"Not Afraid of my Shadow" is absolutely right. Dreamworks problem resides within. Useless managers like Barb Cimity, Nancy Bernstein, and countless other drones in middle management. Inept VFX Supes like Doug Cooper and Craig Ring who play more politics than they make images that hit the screen... And either the Blind Eye from JK to recognize that his company is being run by idiots, or his acceptance of it and refusal to do anything about it... Either way, its just wrong. The only reason the Cost to make these films is going up is the mis-management of the front end , and launching into production before they even have stories sorted out. Instead of acknowledging they have a problem....they look to farm out the work to India. Idiots. So now you're sending work to India, and bringing it back to the US, where you hand it to an Artist to fix. Is this cost effective? One of the outsource artists talked about Madagascar 3.....There wasn't a single shot that came back from India that didn't need to be fixed..... The work they do there is a mess. If we're going to ship it overseas, bring it back, and fix it when it arrives.....is that a good business plan?
The reality of it all is... The layoffs are just an excuse to get rid of higher paid US artists..... and when the fire drill is over, and they need those artists again......the work will go to India. But don't worry about it....Bill Damashke says you're all just being "Transitioned Outside the Company"... Awww....that makes it all feel better now doesn't it?