Wga Strike 2023 - Tumblr Posts
just in case anyone missed this in the news or maybe not in the loop, Disney is currently refusing to meet with or acknowledge the newly formed animation production workers union that just voted to join IASTE and become an official part of TAG, the animators and animation artists guild
production workers across all studios are currently voting to be recognized for their hard work and invaluable skill at keeping these productions running, but studios are refusing to meet with them to let them negotiate deals or even exist
as someone who works in animation as a designer i know i wouldn't be able to do my job at all without any of my production workers. they are the incredibly hard working people who oversee pretty much everything in animation. they make sure everything is running on time, that schedules are being followed, they have to know pretty much every single word of the scripts and beats from the storyboards to make sure nothing is missed, and most importantly, they make sure artists are being taken care of and not overworked. they really are the unsung heroes of the animation world
production workers are also by far the most exploited workers in animation currently. they make about a fraction of what artists make for just as much work put in, and currently have no agreement for health coverage or other benefits that artists protected by the union are guaranteed
BUT! there is some good news. right now there's a petition on IATSE's website that has over 80,000 signatures currently addressed to disney leadership to do the right thing and meet with this new union and recognized their vote to form. it still needs roughly 21,000 signatures and only takes a minute to sign! anyone with a zip or postal code can sign, meaning both US and Canadian residents can sign and help this union get the deal it deserves!!
and so it begins. May 1st, 2023.
Every time there's a big writer's strike or whatnot it becomes starkly clear how many self-proclaimed leftists think that only people who perform manual labour which results in a physical product that you can hold in your hands count as workers and everybody else is a parasite of some description.
Picture a cake. Even if you don't really like cake, just picture your favorite flavor of cake. Now, picture your favorite frosting. Pretend it's the most amazing frosting in the world. You absolutely love it. When you put your favorite cake flavor together with the most impeccable arrangement of the frosting, it's the best cake in the entire world. But here's the thing. The frosting, no matter how amazing and delicious, is always going to be lacking something without the cake. The cake is the backbone of the confection. If the cake is terrible, dry, and disgusting, the frosting is going to suffer because of this. If the cake is made with crappy ingredients and hastily slopped together because of a time crunch, it's not going to be a good cake. And maybe that's not the baker's fault, but the people telling the bakers to cut costs and bake faster. And maybe the people in charge are trying to use more and more machines so that the cake is mass-produced...but not nearly as good as the phenomenal cake that the baker could make with the proper ingredients and time.
Now replace the word cake with the word script.
The writers are the backbone of a show or movie. No matter how good the acting, CGI, special effects, music, etc. are, it's going to be not as good because of the lack of a good script.
The writers are quite literally the reason that these big movie corporations are able to make money. And, as an actor myself, I can say firsthand that crappy scripts are the worst to act with, because it's hard to connect with the characters and phrases when it's just not flowing properly or has depth.
Don't replace writers with AI. Don't pay your writers minimum wage.
They are the reason that TV shows and movies are good.
Actors, CGI artists, composers, set designers, costume designers, we are the frosting. We build off what the writers have made.
Appreciate writers.
Gee. What a travesty. So awful. No one should ever have this. Oh no. Who knows what would happen if people actually got fair deals. It would be the end of the world as we know it. Everything would implode and stop working. OBVIOUSLY 🙄 we need to keep cheating the writers and actors out of their money.
Oh NO, can't have THAT...🙄
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