Holidays
There are no employees at WetaDigital, everyone from the VFX Producer on down, is an independant contractor. The good part of this is that we're all hourly so we get overtime, one of the bad parts is that we don't get any paid public holidays. No Christmas, no Easter, no Labour Day, no Waitangi Day and of course no Fourth of July or Thanksgiving.
Today, the day of the Oscars, *is* a paid holiday. As we get paid to sit, eat and drink the last five years of peoples lives is being validated. Will PeterJackson get best director, will WetaDigital get best effects, will WetaWorkshop get best design?
I've only seen the last six months, I arrived when everyone was struggling to finish. My introduction was watching ridiculous workloads, frayed tempers and large personalities barely avoid erupting into choas. My introduction was watching the phenomenally talented do the almost impossible.
Even my brief exposure was crazy, stupid and fun. Here's to Kong.
Update: Halfway through the Oscar's RichardTaylor phoned back to say "open the bar". We don't need no steenk'n drink vouchers.