From the course: Creating a Short Film: 05 Directing
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Directing VFX shots
From the course: Creating a Short Film: 05 Directing
Directing VFX shots
- When I was planning the visual effects shots of The Assurance I tried to think like a director and not as a visual effects artist. I imagined the geography of the finale sequence, and thought about what shots I would want, where the 180 line would be. These visual effects were far more ambitious than anything I'd ever attempted before, I didn't want to limit my vision of the scene with what I knew about visual effects. I wanted to just try and direct this scene how I thought it should be, and then when it came time for the visual effects I would deal with those problems then. My thinking was that if I pulled it off it would make great training, and if I failed it would make great training, so why not just go for it? There were also a few times in the visual effects process that I was able to kind of reevaluate things as the director. For example, I really liked the way this visual effect shot turned out. Originally, her eyes stayed white for the entire shot, but then later I did…
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