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    'Obsession' Art Director Calls for Industry Reform After Getting Paid Less Than $7,000 as Film Nears $175 Million
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    ‘Obsession’ Art Director Calls for Industry Reform After Getting Paid Less Than $7,000 as Film Nears $175 Million

    ‘Obsession’ Art Director Calls for Industry Reform After Getting Paid Less Than $7,000 as Film Nears $175 Million

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    3. diabolicalafternoon on

      This is why Matt and Ben’s Artist Equity company is so beneficial. While I do agree that things need to change in the industry this is just the norm with a low budget film. Obsession’s success is what you hope what will happen, but doesn’t to more than 50% of low budget films. I’ve learned to always negotiate back end points on any low budget film I work on just in case.

    4. WrittenByRae on

      This is a bold decision. I kind of hope it works out, though. I’m a staunch believer in getting your money

    5. annamdue on

      There needs to be some kind of bonus based on revenue for everyone on set and working behind the scenes. Especially when residuals are now basically worth shit or straight up non existing.

    6. killdred666 on

      people are confusing “that’s just how it is” with “this isn’t how it should be” a lot lately

    7. CausticAvenger on

      I do agree the studio should give everyone who worked on the film a huge bonus. It’s the right thing to do and they’ll still be rolling in cash.

    8. sabhall12 on

      I would say she should have been entitled to some of the profits of the movie, but the overall budget of the film was like 750K and it was an indie film. It’s not like anyone would have pegged this movie for an insane box office like this…

    10. elitedisplayE on

      I feel this demonstrates the importance of unions right?

      Like setting a standard that crew partake in profits over a certain dollar amount? I think The Rip on Netflix was one of the first to get this type of “performance bonus”

    11. EhWhateverDawg on

      Seems like it should be standard for the cast and crew on a low budget film to get a cut in case the movie sells. I vaguely remember some star (was it Zendaya?) gave the crew 1%( ??) of the proceeds to split on her independent project. They all ended up getting really nice bonuses when it sold.