fxphd live: effects seminar

Have you ever wanted to learn the secrets of blowing stuff up, shooting high speed and creating practical effects? fxphd and 32TEN Studios are offering a unique opportunity to learn all this from multiple Oscar-nominees in a 3-day hands-on workshop.

The workshop – to be held from September 29th to October 1st – will be taught at 32TEN Studios in San Rafael, where ILM was born. It will feature tuition from visual effects supervisor Scott Squires, effects DOP Marty Rosenberg, practical FX supe Geoff Heron, VFX supe Vince De Quattro, prop master Sean House and other special guests.

This offer is open now to everyone, (but over half the places sold in the first 72 hours, so book now to avoid being disappointed).

Registration is now closed, but if you if you wish to be placed on the wait list, please email us at fx2012@fxphd.com.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll be shooting explosions, pyro elements, in-camera effects, smoke, greenscreen, cloud tanks and more on 32TEN’s stages – all high speed – with these leading practitioners from the special and visual effects industry. You’ll learn how to rig effects and light them practically for the best results, and you’ll see how to combine live action with digital.

We are focusing on Earth, Wind and Fire, and controlling, scaling and filming practical elements.

Who should go?

This course is ideal if you are an effects TD or compositor who wants practical on set experience and a chance to learn from one of the best effects teams in the world. Anyone in visual effects will benefit – you’ll gain un-paralleled knowledge about real world effects and phenomena, and how to combine live action with digital effects.
Places are extremely limited, but this means you will get quality instruction and a real hands-on approach to solving effects problems.

Special guests

Scott Squires

VFX supervisor: Scott’s incredible career in visual effects spans the practical and digital worlds. He began by helping to implement the cloud tank effects in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Scott co-founded Dream Quest Images and worked at ILM as a visual effects supervisor for many years on films such as The Mask, Dragonheart and Star Wars: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace. He also wrote Commotion, a breakthrough software package for doing rotoscoping, animation and compositing. Recently he oversaw the stereo conversion pipeline of the last Transformers film.

Marty Rosenberg

DOP: Marty’s 20 years of credits includes work from ILM to Kerner Optical in both films and commercials. His effects photography is seen in The Hunt For Red October, Mission: Impossible, Star Wars: Episodes I, II and III, War of the Worlds, Jarhead, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Terminator Salvation, The Last Airbender, Big Miracle and Red Tails.

Geoff Heron

Practical FX Supervisor: Geoff has worked both at ILM and Kerner Optical in effects supervision roles, and his film credits include Hook, Star Trek: Generations, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Men In Black, The Mummy, Pearl Harbor, Star Wars: Episodes I and II, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films.

Vince De Quattro

VFX Supervisor/Director of Artist Development: Vince has worked in visual effects for many years, including at r/GA, Warner Bros Digital Studios, ILM, The Orphanage and Tweak Films. He was also a Director at the Academy of Art University before moving to 32TEN.

Sean House

Professional Workshop Director: Sean’s history is in props and model making, recently completing prop mastering work on George Lucas’ Red Tails, with other credits at Kerner Optical including Terminator Salvation, The Last Airbender, Priest and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
fxphd co-founders Mike Seymour and John Montgomery will be hosting the workshop, with help from fxphd professors and friends such as VFX sup. Mark Christiansen and DOP James Geduldick.

 

Details

Price: $1850, (US)
Dates: 29th & 30th Sept, 1st Oct (SAT-SUN-MON).
Location: 32TEN studios, San Rafael
Attendance includes a special ‘rights free’ package of shot elements – yours to use commerically (but not resell).

Registration is now closed, but if you if you wish to be placed on the wait list, please email us at fx2012@fxphd.com.