The recent crash and rebirth of Rhythm & Hues has put the whole VFX industry under scrutiny, and at the recent “Produced By” conference they convened a panel to discuss what’s changing in the industry and what we could see on the horizon in the next few years.
“You already have visual effects appearing in every single line item,” he points out. “It’s in vehicles, it’s in extras, it’s in cast, it’s in set design. It’s all throughout the budget of the film. And yet we’re still making films with this notion that down the hall we’ve got these visual effects. And anytime you need these digital tools you call digital effects. Which is insane.” He likened it to having a production department for hammers and having to go see them every time you need a hammer. DeFaria thus sees a change occurring in the next few years “where we’re breaking down digital effects into much smaller pieces. It’s the only thing that makes sense.”
