Yeah the artists are on a sliding scale from, ‘can barely use a desktop and email’ to those that write shaders and simulation code in assembly or vulcan for the gpu. We have a lot of software engineers to make artist tools or pipeline tools.

Films are essentially re written in the edit, missing lines will be recorded with adr and delivered off screen. Lines delivered on screen can be re-acted with changed meaning in adr.

Oh yeah the food can be great and the quality is a definite litmus test for how the rest of the shoot will run.

Yeah I love it, every project is a learning experience and they run from 3 months up to a couple of years. So you get this project to project cadence to your life that I like. If you are on early, you get to spend the time to invest in engineering things right to save you all time throughout the show. As you near delivery, you’re doing the sketchy fixes that are just enough to get you over the line.

My attitude is that It’s all about getting the best result on the screen for the money and time you have available, and treating people in a way that they want to work with you again.

I work in VFX, but spend enough time on set. What do you want to know?

Had the prusa mini from when it came out and made the jump to the Core One when the reviews came out. Absolutely love it, fast and reliable. But the main reason is that it’s quieter than other similar options, it lives at the edge of a living space, and that’s a big factor for me. It’s only gotten quieter with firmware improvements.