Freelance artists, especially those just starting out, often feel like everyone wants stuff done for free. Unpaid internships, free work "to get your name out there", or payment deferred "until the project gets financed" - such are the perils of the modern digital economy.
Garrett Gilchrist has been working as an independent artist, writer and filmmaker for twenty years, and is best known for his
"Recobbled Cut" of Richard Williams' unfinished animated feature
The Thief and the Cobbler. In this interview he talks about what is wrong with modern digital media, how the "World of Free" came about - and what can be done about it.
