THE INVISIBLE VFX: GRAVITY
Neha Hooda: Assistant Professor Centre for Post Production Skills A film typically runs through three stages before it is sent to distributors who make the film available for public viewing. The three stages are pre-production (planning), production (actual shooting) & post production (structuring all the work shot). Though post production is the last stage, it is also the most important stage of all. It is here that all the footage that is shot is edited and the story takes a visual form, sound effects are added and a new element of interest is added to make the story world believable. Images are enhanced for colour, look & feel. Visual elements are also created in a digital environment that are added to the story in the form of VFX shots. By definition, Visual Effects refers to the effects that are added digitally because they could not be shot at the time of shooting. This generally happens post the shooting stage. However, VFX crews often get involved with pr...