt mean you get to make laws on everyone going through the same. Thats how bogus traditions are made.
Itโs a simple take: now that youโre churning money, you CAN reward the exact team that made it happen.
@DannyManus@StephyBx_ Whiny bridge burner??? The actual fuck?
You are saying that the powers that be, who made 333x profit on a movie with a tight budget cannot pay a small portion like a 10k additional to their crew post-release? Even a token of appreciation for the very thing they created together?