I also get the budget thing. But after seeing the high quality renders that folks are coming up with in their free time maybe these show runners should get in touch with them and ask for their expertise, with some compensation, in helping their VFX departments. Why can't they purchase the renders,
You know, for several years, I was the manager of a movie theater responsible for scheduling the floor staff from week to week.
And every week, I would receive a rough forecast of what the corporate office thought business for our location would likely be for that week. And I had a maximum of 9.9& of revenue that I was allowed to spend on payroll for that week. Which meant, my job was to try to keep payroll expenses within 9.9% of forecast. If was clear that actual revenue would be higher than projected, we could call in more people (since that 9.9% would go higher) if they wanted more hours. And if it was lower, then we had to start cutting people.
I tried really hard to give my employees as many hours as I could. But I always had to keep it in that 9.9% range or else I'd be on the chopping block. And one of the things that we started to do is, in the seasons when revenue would normally be down, we would simply not hire new employees -- that way, we could give more hours to those employees who stayed on and wanted more hours.
Because the more people you hire, the more people you end up with who are competing with one-another for a limited payroll budget.
I think you need to give serious consideration to the idea that if the production company was only given $X to spend on visual effects, that means they couldn't just hire someone else to come in and help -- because $X/2 < $X/1, and suddenly your original VSF vendor is pissed at you, sues you for underpayment, or refuses to contract with you in the future.
or while horribly unfair just take them as it's probably within their rights as IP holder, already created and use them?
How, exactly, are they going to obtain control of the digital assets in such a scenario? And in time to meet production deadlines? A court order? That means suing the fan creator. And that means paying legal fees and lawyers, and then waiting for the court system to process the case and reach a conclusion. That would probably be
more expensive -- and it would create negative P.R.
So, spend more money when the production team already reported that by the end money was tight?
Also, outsource it to a 3rd party who may or may not have compatible equipment, wait for renders, and hope its done on time?
Controversial opinion here-I think Chabon and Kurtzman did the best they could with what they had at the time.
This. Maybe -- just maybe -- we should all accept the possibility that a professional television producer who has been making television programs
for 23 years and has produced
13 different television series, knows better than we amateurs do how to get the job done on time and within the budget.
