People, Pixels and Production

After a few weeks of evaluations, bids and negotiations, we finalized the details of our first major contract. It’s a direct to DVD sci-fi / horror movie. Pretty darn cool I might add!

 I’ll be the VFX Supervisor on set. So I’m now on the road for 30 days on a movie shoot. I’ve been with the crew a week before the start of filming. It’s a first I’m present so early in a production; often the “VFX guy” is dropped in for a couple of days when the shooting is well under way. This time we were invited for the pre-production process so we can plan out the digital effects and yes, modify bits and parts of the action.

It will be the first time I’ll be away from my family for more then a couple of weeks. Needless to say I’m on Skype for a full hour every other night. Keeping tabs with the office is manageable, with e-mails, video conferences, and FTP & VPN access to our internal network.

I’ll see this week what I can and cannot mention about the project. For the moment, every department head is running around finishing their setup before the big show starts on Monday. Lots and lots of production meetings.