The Business
VFX Industry in Trouble; Won an Oscar...Now What?
Visual effects pros share their woes, and 2012 Academy Award winners reflect on their life with Oscar.
By Kim Masters • • 28m ListenWith the bankruptcy of top-tier VFX house Rhythm & Hues the troubles in that sector of the business are crystallized. We talk with two visual effects pros about the woes facing these artists. Plus, 2012 Oscar winners on how the win changed their lives.
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3 storiesThe Hollywood News Banter
Kim Masters and John Horn, film writer for the Los Angeles Times, discuss some of this week's top Hollywood news stories.
Read the story7 minWon an Oscar?
Three of 2012's Oscar winners reflect on the past year since they took home the statuette. T.J. Martin won with his producing partner, Daniel Lindsay for the feature documentary Undefeated . Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy won for the short documentary Saving Face .
Read the story3 minVFX Industry in Trouble
Even as Hollywood relies on stunning visual effects to bring people to the movie theater, the artists who make those spectacles are struggling. This issue became crystallized when the top-tier VFX house Rhythm & Hues filed for bankruptcy even as it was racking up awards for its spectacular work on Life of Pi.
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