[image title=”masters-grid” size=”medium” id=”442″ align=”left” linkto=”[site_url]/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/masters-grid.png” ]Those of you who know Mike and I — or who listen to our podcasts — know that I’m generally a bit more reserved than Mike is when it comes to talking about what we are doing and how cool it is. Ok…fair enough…a lot more reserved. To this end, I want you to know: this is me being excited…..

Wow! (note the exclamation point — I *never* use them) I’m really, really excited about the masters of the craft series we’re starting up later this week on fxguidetv. We’ve assembled a stellar lineup of the top vfx supervisors in our industry to tell us about themselves — learn about them and not just talk about the latest film they’ve been working on.

But where it gets really cool (note the bold type of excitement) is that this leads into one of the best offerings ever at phd this term — our new Background Fundamentals vfx supervisor course. Mike’s Background course is always great, but this term he’ll be walking through what it takes to be a vfx supe…and supporting him will be discussions from these masters. This is stuff you won’t get from fxguidetv…and information that will be incredibly useful to you on the job. Check out the course information page for an outline of the course…and remember: this is a course that everyone who is a member of fxphd will get. How cool is that?

Really — to coin my friend’s phrase — it’s gonna be a cracker.