latimes.com: Visual effects artists and technicians still don't have a union, but they can at least claim their own bill of rights. The Visual Effects Society, a trage group representing visual artists and practitioners, on Wednesday took the unsual step of issuing an "Industry Bill of Rights" to "recognize and address numerous industry wide issues affecting its membership."
Friday, September 23, 2011
Visual Effects Society issues bill of rights for the industry
latimes.com: Visual effects artists and technicians still don't have a union, but they can at least claim their own bill of rights. The Visual Effects Society, a trage group representing visual artists and practitioners, on Wednesday took the unsual step of issuing an "Industry Bill of Rights" to "recognize and address numerous industry wide issues affecting its membership."
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I think some sort of contract, a la the "bill of rights" would be good for this industry. When contracts are established, understanding is created, and gray area about what sorts of rules exist is lessened. Especially in the entertainment fields, which are a rapidly growing industry, it is important to set guidelines for dealing with new technologies. Of course these will change as new issues are encountered, but I truly believe this is a step in the right direction for not only this industry, but all other up and coming industries in the entertainment field and otherwise.
We are on the precipice of a new industry forming into a full blown union. This is one of the first steps to the union forming. beyond the subject of the rights of those workers, their are questions to be raised about how this will affect the use of visual graphics in cinema. with a union , the cost for visual effects services will jump, increasing costs and possibly causing many companies and projects to chose other cheaper methods of production in order to cut costs. I would hope for those workers that a union could form in order to protect their rights, and i also hope that we could find a way to do these costly visual effects for cheaper.
I agree with Jared here, this is a smart first step in the formation of a new union, or in merging with an established union. They are publicly and respectfully making their concerns known and while producers probably won't make any concessions based on this document, it will make other unions aware of their plights. I'm not totally sure of the number of people this bill of rights protects, but I suspect it isn't a large enough group to form a union of its own that has any power. Their best bet is probably to join with a larger entertainment union that has better negotiating power.
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