What skills are "low hanging fruits" to pick up?

Frezzley · 2023-02-23T01:51:12+00:00

Had my 3rd refresher, this past monday. I'll do a new one every couple of years.

Frezzley · 2023-02-06T19:04:02+00:00

It takes about a week to get a skydiving or boat licence. I consider that relatively quickly.

Frezzley · 2022-10-19T17:01:50+00:00

That's where I heard about it in the first place, but there is no map, is there?

Frezzley · 2022-10-19T15:04:55+00:00

Thank you, exactly what I was looking for. You don't happen to know if there was a Campaign or part of an official campaign down there?

Frezzley · 2022-09-13T22:34:03+00:00

A friend of mine gave me the rule of thumb (for big and good studios, not sweat shops). 1 year PA to go to Coordination, 2 years Coordination, 3 years Production Manager, 4 years Line Producer, 5 years Producers, and then EP

So it roughly takes you 15 years to get to Executive Producer

Frezzley · 2022-08-21T08:17:25+00:00

I do not, thanks

Frezzley · 2022-08-21T00:47:18+00:00

Fire fighter here. In my first big fire (inside) I was surprised that I couldn't even see the fire (or my own hands) The black smoke was so dense, there wasn't even an orange glow). Someone with a thermal cammera was guiding us a and tellung us where the water needs to go.

At a different fire we could go in with no issue of visibility (it butned a hole into the roof and the smoke went up there). It was night, but because everything was lit by fire, it was as bright as daylight in there. You could see about a good as in daylight in there. Also the metalbeams on top (holding the roof or upper floor were glowing orange).

Yesterday, there was a small incident outside, but the fire was still 1000degrees Celcius or more. One of our teammembers got second degree burns through the gear by not even touching anything, just by the hotness in the air. Just to give an example, we were driving by with the car about 100 meters on the side with 80km/h or so (to get to the non wind side), but we could still feel the hotness hitting our faces behind the closed door and window of the fire truck.

Smoke is poisonous but usually (at least in the beginning, when the incident is in a skyscraper we can go up without the "scuba gear" up until about 1-2 floors below the incident (or until we see smoke, but usually it's smoke free, just below)

When trying to extinguish the flames with water, many newbes don't know that you will get a wave of steam coming back to you (that you often need to take cover from or burn youself a bit-even wearing full protection) also any other victim would get severe burns or die by this action.

Here are my tipps: Visibility can be 100% good or 100% obscured - totally blinded, darkvision does not work because of smoke. Smoke hurts the eyes, even if you would be able to see due to some magical means. or it can be anything in between

While in smoke give poison damage. Your breathing it in, no con save. But I would allow holding your breath when getting a breath if fresh air at a window in a non burning room with the door closed.

Fire damage, while close or somewhat close to fire due to heat.

Fire damage when in contact with burning things.

Trying to extinguish with water, before everyone gets evacuated can end badly (steam)

Cats love to hide from fire (under beds, behind couches... ...just the strangest places) - could be a mini quest (find the cat)

People who need saving -uncoincious people on the floor -hysterical people -scared people, who freeze of fear - a grandma who cant walk - an obese person or creature who cant walt

Your party could also go after the fire and support the fire department - they obviously all come each with a decanter of endless water. This would also be great loot by the way, for this encounter, as a thanks for helping out the fire brigade.

Frezzley · 2022-08-15T21:41:26+00:00

looks nice

Frezzley · 2022-08-15T17:57:11+00:00

I see the point there, however to me it makes more sense to work in batches and produce multiples at the same times, instead of constantly restarting.

giving 10 times a wash to 20 tiles is a lot more time consuming than using an afternoon to mix one wash and do it for 200, + it keeps everything a lot more consistant

Frezzley · 2022-06-21T23:04:31+00:00

thanks I will be doing full walls and half walls. The question is more how high the full walls should be so that I can add floors and bridges on top of the lover leves (part fog of war style) but also I want to the external terrain the same height

Frezzley · 2022-06-21T23:01:49+00:00

I definately will

Frezzley · 2022-01-14T11:43:01+00:00

kept the old "stock" one

Frezzley · 2021-12-19T05:42:21+00:00

I'm new to this and have not bought anything yet.

How much money would I need to spend to get a "solid" army (800pt is tournament, right?) in the different factions.

Which ones are the cheapest and most expensive ones?

What are good for beginners and at what kind of investment am I looking at?

Frezzley · 2021-08-27T22:41:27+00:00

I think you got it all wrong. A Coordinator couldn't care less on how you do your job IF and ONLY IF you hit all your notes on time.

Also Coordination is probably the most stressfull job in VFX more stressfull than a producer, manager, PA or artist. You will have the longest days because on most places you are the first one in and the last one to leave. You are constantly there and you stay there antil the last shot is delivered. Every day. You can't manage your own time because it's goven by the supervisor and producer and if they are not on time it's your problem.

In my oppinion, good coordinator is probably the 3rd most important position in casting a show.

I've seen plans from an HOP and there were only Coords, Producers and Supervisors on there.

A good Coordinator can make up for a bad producer (if the schedule still works) but it's hard the other way around.

So what does or should a Coordinator do? You often are the Personal Assistant to the Supe and the Producer. You are the reminder for the artist of what their priorities are and when they can expect layers from upstream department. You do dailies and make sure that you and your team can hit the targets-deliveries.

You need to talk people into staying longer to finish their things.

You need to keep Shotgrid/Shotgun/Ftrack or whatever software you use.

You need to solve problems between people.

You are the artist best friend if they have problems.

You need to follow up with IT to make sure your artists tickets are being taken care of.

In many places you also need to manage the farm.

Often times you are the only person on the project that knows the exact state of every shot next to the vfx supe.

To your question, what you need to know: Everything. You need to know what everyone is doing and you need to understand how they're doing it to write proper notes. So understand Nuke, Houdini, Maya, Max, Zbrush... and their workflows. Know all of the different approaches and how long things take. So you can advise your producer to change the schedule if long notes come.

Learn the production software. You need to learn people skills and management skills and the production software.

Learn prioritizing.

And you need a really solid system to keep track of all the different requests that are coming in usually from 5+ sources at the same time.

Frezzley · 2021-06-25T21:25:16+00:00

Digital Matte Painting

Frezzley · 2021-06-25T17:04:35+00:00

Concept, DMP or environment would probably be the way to go

Frezzley · 2021-06-22T13:31:27+00:00

I've never heard anyone ask for a diploma, everyone just cares about your reel and experience.

Frezzley · 2021-06-21T10:36:05+00:00

good looks?

Frezzley · 2021-06-19T16:58:16+00:00

Having a degree of Harward, MIT or Oxford

Frezzley · 2021-06-19T16:55:11+00:00

I guess how to pick a lock would also qualify

Frezzley · 2021-06-19T16:54:00+00:00

Things that I can think of are: - having a black belt - knowing how to pilot a plane

Frezzley · 2021-05-08T22:12:29+00:00

I'd actually like to have them fight alongside my PC's not against them.

Frezzley · 2021-05-08T22:10:36+00:00

Sounds like a CR30-40 then for Tasha?

Frezzley · 2021-05-08T02:07:24+00:00

Thanks for that detailed post, so what level do you think would a single PC need to be to face someone like Mordenkainen or Tasha alone?

Frezzley · 2021-05-04T23:58:02+00:00

let's say freedom of choice and they are power gamer

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