Out of Frame

VFX Producer: How to bring creatures to life

Out of Frame

Show Notes

From creating monsters and dragons, to imaginary cities and planets, the VFX team helps blend live action footage with Computer Generated Imagery - or CGI - to make movie magic. Roma O’Connor is a VFX producer, which means she manages the process of creating visual effects, and the team behind them. Roma shares stories of working on Practical Magic 2, Game of Thrones and Everest.

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