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    • Daniel Lay, VFX artist

    Michael Curtin, Kevin Sanson

    Chapter from the book: Curtin M. & Sanson K. 2017. Voices of Labor: Creativity, Craft, and Conflict in Global Hollywood.

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    Daniel Lay worked as a VFX artist for over a decade, specializing in hair simulation on films like Tron Legacy. Lay is best known for starting the VFX Soldier blog where for years he anonymously discussed the problematic working conditions in the industry. Besides describing his work, Lay offers in-depth criticism of production subsidies and offers proposals for changing the ways the industry operates.

    Disciplines:

    Media studies Social science 

    Keywords:

    Globalization Working conditions Production incentives Productivity pressures VFX Outsourcing Workflow VFX Soldier Countervailing duties Sony Pictures Imageworks 

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    Curtin M. & Sanson K. 2017. Daniel Lay, VFX artist. In: Curtin M. & Sanson K, Voices of Labor. California: University of California Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.26.x
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    Published on March 3, 2017

    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.26.x