From the course: How a Visual Effects Company Works

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- So by now it should be clear that creating visual effects really is a team effort with lots of people and lots of steps in the process. This is an important fact to understand when you are learning visual effects and trying to get into the industry. Too many students I speak to expect that they will be doing everything themselves for each shot so they want to learn everything. And while it is important to be enthusiastic and to want to learn, you can end up spreading your knowledge too thinly. As you might imagine, this departmentalized approach to the work really rewards artists who specialize in specific roles. So if you are new to the industry and you just want to get into visual effects, think about what it is that excites you about it. Do you think about creating worlds, in which case you probably want to think about getting into the environments team? Or do you want to bring characters to life so maybe animation is for you? If you just want to make stuff look cool, maybe it's…

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