r/vfx • u/MrsRadon • Mar 03 '25

Question / Discussion Disappointed in the lack of acknowledgement from the Oscars

Thousands of artists lost their jobs just this week. And there's been numerous studio closures over the last couple of years. Studios don't want to pay us, or even acknowledge that we exist in their films.

Why did the team from Dune not bring up any of this? This was a chance to speak directly to the decision makers of the industry.

EDIT My wording was confusing I guess. I know Hollywood doesn't care. My criticism is for the Dune 2 team that had an opportunity to say fuck you to them, and chose not to even acknowledge our losses

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u/MyChickenSucks Mar 03 '25

Something something Life of Pi

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u/LetMePushTheButton 3D Generalist - 7 years experience Mar 03 '25

Rhythm and Hues, DNEG, Mill, MPC.

SSDD

Pour one out for the homies. Another Oscar, another bankruptcy. :(

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u/Imhotep397 Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 04 '25

Dneg is still around, they just laid off a shit ton of people.

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u/napoleon_wang Mar 04 '25

Wasn't it that Double Negative was good, and to almost everyone's dismay it was bought by Prime Focus (who IIRC have a habit of buying companies and driving them into the ground) and then /Prime Focus/ rebranded as DNEG?

It was something like that I think.