By Iain Blair

I went to The Venice Media District’s 2nd Annual Fall Mixer at the Canal Club last week. Organized by Hype PR, the evening featured several speakers for the evening, including industry luminary, Scott Ross, founder of Digital Domain. Ross spoke at length about the problems of being in the service industry and how it’s almost impossible to make a good living doing VFX as the profit margins “are so low.” By contrast, he held up the example of Pixar as a company who realized that content is king. The VMD also celebrated the naming of Andrea Stern as Co-Chair. “Andrea Stern’s involvement with the VMD beganabout a year ago,” says Founder/Co-Chair Robert Feist (owner of Ravenswork Studios). According to Feist and Stern, the Venice Media Districthas been created “in response to the changing business landscape” in the beachside community, and the area has become a hot spot on the Westside.

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