Working for free
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- Tungsten
Vincent Laforet's take on working for free. Interesting read. Pros and Cons. Relates to designers as well I imagine.
- Llyod0
were you expecting this thread to be this popular?
- vanilla_cam0
my kenny mayne thread got more attention than this....
so sad.
- autoflavour0
what is worse is when you do work for free for someone and then they fucking change your work, without asking before it goes to print.
so not only do you not get paid, the only thing of value to you is no longer even yours.
- Llyod0
I once offered to do a site for free for a film. I was psyched to do it until I saw it. It sucked so bad that I couldn't go through with it.
- JG_LB0
"And by the way: this is coming from the guy who shot a little film called “Reverie” and did it “for free.” Canon did not pay me - or fund anything. It was something that I did on my own. I spent my own money to fund the production - and reeped great professional benefit from it. It was a big win for me and my career - no question about it. I own the work and copyright OUTRIGHT and made that clear.
BUT - when Canon asked to use the video after I produced it. I made sure they paid. And they paid well. A lot more than I would have made had I been commissioned to do the project in the first place. That’s the important part here."