Labour action in France
The SNTPCT union has called a two-hour walkout of French animation and VFX workers, which could signal rising labour tension in the sector and is worth watching. If employers concede, French cost bases and AI clauses may shift. Worth watching for anyone pricing co-productions or subcontracting to French studios.
- SNTPCT Calls for 2-Hour Walkout of French Animation and VFX Workers · Animation World Network Pay, job-title and AI demands could raise French labour costs and set a template for AI consent and credit clauses in bids
Pipeline tools
A Foundry video covers Katana, Nuke and USD use on Toy Story 5. It is a pointer to how a large studio builds its pipeline around USD.
- New Foundry video looks at use of Katana, Nuke, and USD by Pixar in ‘Toy Story 5’ · befores & afters
ILM's dinosaur work
ILM delivered around 700 shots across Sydney, San Francisco and Vancouver, with environments in Sydney and previs, postvis and creatures elsewhere. That split suggests how large work is divided by site specialism. Useful reference when pitching environment-heavy or creature-heavy packages.
- ILM Builds 700 Shots of Prehistoric Suburbia for 'The End of Oak Street' · Animation World Network Shows a clear site-by-discipline split on a 700-shot job, a model for structuring multi-site bids
- ILM BRINGS DINOSAURS TO SUBURBIA FOR THE END OF OAK STREET · vfxvoice.com Production VFX supervisor Jay Cooper describes creature design freedom and digital geography fixes, useful for scoping similar creature and environment work
Who did the work on recent shows
Union VFX took 234 shots on a mid-scale A24 and StudioCanal film, mostly environments, set extensions and practical-plus-digital effects. Both help gauge where mid-size studios compete.
- Union VFX Delivers 234 Shots for Glen Powell's 'How to Make a Killing' · awn.com A mid-size studio winning 234 shots of environment and effects work shows the kind of package open to smaller houses
- Resident Evil: Alessandro Ongaro – Production VFX Supervisor · artofvfx.com
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