tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post9158353583121111187..comments2024-03-26T22:42:06.412-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: The Big Plans for Ice Age 3Steve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-39058486890412148942009-06-29T15:07:41.656-07:002009-06-29T15:07:41.656-07:00The whole religious undertones present in "Wh...The whole religious undertones present in "Whorton hears a who" totally put me off. Love their animation, but,sermons belong in the church, not the theater.<br /><br />Hopefully none of this superstition nonsense is present on Ice Age 3. But,being part of the Fox conglomerate, who knows...<br /><br />R.rnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-84426812429541810782009-06-25T11:29:10.325-07:002009-06-25T11:29:10.325-07:00They have 2 distinctions: Temps and Full time anim...They have 2 distinctions: Temps and Full time animators<br /><br />Full time animators can be at-will employed animators, or have year-based contracts (2-3 year). Depends on the individual.<br /><br />Temps are project-based animators whose employment ends at the end of a film. Some are kept on depending on performance and availabilityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-12333414133760778752009-06-25T09:26:34.643-07:002009-06-25T09:26:34.643-07:00Very well, I'll trust you on that, I need not ...Very well, I'll trust you on that, I need not see anyone's paystub. But the numbers do seem to be in line with what other studios pay.<br /><br />Got another question though. Do they offer contract positions ( on project basis) or is it full time contrats? Just curious.<br /><br />R.R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-49625362044185303842009-06-24T18:39:34.850-07:002009-06-24T18:39:34.850-07:00A bonus pool is not getting residuals. It's g...A bonus pool is not getting residuals. It's getting a bonus. DreamWorks is another studio that has a bonus pool. It's a cool thing, but it is not at all the same thing as residuals. <br /><br />Union animators do get actual residuals, which go into their benefits package.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-22966435172858228482009-06-24T11:25:23.917-07:002009-06-24T11:25:23.917-07:00Well, Im not going to post my pay stub, but I can ...Well, Im not going to post my pay stub, but I can tell you that from first hand experience that my salary, and the salaries of my peers are much more in line with the averages on the annual survey. I think the minimum for animators in TAG is somewhere around 75k, and the average being somewhere between 87 and 92k a year, and thats what we're most of us (that I know, maybe Im ignorant) fall in. <br /><br />Thats not how it used to be. <br /><br />But we do get residuals in a bonus pool based off box office performance, that's no secret.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-91870480217265965042009-06-23T11:20:43.032-07:002009-06-23T11:20:43.032-07:00to anon 12:12
Easy to make such a claim, without ...to anon 12:12<br /><br />Easy to make such a claim, without evidence.<br /><br />Please, produce it, if you can.tornacynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-69898478147166713032009-06-22T12:12:23.728-07:002009-06-22T12:12:23.728-07:00Actually it has. Blue Sky is now pretty competiti...Actually it has. Blue Sky is now pretty competitive in the salary dept, after losing 40% of its animation staff to Pixar and Dreamworks over the last year or so. At least, so I hear.<br /><br />Plus, they get residuals on the films box office take.<br /><br />I saw IA3 on Fathers Day. Its actually pretty good. Fantastic animation, as usualAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-53331912300402243592009-06-22T09:09:54.553-07:002009-06-22T09:09:54.553-07:00Well, we can bet however successfull the movie wil...Well, we can bet however successfull the movie will be, that it wont translate into better salaries for the artists.<br /><br />R.rnoreply@blogger.com