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Senior-level colleagues share techniques and learning tools to propel or simply refresh your skills. Meet the Masters stream is meant to inspire professional development no matter what level you are in your career. Also featured is “Our Future Masters” up-and-coming talent in the VFX industry.


Included in this stream:


  • Delivering Film Quality Visual Effects on Episodic Timelines
  • Compositing Series (5 Parts)
  • Visual Storytelling in Concept Design
  • Growing Great Leaders in VFX
  • Our Future Masters

This isn't your average 'tips and tricks!' These lectures are designed for the professional compositor and cover common gaps in standard Compositing training. Our goal is to elevate any compositor through awareness, managing CG, how the math actually works, selective stylization, and ultimately, understanding your role in the bigger picture. 


Join us for these four lectures and a panel about Compositing with our industry professionals:


1) Steps to Success

2) The Math of Comp

3) 3D Comp Integration: Best Practice

4) Selective Stylization: The Art of Imperfection

5) Knowing Your Role


This video starts with a short introduction to the Meet The Masters Compositing panel from Chris Van Dyck.


In this presentation, Conrad Olson talks about the order in which you should put your shots together, to help you work efficiently, and in a way that will hopefully make life easier for you and everyone else on your project.


SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY


Conrad Olson

Senior Compositor // Image Engine Design

(Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (Parts 1 & 2), Deadpool, The Mandalorian, Avatar)


Conrad Olson a senior compositor who has been working on feature films and high-end TV projects since 2008. He grew up in the UK and started my VFX career at Framestore in London, after finishing the Complete Compositing course at Escape Studios.


Conrad moved to Vancouver in 2011 and has worked at most of the studios. He is currently working Image Engine Design.


Image Engine Design // conradolson.com // Twitter // LinkedIn // IMDb


Chris van Dyck

Head of Studio // Crafty Apes

(Ghostbusters: Afterlife, Stranger Things: Season 3, The Hobbit Trilogy, 300)


Starting as a visual effects artist in 2003, Chris pursued project-based work, specializing in Compositing at an international level. Holding several roles, from Sr. Artist to Supervisor, Chris worked in New Zealand for Weta Digital on The Hobbit Trilogy; US: Industrial Light & Magic (Transformers & Warcraft); Australia: Animal Logic (300), Rising Sun Pictures (Harry Potter & the Half Blood Prince); and in Vancouver studios Canada: MPC (Life of Pi), Method (Thor: The Dark World), The Embassy (Ironman), Prime Focus (Tron).


In an overtime-ridden industry, Chris took the road less traveled and founded CVD VFX on an ethic of ‘quality of work and quality of life’ with a strong commitment to giving back to the industry and his staff’s personal growth. In 2020, Chris sold CVD VFX to Crafty Apes and he is currently excited about growing the Vancouver office as Head of Studio.


Crafty Apes // chrisvandyck.com // IMDb