tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post592132354789377414..comments2024-03-22T23:14:47.686-07:00Comments on Effects Corner: How VFX is perceived by at least one DPScott Squireshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15920073387249178066noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-83953021337659140812013-02-27T19:47:20.413-08:002013-02-27T19:47:20.413-08:00Once a month, someone should take a group shot of ...Once a month, someone should take a group shot of everyone at the VFX house working on a given show... and pair those people shots with a few cool shots that were in the works... and send a Calendar at the end of the year to productions as a reminder of the army that made the magic... with the make it "cool" button.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-74256460351793206682012-05-12T11:59:40.064-07:002012-05-12T11:59:40.064-07:00On set, the DP or director at least see the majori...On set, the DP or director at least see the majority of the crew working on the show at any given point. They see the sound guys, the stunt guys, the art department, the camera crew, the prop guys, and even the production office staff on a daily basis throughout the shoot. They are a quantifiable, physical entity.<br /><br />When it comes to the VFX, the DP or director are generally only exposed Jud Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07831280953368291001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-79625350655592730082010-05-07T10:17:30.881-07:002010-05-07T10:17:30.881-07:00Sure you can report with translation. Please inclu...Sure you can report with translation. Please include a link back here as well so they can check the original if need be.Scott Squireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15920073387249178066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-84803620304939811522010-05-07T09:30:12.291-07:002010-05-07T09:30:12.291-07:00Great post!
Thank you very much, Scott!
Here, in ...Great post!<br />Thank you very much, Scott!<br /><br />Here, in Russia, we've thought that it is only our domestic problem...<br />And I was surprised, that you have the same problems, besides of your 33 years old history of thousands of VFX movies.<br /><br />Scott, could I put the translation of this post to the russian VFX community web site?<br /><br />Arkady "renderfox" renderfoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00213241136552679105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-48207918044838825932010-05-03T00:18:52.828-07:002010-05-03T00:18:52.828-07:00"Surely there must be a magic button that is ..."Surely there must be a magic button that is producing the same old rehashed scripts over and over."<br /><br />Thats' the only button on the executive keyboard.Scott Squireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15920073387249178066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-71082980678669715672010-05-03T00:12:04.777-07:002010-05-03T00:12:04.777-07:00It baffles me how people still believe in the &quo...It baffles me how people still believe in the "Magic Button" theory of computers. Computers have been around and been used for visual effects for long enough now that there is just no excuse for that level of ignorance.<br /><br />Yes it's easy to point out that computers are getting faster and more powerful all the time, but don't they realise that visual effects are getting James Colehttp://www.hysteria.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-12586629397301842382010-05-02T07:55:01.102-07:002010-05-02T07:55:01.102-07:00The VES is trying to do some educational events sp...The VES is trying to do some educational events specifically for directors (although DPs and producers should be added to the list.)<br /><br />The VFX supervisor and team are very much involved with the other creatives and crew in pre-production and production but once filming wraps the DP and everyone else goes on to other projects. 6-12 months later the DP shows up at the DI session. To themScott Squireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15920073387249178066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15503145.post-87645115994262219142010-05-02T07:28:47.538-07:002010-05-02T07:28:47.538-07:00I'd like to say I'm surprised by that quot...I'd like to say I'm surprised by that quote, but I suppose most people in the VFX industry won't be. Someone once said, "You have to know something before you realise how much you don't know". <br /><br />Surely the solution is education and inclusion of the traditional film roles into the VFX process? Isn't part of the problem the fact that (as you pointed out) the AndyNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02921496600562077913noreply@blogger.com