My Onset VFX Supervisor Gear - Part Two 

Thanks so much mate. Don't forget part one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XJ9NwxAwUQ4.html

Hi Leo, thanks.

Thanks so much but I am not really.

@@HugosDesk exactly what a genius would say

Well, depends on how big the job is. if it is a huge production with many lens and cameras then it is worth renting a day at the company because filming all Grids, FStops, ISO and grain plates could take a long time. For smaller shoots I film them in the set.

It’s a great idea to make a video about how to properly charge for your work. Thanks for the suggestion

i am waiting for the video. there are thousands of tutorials, presentations, making ofs like you are making on the internet. but there is almost no information about the business site of vfx and 3d. Make more videos about rare subjects. You will have more views, if you produce content with rare subjects.

Sounds good, I will start planning for a video like that. I already try to make different videos on my channel. Only showcasing real productions and real assets. You will never see "fake" or "tutorial" assets in my channel.

i am looking forward to the rare subject discussions

Thanks, glad you like it. The green suits are so we can have a good edge for the puppet and so we can actually replace the backgrounds for the clean plates. So the green grass and forest do not matter because it is all replaced by the clean plates.

@@HugosDesk thanks for your answer. i saw the video once more and understood that. one last question please. I am looking for a very good full course in VFX online. I have seen very good material on your channel and many people have referred me to come here. Do you have any package of course or extended program? I would love to have access.

@@UNOCASTILLO Yes I had a full Nuke course on Kickstarter last fall. It is a full compositing course with almost 100 hours of videos. it includes only production plates from top VFX facilities and we have 115 students right now. We are on week 9 of 15 so we are almost finished and we will do the course again soon. We also have a second course with CG and Comp that will be also available on Kickstarter this month. Keep an eye on my social media and RU-vid because I will announce all of it soon. In the meantime have a look at the course we did on Kickstarter last fall: www.kickstarter.com/projects/hugosdesk/hugos-desk-presents-the-complete-nuke-compositing?ref=user_menu

At the moment I mostly use the Ricoh Theta Z1 but if I need high quality reflections and if I have time Onset then I use a 8mm on my 5DSR.

@@HugosDesk Thanks alot!

i emailed, waiting for your reply.

It’s a long explanation that has to do with NTSC format. Here is some good info about it: documentation.apple.com/en/cinematools/usermanual/index.html#chapter=2%26section=5%26tasks=true

We use lens grids to remove the lens distortion from footage so we can do a proper 3D track. Lens distortion can make 3D tracking very difficult because of the warping and bend of pixels and images.

Not at all. You can rent most of this stuff. Also don’t forget I have been working for 20 years so I have been buying all this stuff over the years. I always invest some of my profits to equipment

@@HugosDesk Fair point! Sometimes coming at this from the prospective of a director working primarily in lower budget music videos or non commercial art, its can feel like a lot of film education is centric around things you can buy or need to own rather than the problem solving skills that differentiate talent. Ends up making the industry (and by extension the art form itself) Feel less accessible to those without funds. That said, I really appreciate the wok you've done providing these resources! Its not your fault that helpful tools cost money after all.

Haha, well I like to be well prepared. Only showing everything that you could bring but certainly it everything is mandatory (Says the guy that was onset supervisor and head of department at The Mill London and have some nice awards, not as good as your Emmy but still pretty good, lol)