What, and who, are visual effects anyway?
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I recently called Jeffrey Okun, a well-respected visual effects supervisor and Chairman of the Board of Directors for the Visual Effects Society (VES) to tap his brains about the state of the visual effects industry and all the wonderful technology that is fundamentally changing it at a startling pace. Jeffrey, of course, has been around since the early 1980s and has supervised effects on many big films, including Ed Zwicks work on The Last Samurai and Blood Diamond, among others. Hes currently in Vancouver, supervising on Catherine Hardwicks upcoming Little Red Riding Hood. Jeffrey, of course, has a deep passion for promoting the art and artists of the visual effects industry, and like many folks, hes concerned about their welfare and future in a radically evolving industry on a financially unstable landscape. Rather than spending much time on technology, Jeffrey wanted to discuss what, exactly, it means to be a visual effects artist in the digital era in an increasingly globalized business. The people he calls unsung heroes and, sometimes, migrant film workers are getting caught up in, according to Jeffrey, the opposite of the democratization of the artist. We are becoming less valued and getting less rights. |
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