Introduction to VFX in Maya and After Effects

Planning Out the Shot

A course by John Bashyam , Digital Artist and Director

98% positive reviews (40)

2,479 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Planning Out the Shot

Overview

“I will now explain what to look for when choosing footage for VFX. I will also give you tips on deciding whether to use stock footage or film something yourself.”

In this video lesson John Bashyam addresses the topic: Planning Out the Shot, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to VFX in Maya and After Effects. Learn the VFX pipeline from start to finish, and create a realistic video with surreal elements by rendering and compositing objects into live action footage.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Planning Out the Shot We learned about the various software and what they do. In this lesson, we'll look at choosing our footage, what to look for in terms of VFX, and whether to choose stock footage or film it yourself. Let's get into it. We'll talk about planning out the shot, what to look for while choosing or shooting footage, how to plan in your head ahead of time based on where you think you'll put your objects, what makes a good shot, and all of that. I'll tab over to the browser here and show you some of my previous videos on Instagram here, so you can get a feel for what I look f...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to VFX in Maya and After Effects

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (40)
2479 students
5 units
30 lessons (7h 5m)
7 downloads

Category
3D & Animation
Software
Adobe After Effects, Maya
Areas
3D, 3D Animation, 3D Modeling, Animation, Audiovisual Post-production, Character Animation, Film, Film, Video & TV, Photography Post-production, VFX, Video Editing

John Bashyam

A course by John Bashyam

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Digital Artist and Director

John Bashyam is a digital artist, director, and entrepreneur based in Los Angeles, California. After graduating from Loyola Marymount University with a degree in film and animation, he went on to co-found Warm & Fuzzy, an animation, visual effects, and design studio with offices in LA and Colorado.

His studio is on the cutting edge of digital technology, servicing some of the top brands in the world, including Nike, adidas, New Balance, Honda, Budweiser, Reddit, Facebook, NBC, Apple, Disney, and Lululemon, among others. He’s also worked on films like Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant Man, Ghostbusters, The Finest Hours, The Shallows, The Walk, and Unbroken, and as a visual effects artist at Coachella for artists like The Weeknd, Muse, ACDC, Guns N’ Roses, Skrillex, Kaskade, Zedd, Kid Cudi, and many more.