The VFX Advantage 2011

Last year's VFX Advantage took place on 11 March 2011. The one-day conference was presented by the Directors Guild with event partners Skillset and BAFTA and with the media support of movieScope.

You can view the 2011 Conference programme here

"The VFX advantage event gave me a great insight into the current approaches in visual effects. In particular the possibilities and options that are currently available in CGI creatures. As I prepared to start Love Bite, a low budget Werewolf film, it enabled me to make a deal more sense in the budgeting and creative discussions leading up to my shoot and allowed me to maximize what little money we had to great effect."  
ANDY DE EMMONY - Director West is West and Love Bite [to be released in August 2012]

"I found last years VFX Advantage Conference to be both informative and entertaining. I'm no techno-head, and often talk of CGI can fry my brain, but what clearly came across was that these crafts-men and women love making movies as much as I do. VFX are a part of the visual language of story telling now, and they allow film-makers total freedom of imagination. They are an important tool, and as directors we have a responsibility to understand and utilise this tool, sometimes through minimum use, to achieve maximum effect."  
NEIL MARSHALL - Writer & Director The Descent and Dog Soldiers

"VFX Advantage 2011 was a fantastic opportunity to hear from a range of industry practitioners about what they are working on and understanding what the challenges are in producing VFX, whatever the budget and scale of production. There was a lot of useful practical information as well as a chance to meet some great people."  
TRACEY JOSEPH, Head of Production Film4

"Totally informative, fascinating and well put together on the day."  
PETER KINKEAD - Co-producer Conspiracy of Silence 

"It's become very clear how much VFX forms a huge part of the filmmaking process, and this conference provides access and experience, with substantial examples, all in one place and one time. Invaluable! And a good networking opportunity included. Thoroughly recommended."
SHARON ODAMS - Producer & Director Life Bonds

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