[Waylo]

mseymour7 wrote:

For me – if I was one of you guys, I’d want… “what do I need to know, what techniques can I learn about to better perfect my craft, how should I move forward with my career – how do I get to do the sort of work I want to do – both creatively and financially”.

Hi Mike,

Yep, that pretty much nails it from where I’m sitting.

And I wouldn’t be concerned about taking the time to get it right.
“If its worth doing its worth doing well”

Its a shame things like this cant be somehow ‘future proofed’ to make it less off an onging task for yourselves, but thats why its important to have the two distinct sections I think. The ‘Theory’ can be the set in stone ‘its like this people, because…’ and the ‘How To’ section can be more fluid to incorporate the very latest, thinking and toolsets.

Cheers
Chris

[Waylo]

Hello everyone,

Im also a new to the forum. G’Day nt65, good post.

Ive lurked these forums and the site in particular for quite a while now as
there’s so much valuable information to be had, and this thread has finally made me register.

A while ago I finished a studio animation job I had and became a freelance animator which meant I had to understand the whole post process, which in the studio setup I didn’t need to be aware of.
So I too tried the ‘DF’ and ‘Combustion’ learning editions came across ‘fxguide’ and was really taken with the whole compositing process, to the point of also considering a carrer change if the right oppourtunity came along, but one of the things I always wondered was ‘ what makes a good compositor ?’

I think the production training idea is great. It would definitely need splitting into the 2 sections though, ‘Theory and approach’ which I would consider to be the more important of the 2 and the ‘How to’ section.

Like most people I learn best by watching things. So it would be the next best thing to getting studio time if as you mentioned you could screen capture a process with a VO. Sort of like having our own personal compositing mentor.

And now some animation biased thoughts for you, 😀

I would really like to see how animation is treated in post and if it requires any different thinking, processes, workflow from doing Film and Video work.

Would having an animation background be considered any sort of advantage in compositing.

And a couple of general thoughts/considerations,

How much creative thinking is involved in the job, is it the compositors task to work through a tricky shot or do the TD’s work out the mechanics and then
pass the solution onto the compositor.

Are there levels of compositor ie: junior etc. Who manages the compositors?

I think its fair to say all three of you do a fantastic and professional job with fxguide, Im really looking forward to see how this evolves, keep up the great work.

Chris ‘Way-lo’

PS. Very good point about listing the special edition DVD’s that are worth checking out. I was totally hooked on the King Kong production diaries.

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