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Andres Ramirez
Shooting properly to apply FX after

I am currently in the midst of shooting my short film an have a question. I'm making a zombie movie but my zombies aren't necessarily nicotero or Romero looking but a new design which is considerably inspired from the Extremis villain look in Iron Man 3. When I'm shooting scenes with the zombies, ho...

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Reflex Motion Control

Locking off the camera is important but if you do have the budget speak to a motion control company as locked off shots are not very exciting, unless the shot is really short. Used correctly moco can...

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Kristjan Knigge

If at all possible, involve your vfx person in designing the shots, and have them with you on set.

Maija Beeton

I second Kristjan's comment. If a VFX supervisor isn't available, you need to gather information for future plate integration. The Information/Data you'll want for the VFX post crew includes: 1. camer...

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Dmitry Puzyrev

And besides described you should provide some contrast markers on your heroes and around to let VFX guys track movements, if you are going to attach 3D objects to actors or in the scene. Many things h...

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Ken Koh

it depends on what type of sfx you're applying after? if it's compositing backgrounds etc of 2d effects than make sure you have an evenly lit green screen without any spill. If you're adding 3d effect...

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