@CindyBegel Sold the rights when they executed the option. All of our conversations about ai were over the phone, nothing in writing. Producer also offered to pay me my directors fee to exit but didnt make good on that either. Properly bent me over.
@CindyBegel Really tough decision because more jobs were promised. But they broke contract forcing that on me, so i was never officially released from the project. Unfortunately they own my IP now. Lots of lessons learned!
@CindyBegel Passed on a first feature directing job for something i wrote and a $500k budget because they wanted to force me to use ai for vfx. Said no, because art needs soul. Its not inevitable unless we roll over and take it. Big tech wants to justify bad investments.
@mexopolis@Halo_VFX Good on you, man. I gave up my first feature film deal worth over half a mil because I wouldnt use generative ai for vfx. It aint easy to do but its the right move as an artist. Respect.