Whatttts the deal ....

.... with having to jump through hoops to get anything approved. Everyone knows what I'm talking about. I mean, isn't the movie the Director's vision? Shouldn't it be the Director's vision. Now, what if noone knows who the "director" is. Is it the 2 guys with the directing title or is it the guy with the car always parked out in the traffic circle or is it the useless producer who cant seem to keep her mouth shut. ORR is it the man whos idea the story is and who has final say over all that is creative and holy but doesn't seem to really know what they want most of the times. OORRRR better yet, is it the person in the basement who never seems to want to do any %*#$*# damn work and always blames everything on the fact that its not cost effective to try anything or itll take too much time. $@#@*#*@ get off your ass and stop saying "we cant do that". You think the world was made by people that always said, "Umm no we cant really do that. It would be too expensive." Push the envelope for once!

Contract rants

Many animation studios ie. Dreamworks, Sony, and Walt Disney offer contracts with the exception of Pixar. The standard contract at DW seems to be a 2 picture deal with an option for the studio to opt out of the deal. Don't for a second fool yourself into thinking your protected and that when you sign on the dotted line you'll be employed for the next 3.5 years. With that being said, its quite obvious that the contract only benefits the studio and only serves the purpose of locking ones talent in so that the bonehead executives especially of the dark haired, sit next to an aquarium type or the tall, skinny, anorexic redhead devil sucubus types can than lock you in and forget about you. The beauty of a no contract workplace is that both parties learn to respect what each other has to offer which makes for a healthier relationship in the long run.

I'll end the days rant by saying that all of us are sick and tired of accomodating or appeasing these no talent execs who cant seem to keep there opinions to themselves especially when it comes to anything related to ART.

Marketing dept should be fired!

For those of you who don't know. The reason for the horrible marketing decisions at DW all falls on an incompetent marketing executive who seems to think she (Everyone at DW knows who I'm talking about) knows how to market a film. Perhaps that was the case decades ago but things have changed. Mr Katzenberg. ITS TIME TO WAKE UP and smell the fresh can of diet coke and get rid of some dead weight starting with her.