Thursday, August 02, 2007

Short profile of Syd Mead

I've always loved his work. Blade Runner was simply amazing visually. But I didn't know he had done work in anime, redesigning the Yamato and Mobile Suit Gundam.
He does a lot of work for major corporations who are happy to meet his fee for his services without any phony penny pinching. When it’s the movies calling, he says, the price “starts at zero” and the artist has to “work his way up.”

There are many needy artists. Producers always can find someone to work on spec.

But they won’t get Syd Mead.

He also insists on a “one to one relationship with the director,” which means no intermediaries or departments of intermediation. And if they do agree to his fee, and his working conditions, he then makes sure that the exact amount of work is specified and the fees due for anything more. That means anything.

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