Stream Discussion #001, or download it for your devices. Unofficial VFX Union Panel #001 25 megs, .MP3 format.

Have you seen the Open Letter to James Cameron, from Lee Stranahan? Did you listen to the VFX Town Hall? Are you just concerned about the state of the industry and wondering what can be done? Want a union? Hate the idea? Make yourself heard. While it's great that the conversation has started, it's up to the artists to continue it and give the issue a face, and the solution its momentum. We're going to talk about it, live, with a chat room. Your words will be seen and heard. Let's start figuring this out. (For a two-year-old discussion along these lines with Ryan and Teague on the subject of getting into the industry, general questions answered, do's-and-don'ts discussed, enjoy this.) Michael "Dorkman" Scott (@DorkmanScott) is a filmmaker and freelance visual effects artist in Los Angeles. Ryan Wieber (@RyanWieber) is a senior VFX compositor in his sixth year at Stargate Studios, where he has worked on hundreds of shots spanning dozens of episodic television shows... including, perhaps most notably, as a lead artist on NBC's "Heroes". He is a two-time Emmy winner for Visual Effects, with a third nomination. Teague Chrystie (@TeagueChrystie)is a visual effects generalist and career freelancer, who's compositing, motion graphics and 3D work has appeared in dozens of television shows, music videos, commercials and feature films. Acting as moderator on the panel, he'll conduct the conversation in the room and relay questions from the chat room to the panel.