The Visual Effects Producer

by Charles Finance, Susan Zwerman

Go behind the scene of the behind the scenes to learn how the business of producing the dazzling visual effects we see in movies and on TV works.

With decades of combined VFX production and supervisory experience in Hollywood, the authors share their experience with you, illuminating standard industry practices and tips * preproduction planning
* scheduling
* budgeting
* evaluating vendors and the bidding process
* effective data management
* working on-set, off-set, or overseas
* dealing with changes in post-production
* legal issues (contracts, insurance, business ethics), and more Also included are interviews with established, successful Hollywood VFX Producers about their career paths and how they got to where they are now.

From pre-production to final delivery, this is your complete guide to visual effects production, providing insight on VFX budgeting and scheduling (with actual forms for your own use) and common production techniques such as motion control, miniatures, and pre-visualization. Also included is a companion website (www.focalpress.com/cw/finance-9780240...) with forms and documents for you to incorporate into your own VFX production workflows.

Genres: Film

387 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Sara, Of A Certain Page]

The best VFX production book out there but now 15 years out of date. Hopefully an updated edition is in the works. The basics haven't changed but the technology certainly has.

[Ganesh]

This book is more about vfx management them vfx making. Learnt a lot of things about the less discussed side of vfx managing.