Hasta La Motion!

I read a lot on here about people striving to work in feature film production houses and all the pros/cons that come along with it. My first question is – what sort of (non freelance) opportunities are out there for either compositing or motion graphics in smaller-medium sized places? It’s a very general question but what I mean is that I don’t seem to read much about anything else other than how to get into feature films etc – aside from obviously not working on big Hollywood movies are there good/bad things about relatively smaller houses – pay, number of positions, roles, training, etc?

My second question is possibly related to the first one. Are there plenty of (again non freelance) opportunities out there for people with good general skills (eg 2d composite and motion graphics) rather than going down a very specific path? Again pros and cons?

In my previous (unrelated) career I worked at a very large prominent firm in a specific role, and always wondered if I was more suited to a smaller more intimate workplace with a more general role.

Thanks for any advice.

The Darkening is an American psychological horror film that is a Hitchcock throwback with tones of H.P. Lovecraft due to be completed June 27th. You can see more details here:
http://www.thedarkeningmovie.com
www.readamovie.com

Budget is $1,000 total. Email jackyoung1981@cox.net if interested

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it’s about 10 seconds into the video. He is standing on the ledge and a the cam is doing a fly over to expose the ground.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5-yKhDd64s

Now,
I’m guessing that they used a crane over head on a green screen
and match moved it. Then added a 3d scene to it.

But my question is this:
How would you do this shot and use BOTH live action shots WITHOUT a motion control camera?

For example,

What would be the best way to composite this if you have footage of the roof looking down & a green screen fly over? I know nuke has that 3d composite thingy going for them but I never tried it. 🙂