IFH 006: Indie Film VFX Master Class with Visual Effects Artist Dan Cregan

Indie Film VFX Master Class with Visual Effects Artist Dan Cregan

In this episode, we tackle what a visual effects artist can do to help you in your indie film. Visual Effects in Indie Film is really hit or miss, mostly miss. Many indie filmmakers don’t have any idea what to do when it comes to visual effects.

Uber visual effects artist Dan Cregan takes you through a master class on indie film visual effects and tells us how he went from indie visual effects to huge studio films like Guardians of the Galaxy and The Hobbit.

Dan started working as a visual effects artist with my visual effects/post-production company Numb Robot over 10 years ago. We’ve worked on countless independent films and projects over the years, some good and some painful.

We even co-directed our Japanese Anime Short Film  Red Princess Blues: Genesis.

His road from indie film to tentpole studio films is a long and painful one but it has a very happy ending. I hope you enjoy to film geeks talking about the film business and hopefully sprinkling in a few nuggets of knowledge for you.

Here’s a list of a few of the films he has worked on:

The Martian (New Ridley Scott Film)
Fantastic Four
The Equalizer
Guardians of the Galaxy
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Game of Thrones
Maleficent
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Enjoy my conversation with Dan Cregan!

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LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Six Secrets to getting into Film Festivals for FREE!
• FreeFilmBooks.com
• Dan Cregan IMDB
• Numb Robot: Indie Film VFX Company

SPONSORS

1. Indie Film Hustle TV (Netflix for Filmmakers and Screenwriters)
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3. Ron Howard Film Directing Masterclass
4. Spike Lee Film Directing Masterclass
5. Werner Herzog Filmmaking MasterClass
6. Aaron Sorkin Screenwriting MasterClass
7. Mira Nair Independent Filmmaking Masterclass
8. David Mamet Dramatic Writing MasterClass
9. Shonda Rhimes Masterclass: Learn Television Writing from the Creator of Scandal
10. Steve Martin Teaches Comedy Writing & Acting MasterClass
11. Annie Leibovitz Masterclass: Learn Photography from the Legend
12. Jimmy Chin Masterclass: Learn Adventure Photography
13. Judd Apatow Comedy Writing/Directing Masterclass

KILLER RESOURCES!!!

1. Six Secrets to getting into Film Festivals for FREE!
2. FreeFilmBook.com (Download Your FREE Filmmaking Audio Book)

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