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Re: Creating Bluey: Tales from the Art Director

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Post by MrBuddyCasino »

andrepd wrote: post #28
polotics wrote: post #23

Wow the money shot of this I think is the quote: "...Or at least have a bit more financial security to show for it. My designs have generated roughly 2 billion dollars for the people lucky enough to be cashing in on it. Not bad surplus value for someone on an 88k salary.""" 88k AUD is less than 60'000 USD, and as this art director worked one year on this, the raw ratio of wage earned to this is 0.00003, so 0.003 perc…

A certain 19th century German thinker wrote abundantly on that issue :-) It's not just creative endeavours. The fact that access to capital is not evenly distributed means that those who don't have it have to surrender their surplus value to those that have it.

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Re: Creating Bluey: Tales from the Art Director

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Post by polotics »

MrBuddyCasino wrote: post #31
andrepd wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A certain 19th century German thinker wrote abundantly on that issue :-) It's not just creative endeavours. The fact that access to capital is not evenly distributed means that those who don't have it have to surrender their surplus value to those that have it.

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Are you sure you read the parent post? It was not about wealth being immanent at all as I read it, it was about capital ownership granting full access to work-created value.

Re: Creating Bluey: Tales from the Art Director

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Post by ksynwa »

namdnay wrote: post #24
polotics wrote: post #23

Wow the money shot of this I think is the quote: "...Or at least have a bit more financial security to show for it. My designs have generated roughly 2 billion dollars for the people lucky enough to be cashing in on it. Not bad surplus value for someone on an 88k salary.""" 88k AUD is less than 60'000 USD, and as this art director worked one year on this, the raw ratio of wage earned to this is 0.00003, so 0.003 perc…

But if Bluey (like most shows people will work on) hadn’t been a huge success, he would still have kept his 88k That’s the inherent trade off in a salaried position - you are trading potential wealth for guaranteed security

Would be cool if there was a middle ground between risking destitution by claiming a share of the income made and giving up your fair share of the billions made in return of a modest salary.

Re: Creating Bluey: Tales from the Art Director

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Post by ninkendo »

aaronbrethorst wrote: post #4

I now avoid jobs that pressure everyone into thinking a good show or project can only be created at the expense of everyone’s well being. Even if the IP they’re offering you a chance to work on is exciting (and unfortunately I’ve seen way too many times now how this can be used as a bargaining chip to mistreat people). It doesn’t have to be that way. You can make something great without killing your crew. hear hear.

Was this in the article somewhere? I searched and didn’t see it (and I’m most interested in why she left, and haven’t found anything on it.)

Re: Creating Bluey: Tales from the Art Director

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Post by JohnScolaro »

lukan wrote: post #30
JohnScolaro wrote: post #17

What a fantastic write-up. As a Brisbane native and software developer I often feel similarly to the author about Brisbane's software dev scene. Brisbane so often feels like a backwater, with the big dogs down in Melbourne and Sydney, and the 'peak of industry' in the US. I'd love to move to Seattle and work for Amazon or something to get 'relevant industry experience' but what I'd really love to do is make a go of i…

"I believe Brisbane is secretly still the best city in the world" Personally the 3 times I visited Brisbane, were all in all quite neutral for me, not great, not bad. But friends had way worse experiences and when I found a iconic backpackers book, "No shitting on the toilet", I had a good laugh about those passages: "A friend of mine would never leave a place until he’d had a good time there. Another friend would no…

Oh I can 100% see where all of that comes from too.

I think a lot of Brisbanes secret beauty is well hidden from people just visiting. The temperate rainforests, glasshouse mountains, some of the best beaches in the world all within an hours drive. The strange birds, the general attitude of the public. I think it's all quite nice. My only personal gripe is that I think it's far too hot in summer!

I'm also extremely biased though, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. Brisbane does have an awful lot of mediocrity too, but I'm still proud of it, and keen to show it off in 2032 with the Olympics!

Re: Creating Bluey: Tales from the Art Director

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Post by lotsofpulp »

ksynwa wrote: post #33
namdnay wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But if Bluey (like most shows people will work on) hadn’t been a huge success, he would still have kept his 88k That’s the inherent trade off in a salaried position - you are trading potential wealth for guaranteed security

Would be cool if there was a middle ground between risking destitution by claiming a share of the income made and giving up your fair share of the billions made in return of a modest salary.

Such as buying shares of Disney stock?

Perhaps even via basically free 0.03% expense ratio index fund that automatically gives the owner access to business success across the entire economy.

Bluey is also made by the government, so technically, there is no equity gains or profit to be had at that level, it’s just a negotiation of compensation.

Re: Creating Bluey: Tales from the Art Director

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Post by lotsofpulp »

polotics wrote: post #32
MrBuddyCasino wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Are you sure you read the parent post? It was not about wealth being immanent at all as I read it, it was about capital ownership granting full access to work-created value.

Doesn’t the British government and/or Australian government own Bluey?

What capital is there to own? Maybe Ludo Studios negotiated a piece of the pie for themselves, but I doubt it is much in the grand scheme of things.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluey_(TV_series)

> It was commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the British Broadcasting Corporation, with BBC Studios holding global distribution and merchandising rights.

Re: Creating Bluey: Tales from the Art Director

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Post by danielvaughn »

MrBuddyCasino wrote: post #31
andrepd wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A certain 19th century German thinker wrote abundantly on that issue :-) It's not just creative endeavours. The fact that access to capital is not evenly distributed means that those who don't have it have to surrender their surplus value to those that have it.

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If you’ve seen the show, you’d know that this artists’ work was deeply instrumental to the creation of the wealth. It would be one thing if the author was an associate grabbing coffees and scheduling meetings.

In this case, not getting a royalty for their contribution is shameful.

Re: Creating Bluey: Tales from the Art Director

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Post by markus_zhang »

JohnScolaro wrote: post #17

What a fantastic write-up. As a Brisbane native and software developer I often feel similarly to the author about Brisbane's software dev scene. Brisbane so often feels like a backwater, with the big dogs down in Melbourne and Sydney, and the 'peak of industry' in the US. I'd love to move to Seattle and work for Amazon or something to get 'relevant industry experience' but what I'd really love to do is make a go of i…

I live in Canada and Bluey is the reason I really want to visit Brisbane.

Re: Creating Bluey: Tales from the Art Director

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Post by lukan »

JohnScolaro wrote: post #35
lukan wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"I believe Brisbane is secretly still the best city in the world" Personally the 3 times I visited Brisbane, were all in all quite neutral for me, not great, not bad. But friends had way worse experiences and when I found a iconic backpackers book, "No shitting on the toilet", I had a good laugh about those passages: "A friend of mine would never leave a place until he’d had a good time there. Another friend would no…

Oh I can 100% see where all of that comes from too. I think a lot of Brisbanes secret beauty is well hidden from people just visiting. The temperate rainforests, glasshouse mountains, some of the best beaches in the world all within an hours drive. The strange birds, the general attitude of the public. I think it's all quite nice. My only personal gripe is that I think it's far too hot in summer! I'm also extremely b…

"but I'm still proud of it, and keen to show it off in 2032 with the Olympics!"

Maybe see you there :)

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