olivertaylor

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

Thanks!

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

Oh right, of course. I agree. But as with any technology, new possibilities emerge. Perhaps someone will come up with a new paradigm.

olivertaylor

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

You’re right about the productivity. And many movie studios already own VFX studios. Netflix has Scanline, Disney has ILM, etc. But it is not super common.

olivertaylor

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

There are a lot of factors, but you’re not wrong.

olivertaylor

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

Exactly. Is that a basic economic principle? I think it’s called the efficiency paradox.

olivertaylor

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

Not really. I’ve never worked for a studio that treats people like that, and wouldn’t. And I’ve been in a unique position to see how these situations unfold. It is very complex, very fluid, and difficult to manage. I think the bottom line is just that it is too difficult to do correctly for most studios (people).

However, you are correct in that people in my position are often at fault - but executive leadership ALWAYS signs off.

The labor shortage situation has changed a lot since then but it was never a wages problem. I knew people at studios offering double their standard rate who still couldn’t find enough qualified people.

olivertaylor

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

I arrived at exactly the same conclusion, but I use Notes for my todo list (I like mixing checklists and notes in one document) and leaving reminders for… you know, reminders.

I honestly enjoy it less than some of the more complex plain text systems I’ve used/built in the past but it has the advantage of actually being practical for me.

olivertaylor

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

Remember S1m0ne? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258153/

olivertaylor

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

Or 20 years from now… “would you like 45 year old Tom Cruise in your movie? No problem, just pay his estate $20M.”

Also, talent agencies have been paying for 3d scans of their top talent for years, just to have banked in case anyone should need it. I would guess that all the A list actors plan on getting scanned every 5 years so they can be in a movie at any age.

olivertaylor

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

Like this? https://github.com/jamesroutley/news.routley.io

olivertaylor

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

You can also do this with the system's built-in mail program. I set this up for doing bulk emails a while ago and it has proved very useful and versatile.

    (defun compose-mail-macos (&optional to subject body)
      "Compose a message using macOS's default mail program."
      (interactive)
      (start-process "Open Mail Message" nil "open"
                     (concat "mailto:"
                             (when to to) "?"
                             (when subject (concat "&subject=" (url-hexify-string subject)))
                             (when body (concat "&body=" (url-hexify-string body))))))
    
    (defun compose-mail-macos-multiple (list subject body)
      "ADDRESSES should be a list of email addresses in the form of:
    (setq mail-list '(\"Mail 1 <[email protected]>\"
                      \"Mail 2 <[email protected]>\"
                      \"Mail 3 <[email protected]>\"))"
      (while list
        (let ((to (car list)))
          (compose-mail-macos to subject body)
          (setq list (cdr list)))))

olivertaylor

vor 3 Jahrendiscuss

Never heard of contexts before, this app is awesome. So many great features. I even like having the shelf to the side, feels like a more Mac-like Stage Manager or something. Thanks!

olivertaylor

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

I just use an Airtable database with a bunch of customization. It’s great.

olivertaylor

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

I wonder about this. The global total of agricultural workers is lower than it ever was, even if the total output is higher than it’s ever been.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-people-employed...

olivertaylor

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

I have all my newsletters delivered to [email protected] and filter them into a folder. You could create one folder as a newsletter “inbox” and one as an “archive”.

olivertaylor

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

In my view the skill of the artist is to transfer an idea into the medium they work with, and if they work in a collaborative format that’s 50% of the job. It takes an enormous amount of skill to master the medium, and some mediums are easier than others. But the quality of the ideas they have matters a great deal. As does their ability to collaborate effectively.

olivertaylor

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

True, but there are way more typesetters employed today than in the 1930s, and what they are able to do with their skills has changed a lot. I guess I’m just arguing that animation will follow the same path.

olivertaylor

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

Yeah, but the total amount of money earned in movies or TV has only gone up. As has the total number of jobs in the industry.

olivertaylor

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

As it has been with every technology. Sure, the dynamics and specifics change dramatically, and maybe there are less people doing the work, but the idea that those workers are somehow not needed doesn’t make sense.

olivertaylor

vor 4 Jahrendiscuss

> prompting an AI requires much less skill than animating it yourself

s/much less skill/different stills/

> Do you think "AI prompters" will earn the same amount as animators?

I do, because animation is not inherently valuable. The value they are paid for is solving a problem, the same problem AI prompters will solve. It is totally valid to argue that AI will reduce the total amount of animators, I think that will happen.

olivertaylor

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