How Do They Compare: Practical Vs. Visual Effects

In the art of filmmaking, the creatives that dream up the non-human characters have a choice to make. Who do they hire to breath life into the creatures? Make-up artist or CGI masters? Sometimes it requires both, but what gives the character life? In this video, I explain which I think does the best.

While this is only one opinion, what do you think about the tenacious filmmakers that spend their time bringing these characters to life?

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  • Connor Sassmannshausen is a screenwriter, video producer, and social media organizer with the Initiative Production Company. She loves watching movies, nerdy t-shirts, travelling and taking broken things apart (but not necessarily putting them back together).

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