As we head to summer tentpole season — a.k.a. “VFX season” — we expand our online repertoire beyond the dwindling economy, latest strike threats/negotiation moves, etc, in order to bring you some “lighter” reading…

Of Tubes and Pipelines: Overseeing FX work in “Prince Caspian”
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Mark London Williams
For a visual effects supervisor, Dean Wright his post production pipeline [...]

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Smaller Actors Union Delays Contract Talks to May 5
LOS ANGELES — The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists said Wednesday it would delay the start of its contract talks with Hollywood studios for a week to give the ongoing Screen Actors Guild negotiations a better chance to succeed.
The move pushed back the start of [...]

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From the current print edition of Below the Line:

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Mark London Williams
And in the better-late-than-never department, we have L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa jumping in to avert a Hollywood strike!

Well, to be fair, it’s not quite “jumping in” — more like sober-minded meetings and the releasing of statements. And the mayor has also had his hands full [...]

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In a bit of surprise, Counterpunch, the very leftward news & commentary pub & website started by columnist Alexander Cockburn, takes its attention away from its usual Mideast concerns, to run a trenchant commentary on the AFTRA-SAG split, by writer David Macaray. A goodly chunk of his observations follow below, and the entire [...]

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