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Mark Christiansen
Mark Christiansen is the author of After Effects Studio Techniques (Adobe Press). He has created visual effects and animations for feature films including Pirates of the Caribbean 3, The Day After Tomorrow and films by Robert Rodriguez. Past corporate clients include Adobe, Cisco, Sun, Cadence, Seagate, Intel and Medtronic, and broadcast work has appeared on HBO and the History Channel. Mark's roles have included producing, directing, designing and effects supervision, and his solo work has appeared at film festivals including L.A. Shorts Fest.
Long a Contributing Editor at DV Magazine during its heyday, Mark has been contracted as a marketing and technical writer on numerous occasions for Adobe Systems Inc. as well as related companies such as Red Giant Software. He has taught at fxPhd.com and Academy of Art University. His career began at LucasArts Entertainment and he is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Pomona College.
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Friday, March 05, 2010
Stranahan’s Open Letter one month later, on the eve of the Oscars
The decade of the twenty-teens is only a couple of months old - or hasn’t started yet - but already, there has been something of a shot heard ‘round the world for VFX artists, particularly those located in the U.S. Lee Stranahan’s Open Letter to James Cameron: Fairness for Visual Effects Artists has become a hot topic of discussion among VFX artists across the U.S. since its publication at Huffington Post one month ago.
Why? Because while visual effects has moved to the top of the list of what makes a bankable blockbuster movie, the artists and studios creating those effects find their own commercial viability compromised by many factors that make a career in visual effects one with high risks. And while other Hollywood-related creative professions from writing, directing and producing to cinematography right down to theatrical stage employees are typically members of unions which negotiate on their behalf, visual effects in particular and post-production in general has not united to negotiate better compensation and fairer treatment. more »
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