The Filmmaker's Guide to Visual Effects: The Art and Technique of VFX for Directors, Producers, Editors and Cinematographers *RISBN*

About this book

The Filmmakers Guide to Visual Effects offers a practical detailed guide to visual effects for non-VFX specialists working in film and television. In contemporary filmmaking and television production visual effects are used extensively in a wide variety of genres and formats to contribute to visual storytelling help deal with production limitations and reduce budget costs. Yet for many directors producers editors and cinematographers visual effects remain an often misunderstood aspect of media production. In this book award-winning VFX supervisor and instructor Eran Dinur introduces readers to visual effects from the filmmakers perspective providing a comprehensive guide to conceiving designing budgeting planning shooting and reviewing VFX from pre-production through post-production. The book will help readers: Learn what it takes for editors cinematographers directors producers gaffers and other filmmakers to work more effectively with the visual effects team during pre-production on the set and in post use visual effects as a narrative aid reduce production costs and solve problems on location; Achieve a deeper understanding of 3D 2D and 2.5D workflows; the various VFX crafts from matchmove to compositing; essential concepts like photorealism parallax roto and extraction; become familiar with the most common types of VFX their role in filmmaking and learn how to plan effectively for the cost and complexity of VFX shots; See visual effects concepts brought to life in practical highly illustrated examples drawn from the real-world experiences of industry professionals and discover how to better integrate visual effects into your own projects.