Comments on: Carlton Cuse wants fans to create a title sequence for Bates Motel

By: Donald Petersen

Donald Petersen — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:03:00 +0000

Remember that awesome MT sequence somebody did for Walking Dead a couple years back? I'm sure that guy has plenty of paid work these days, but that's probably due to being showcased right here. Plenty of suckers will submit for this once, maybe twice. And someone will get picked, and land a fat check for (according to the fine print under Cuse's mug in the above video) $2500. I presume all other contestants will get squat, plus lose any and all claim to ownership of their submission, if past is prequel. (One of you folks who still uses Facebook can confirm or deny that last bit for me.) A&E will get what they want, and it'll probably be quite good, for a tiny fraction of the professional going rate for a main title sequence. (Last time I paid the invoice for a seven-second main title sequence was in 2008, and it was for $15,000.) And despite all the older-but-wiser artists out there who know what a mug's game this practice is, there will always be a fresh crop of ~~innocent suckers~~ eager young artists all too willing to roll these loaded dice.

By: Antinous / Moderator

Antinous / Moderator — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:50:00 +0000

The answer to that and many other questions lies in the etymology of the word ‘fan’.

By: Jardine

Jardine — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 23:55:00 +0000

How can you be a fan of a show that hasn’t aired yet?

By: Tony Marasco

Tony Marasco — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:15:00 +0000

They’ve been filming down the road my house for a couple months now. The set of the Motel is pretty creepy. We went down there one night about 2 weeks ago when it was really foggy out, no one was around………. it was kinda creepy :P

By: crockeronline

crockeronline — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 21:06:00 +0000

“Help us keep under-employed motion graphics artists under-employed!”

By: etmthree

etmthree — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:54:00 +0000

This is a deplorable scam that is becoming far too common. Brett Ratner did it last year for his production company logo and found no shortage of desperate suckers. Sad to see that the executive producer of Nash Bridges could sink so low to save a few thousand bucks.

By: grimc

grimc — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:50:00 +0000

NO SPEC

By: Brainspore

Brainspore — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:42:00 +0000

“We want to give fans the chance to participate in the show.”

I’d like to give people the chance to participate in community gardening. You can start by landscaping my back yard.

By: Lauren Seals

Lauren Seals — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:40:00 +0000

Oomph. First rule of commercial artistry: NEVER DO SPEC WORK. These sorts of things always seem like fun but… why can’t they just hire a motion graphics designer/filmmaker who is a fan?

And yes, what will the winner be paid? How will the other entrants be compensated for their time? “Looks great in your portfolio” is the oldest scam there is.

By: Jerry Coscia

Jerry Coscia — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:37:00 +0000

Yes.

By: Wiki-Truths

Wiki-Truths — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:37:00 +0000

Winner will be PAID what?

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:25:00 +0000

I’ve got nothing against the show, but I don’t necessarily think that accident and emergency is the right place to air it. The critical injuries unit… maybe.

(I’ll be here all night)