#StemInFilm Museum of Science and Industry event 8 dec 2014
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Careers in the VFX Industry Yen Yau Talent Development Manager Into Film MOSI 8 December 2014
Transcript of #StemInFilm Museum of Science and Industry event 8 dec 2014
Careers in the VFX Industry
Yen YauTalent Development ManagerInto Film
MOSI8 December 2014
Careers in Film Primary
Stages to Making a Film
The Film Industry – the Opportunities
. • Craft and technical skills• Production management• VFX (Visual Effects)• Digital content and audience
choice• Developing writers, producers
and directors
Getting on – the VFX skills spectrum
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Where is the science?
Yen Yau
Merida – it’s all in the hair!
Yen Yau
Creating the hair and a wet dress
Developing a Portfolio
• The FoundryNUKE – The award-winning tool for visual effects and the industry’s
standard software (http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/products/nuke/non-commercial/)• AutodeskMaya – 3D computer animation, modeling, visual effects and rendering
software tool(http://www.autodesk.com/education/home)• FusionTools for compositing, keying, painting, animation, stereoscopic 3D and
more, all in a single application. Currently only available for windows(https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/fusion)
VFX Film Resources
•The Core Skills of VFX http://www.skillset.org/animation/qualifications/article_8377_1.asp
•Breakdown showreelshttp://www.artofvfx.com/?p=6591
http://www.moving-picture.com/showreels/vfx-breakdowns/
•Individual Career Profiles and Case studieshttp://www.dneg.com/career_profiles/
The VFX Core Skills Primer
1. Where are you on the VFX SPECTRUM?2. VFX is a TEAM SPORT3. VFX: Where efficiency and creativity meet4. It’s not about you, it’s about the PIPELINE5. Deadlines really are DEADLINES6. Somewhere, there is a CLIENT7. Criticism is a request for CHANGE8. Explain YOURSELF9. VFX and the PHOTOREAL10.That doesn’t look RIGHT!11.Plan and DECONSTRUCT12.The best VFX tool is PAPER
The VFX Core Skills Primer – cont’d
13. Don’t wait to be TAUGHT14. 13. Don’t wait to be TAUGHT14. You’re surrounded by EXPERTISE15. The VFX LEXICON16. VFX is cinematography and MATHS17. Yikes, what kind of MATHS?18. Know your tool: THE COMPUTER19. Film THEORY20. VFX is not NEW21. The art of the EDIT22. Style and VISION23. OPTICS24. SURPRISE us
Useful Websites
• BAFTA Guru• Double Negative• Escape Studios• Shooting People• Screen International• The CG Society• Creative Skillset• College of Production
Action Plan
