August 20, 2016 : Sausage Party Not A Party For Its Animators
Sausage Party has been a surprise hit this summer – due to its solid box office sales combined with a relatively low budget. However, recent reports have highlighted some possible tactics used by the Directors against some animators at Nitrogen Studios to keep the costs down.
The contract workers at the Vancouver-based studio claim they were denied pay for overtime work and some were denied credit for even working on the film. Intimidation tactics were also used to ‘force’ animators to work longer hours, on a ‘voluntarily’ basis (i.e. free).
Sadly, it isn’t too surprising that animators were treated poorly. This is common among similar lines of work, including the VFX and Video Game industry. However, I was surprised that Canada doesn’t have an animation guild. I suppose I just assumed they did. Perhaps, they are focusing their energy on getting round wheels for their cars.
posted by Pi Visuals at 3:27 pm