CHAPTER
PHYSICAL AND
VISUAL EFFECTS
W
hen the script calls for a setting too expensive to build, a crea-
ture that does not exist, or action that is too dangerous to allow an actor
to perform, the special effects team is called in. Runaway vehicles, bullet
strikes, and explosions are examples of physical effects: special effects
staged during filming without photographic tricks. Snow drifts added to
a scene after it has been filmed is an example of computer generated
imagery (CGI). The combining of a CGI dinosaur with film footage of an
actor running away from it is an example of an optical effect.
The individuals who supervise, design, create, and perform these
effects include:
· Stunt Coordinator: devise, plan, choreograph, and oversee execution
of stunt sequences.
· Stuntperson: double for actors during dangerous action sequences.
· Aerial Coordinator: supervise usage of aircrafts and pilots.
· Visual Effects Supervisor: plan and oversee the creation of visual
effects.
· Visual Effects Producer: oversee budget and production schedule of
special effects.
· Visual Effects Art Director: design visual effects.
· Visual Effects Editor: communicates necessary filming information
between the visual effects supervisor and the film editor.
· Special Effects Coordinator: organize and oversee on set physical
effects.
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