VFX Online Town Hall #1

Session One

State of the IndustryMarch 29, 2010

Welcome

Thank you for attending.Special thanks to

Harry Sherman& WebEx.com

Tonight’s schedule

IntroductionsAbout The Town HallsState Of The Industry

Audience Q & A

Lee Stranahan

Career Highlights

• Featured Writer,The Huffington Post

• Teacher VFX / Filmmaking

• Motion Graphics – NBC• Visual Effects work for

FOX, HBO

Jeff Heusser

Career Highlights

• VFX Artist & Supervisor at facilities including Digital Doman, The Orphanage & Troika

• Co-Chancellor FX PhD• Host & Co-Founder, FX

Guide

Chris defaria

Career Highlights

• Vice President of Visual Effects & Animation,Warner Bros Pictures

• Executive In Charge of Production– Where The Wild Things

Are– 300

Jeffrey A. Okun

Career Highlights

• Chair, Visual Effects Society

• VFX Supervisor with credits including– The Day The Earth Stood

Still– The Last Samurai

Scott Ross

Career Highlights

• Chairman / CEO,Digital Domain

• General Manager, Industrial Light and Magic

• V.P. LucasFilm

disclaimer

Everyone’s opinions tonightare their own - not those of their respective company or organization.

About thetown halls

Origin of these town halls

Why the VFX town halls?

To encourage discussionof important issues

throughout the entireVFX community.

VFX town halls

More Town Halls are planned to discuss labor issues,

international competition, the game industry & other

vital topics of interest.

The State of The Industry

The big question

Why are VFX films doingso well while VFX facilities

& artists are struggling?

World’s Top Grossing Films

1. Avatar2. Titanic3. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King4. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest5. The Dark Knight6. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone7. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End8. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix9. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince10. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

World’s Top Grossing Films

Top Ten Films

$11,428,000,000

World’s Top Grossing Films

Visual Effects Films100%

% of Top Grossing Films by Film Type

The tough question

What can be done in orderto create a industry where

everyone thrives?

Lee’s Take

• No simple answers• The digital VFX industry is

young & must mature• We rise or fall together• No supervillians

The VFX Ecosystem

Studios

Facilities

VFX Artists

What is at stake?

The future of filmmaking.(No pressure.)

Scott Ross

Career Highlights

• Chairman / CEO,Digital Domain

• General Manager, Industrial Light and Magic

• V.P. LucasFilm

Chris defaria

Career Highlights

• Vice President of Visual Effects & Animation,Warner Bros Pictures

• Executive In Charge of Production– Where The Wild Things

Are– 300

Jeffrey A. Okun

Career Highlights

• Chair, Visual Effects Society

• VFX Supervisor with credits including– The Day The Earth Stood

Still– The Last Samurai

Questions &answers

Thank you!

Session One

State of the IndustryMarch 29, 2010