final presentation notes( for my part)

Good afternoon, everyone, Stephanie and I are going to talking about Visual effects industry today.

The presentation is divided into 7 main section, I will talking about

•        VFX Industry description,

•        VFX development history

•        Timeline technology

then Stephanie will moving on to

•      Vfx companies

•      Salary and Budget

•      Getting a career, cv and skills

•      future

Now I`d like to look at VFX industry description, so for the first question is what is digital VFX

Firstly, Filmmakers use digital VFX to modify, enhance and augment live-action cinematography.

 A subset of visual special effects available to directors that enable realization of the visual aspects of film and television projects.

Secondly, Digital technologies permit filmmakers to surpass the constraints of physical reality.

Typically VFX include integration of digital elements into live-action cinematography, combining elements from multiple sources into composite images or creating photorealistic shots totally by computer.

Then, VFX artists can create 3D elements that do not exist in reality

 – for example the monsters, horror characters, a pig can talks, a head that explodes etc.

Next, Digital set extensions permit modification of film locations

VFX can alter environmental elements such as making day-night and creating storms, tornados, fire storms, that extend beyond both physical reality and budget allowances. 

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For the last point is The range of VFX is wide

so where are the main markets for visual effects.

The market segments served by VFX industry can be summarized as follows:
Feature Film/TV Series/TV Commercial/Music Video/Mobile content/

PC games

We have already known what are visual effects and the main market used; the next section is VFX Development History & Timeline technology

Ø  Stop-Action

       The Execution of Mary, Queen of Scots, 1894

Queen Mary enters the frame, kneels down and is beheaded, all in one take. Not only is this the oldest surviving example of stop action, it is the oldest known visual effects shot.

Ø  In-Camera Matte

       The Great Train Robbery, 1903

There got a shot of the windows were blacked out during original photography. So long as the players never pass in front of the window, it works great.

Ø  REAR PROJECTION

       Metropolis, 1927

rear projection of still images had been used since the teens, but this is the first use of a moving background image. Ø  COMPUTER GENERATED ELEMENT        Logan's Run, 1976 This element was then used on a conventional optical printer. Ø  ELECTRONIC COMPOSITE        Flash Gordon, 1980 Barry Nolan of Van derVeer Photo Effects spent a million dollars to build the world's first film resolution electronic compositing system. It would be more than 10 years before digital compositing would revolutionize visual effects.

Ø  Motion Tracking

       Blue Thunder, 1983

computer controlled cameras which would allow multiple passes in perfect registration.

Ø  3-D COMPUTER GRAPHICS IN A COMPOSITE

Young Sherlock Holmes, 1985 In 1985 they added to their long list of firsts by successfully placing a 3-D computer generated image into a film background.

How to get a job in VFX industry, There are two main types of people who go into VFX industry For the first is the artistic types; People who love drawing,They can also just be people who have a good eye for scene composition, these people typically graduate to the 3D world; 3D modelling, texture artists, animators etc. the other type is the more scientific person someone who does programming or can easily pickup complex applications and create scripts to solve technical problems. blue/green screen compositing or Technical Director work. How to get into VFX Industry Ø  Working within a Post company as a runne Most post production companies like The Mill, MPC, ILMhave runners which run messages around the company do odd jobs etc Ø  University Ø  Self Paced: a book can teach you how to use an application. And look at some gnomon DVDs is also helpful. Ø  In house classroom training vs Online: It was either going to be online learning or classroom based learning at a specialist VFX training company. There are MANY resources for online learning to name but a few:          Escape Studios – Great Maya Training          fxPHD – Good 2D training (Compositing with Shake, Flame, Roto etc) Animation Mentor – Supposed to be very good for animation, including tutor one on ones         Lynda – More how to use an application rather than the important things you need to know (tricks of the trade etc)