olivertaylor

Thanks!

Oh right, of course. I agree. But as with any technology, new possibilities emerge. Perhaps someone will come up with a new paradigm.

You’re right about the productivity. And many movie studios already own VFX studios. Netflix has Scanline, Disney has ILM, etc. But it is not super common.

There are a lot of factors, but you’re not wrong.

Exactly. Is that a basic economic principle? I think it’s called the efficiency paradox.

Not really. I’ve never worked for a studio that treats people like that, and wouldn’t. And I’ve been in a unique position to see how these situations unfold. It is very complex, very fluid, and difficult to manage. I think the bottom line is just that it is too difficult to do correctly for most studios (people).

However, you are correct in that people in my position are often at fault - but executive leadership ALWAYS signs off.

The labor shortage situation has changed a lot since then but it was never a wages problem. I knew people at studios offering double their standard rate who still couldn’t find enough qualified people.

I arrived at exactly the same conclusion, but I use Notes for my todo list (I like mixing checklists and notes in one document) and leaving reminders for… you know, reminders.

I honestly enjoy it less than some of the more complex plain text systems I’ve used/built in the past but it has the advantage of actually being practical for me.

Or 20 years from now… “would you like 45 year old Tom Cruise in your movie? No problem, just pay his estate $20M.”

Also, talent agencies have been paying for 3d scans of their top talent for years, just to have banked in case anyone should need it. I would guess that all the A list actors plan on getting scanned every 5 years so they can be in a movie at any age.

You can also do this with the system's built-in mail program. I set this up for doing bulk emails a while ago and it has proved very useful and versatile.

    (defun compose-mail-macos (&optional to subject body)
      "Compose a message using macOS's default mail program."
      (interactive)
      (start-process "Open Mail Message" nil "open"
                     (concat "mailto:"
                             (when to to) "?"
                             (when subject (concat "&subject=" (url-hexify-string subject)))
                             (when body (concat "&body=" (url-hexify-string body))))))
    
    (defun compose-mail-macos-multiple (list subject body)
      "ADDRESSES should be a list of email addresses in the form of:
    (setq mail-list '(\"Mail 1 <[email protected]>\"
                      \"Mail 2 <[email protected]>\"
                      \"Mail 3 <[email protected]>\"))"
      (while list
        (let ((to (car list)))
          (compose-mail-macos to subject body)
          (setq list (cdr list)))))

Never heard of contexts before, this app is awesome. So many great features. I even like having the shelf to the side, feels like a more Mac-like Stage Manager or something. Thanks!

I just use an Airtable database with a bunch of customization. It’s great.