VFX Talks
A show about development and leadership in the VFX industry. In conversations with great mentors we explore everything from landing your first job to being a great supervisor.
VFX Talks
1. Josh Park - Senior compositor: How to learn compositing the right way and kickstart your career in VFX
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Alfred Lindahl
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Episode 1
Josh Parks is senior compositor who has worked on shows like Shang-Chi, Ready Player One and Transformers. He is also a compositing teacher and coach at compositingpro.com. He has been working in the industry since 2011, done writing for 3D World magazine and taught at a bunch of different VFX schools.
In this conversation we talk about how to learn compositing the right way, finding mentors, asking the right questions, the optimal career path, work-life-balance and a lot more.
Find out more about Josh Parks at compositingpro.com.
Mentions:
The Rookies
Digital Tutors (now part of Pluralsight)
Josh's tutorial "Grading a monster into a plate" at The Foundry
Music by Marcus Olsson of Kungen & Hertigen