Fuck-Up #63
“I Gotta Have Effects!”
When to use visual effects and what to expect
“Things should be made as simple as possible, but not any simpler.”5
—Albert Einstein
The Fuck-Up…
New filmmakers often become so enamored with visual effects that they forget the effects are supposed to serve the movie—not the other way around. This is a remarkably common first-timer mistake, which frequently hurts the film and comes to be regretted.
THE LINGO
SFX (special effects): Effects created in front of the camera during shooting.
VFX (visual effects): Effects created during post-production.
Example: If you really blow up a car and film it, that’s special effects. If you fabricate the image of an explosion on a computer, that’s visual effects.
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