This week’s fxguidetv continues our “Masters of the Craft” series with a conversation with vfx legend Scott Squires. He sits down with Mike Seymour and chats about how he got started in the industry, starting on Close Encounters, and rising to a senior visual effects supervisor at ILM. Now freelance, Scott discuss both his career and also the latest developments in effects. We also feature a brilliant XSI tip with Lucas Martell.

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Anonymous Content’s Justin Reardon via SF-based Cutwater directs this wild :60 for video game developer Ubisoft. The spot shines light on true devotion to the sport for the new game Shaun White Snowboarding.

In the spot, ordinary people become snow boarding fans and rush to catch a snow boarding chopper flight.

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