‘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
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Sounds like he made a bad deal, but who could’ve known that this project would be so successful.
Perhaps everyone should get fractional back-end points.
This was her 2nd production ever. 1st one was another indie film in 2025. Supply and demand.
Yes. On low budget films people get paid less.
Even if technically she isn’t owed more it sucks because you better believe a whole bunch of studio executives will be getting fat bonuses based on the film’s success. The decent move would have been to given each of the HOD’s at least 25k each when it hit the 100 million dollar mark.
Man – wait until she hears about factory workers’ wages in relation to corporate profits.
So everyone involved is supposed to retroactively get millions of dollars… which I’m going to assume wasn’t even brought up in their contract… because the movie became successful?
What did their contract say?
So a contractor gets paid what they put in their contract, and they’re mad because their client now has lots of money?
If they wanted more money then they should have put it in their contract.
Ms. Choi, you made your deal and, unfortunately, no one owes you anything after the fact and it wasn’t an IATSE production. You had no other credits so this movie would have been a steppingstone to your next gig. Has it not?
Interesting to see a $7000 payday, your art become one of the most successful films of the year, and have accomplished guaranteed job security and be upset because you now feel in light of unforeseen success you should be paid more.
Edit: dear lord they even say they made $300 a day, which at 12hrs is $25/hr, that’s not bad at all? Am I being grumpy or is this complaint of theirs a tad unwarranted.
2nd edit: AND she says she was paycheck to paycheck when she agreed to these terms? Stop it.
They got paid what they felt was appropriate, doesn’t matter what the movie made. They signed the contract.
How much should she pay if the movie loses money
So if the film had tanked she would have payed back part of the $7000 right???
Sis had job security for at least a decade with this on her resume and she’s upset because the wage she agreed to work at isn’t high enough.
Idk that’s the industry dude no one was paid well. Movie could’ve flipped should she get paid less if the movie makes no money?
I mean, the art director is able to ask for a percentage of film revenue as payment.
It was her first “real” feature. And now nobody is going to hire her after this public complaining.
Another thread where commenters have no idea how movies work and are just projecting their bad financial decisions at people who do what they love instead of working some shitty warehouse because they never finished school.