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▲ 3 r/Filmmakers

Best Way to Learn VFX for Short Films?

My main interests are directing, cinematography, and editing, but I'm interested in learning VFX to give me more options and possibilities when making short films. I'd probably use VFX similar to how Ponysmasher (David F. Sandberg) and Dylan Clark use them on their short films.

What's the best way to go about learning this with very little knowledge on it? I'm well-versed on Premiere Pro, decent with Photoshop but can't do anything too crazy, and have very little knowledge on After Effects (which is probably the most important for this). Should I just watch tutorials on how to do specific effects and try them out myself, or is there a course I could follow that would be better? I don't want to get caught in the trap of only knowing how to replicate the tutorials I watch and not be able to do anything else.

Thanks!

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u/Fickle-Book2385 — 4 days ago
▲ 3 r/filmmaking

Best Way to Learn VFX for Short Films?

My main interests are directing, cinematography, and editing, but I'm interested in learning VFX to give me more options and possibilities when making short films. I'd probably use VFX similar to how Ponysmasher (David F. Sandberg) and Dylan Clark use them on their short films.

What's the best way to go about learning this with very little knowledge on it? I'm well-versed on Premiere Pro, decent with Photoshop but can't do anything too crazy, and have very little knowledge on After Effects (which is probably the most important for this). Should I just watch tutorials on how to do specific effects and try them out myself, or is there a course I could follow that would be better? I don't want to get caught in the trap of only knowing how to replicate the tutorials I watch and not be able to do anything else.

Thanks!

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u/Fickle-Book2385 — 4 days ago
▲ 30 r/AmateurPhotography

First photography walk at night. Feedback/advice?

I recently began photography as a hobby. I work as a videographer, so I was already pretty familiar with camera settings and basic composition, lighting, etc., but of course, photography is still a different skill that I'm trying to learn.

A few nights ago, I went on my first photo walk at night, which was a challenge. I had to shoot almost everything on 50mm prime, because I needed to be at 1.8 due to the lack of light (obviously) and I'm still not quite used to not being able to adjust my focal length. There were certain shots I couldn't get because I could go wider or tighter than 50, so I definitely need to practice that more.

Also, I'm not very good at using Lightroom. I have no formal experience using it, I'm just kind of feeling my way through it based on the knowledge I have on some of the other Adobe apps. This is kinda random and possibly a little dumb but, as a fan of horror movies, I saw the opportunity to shoot/turn some of these images into ones that I wanted to give an eerie/creepy feel, so I'm curious to know what others think about that.

Lastly, you'll find that there aren't a lot of photos of people in this post, because I am very nervous about pointing a camera at people just going about their day and being seen. Especially at a place like this at night, it just makes me feel extra creepy. I've gone up to a couple of people to ask if I can take their picture during the day, but that's it.

I'd really appreciate any tips or advice anyone has on these photos or how I should move forward. Thanks!

And btw, these were shot on the Canon T7i

u/Fickle-Book2385 — 11 days ago