By
James
Hirsen
Viewers
tuning in to the television programming leading up to the 86th Annual Academy
Awards ceremony may have noticed unusual activity that was taking place
alongside the red carpet. Numerous people carrying signs of a significant shade
of green had set up a picket line and were engaged in a full-fledged Oscar
protest.
The
color green in Hollywood typically means that an issue has some kind of
environmental connection, but not in this instance. The signs displayed by this
particular group were meant to invoke the "green screen," which is a
Hollywood technologically related mainstay used in the creation of modern
digital special effects for cinema.
The
protestors were, in fact, visual effects (VFX) professionals who were staging a
demonstration in order to draw media attention to their unusual plight. The
artists are concerned, as well they should be, that the VFX industry, which was
created and honed in America, is disappearing within our borders and relocating
to foreign countries that are offering generous tax subsidies to Hollywood
studios. [more...]
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