VFX Runner

What visual effects are, how a shot moves through a VFX house, who works there, and what the runner actually does from unlocking the building to locking it.

1. readWhat VFX is and how a shot moves through the pipeline8 min
2. readA runner's day in a VFX house8 min
3. checkCheck: the pipeline and the job4 min

The free learning editions to install now, how far to take each, what to own, the paperwork, the jargon, and the ten tips turned into habits; then an honest, scored self-audit.

1. readThe software to learn now, and how far to take it7 min
2. readKit, paperwork, the words people use, and the ten tips6 min
3. taskTask: your skills self-audit, scored out of 367 min

The routes that actually produce VFX experience for someone with no film job, the UK rules on pay, hours, unpaid work, the union and safety, and a task that finds you three routes this month.

1. readWhere VFX experience really comes from8 min
2. readThe rules: pay, hours, unpaid work, the union and safety6 min
3. taskTask: find three routes to experience this month6 min

What a Stage 1 VFX runner CV contains, the title on it, the reel and the one-page website, the three-paragraph email, how to approach houses without annoying them, and what a reference means here.

1. readThe Stage 1 VFX runner CV, showreel and website8 min
2. taskTask: draft your CV outline and profile line8 min
3. checkCheck: the CV, the reel and the approach4 min

The map of UK VFX companies, the two ladders out of running, the site's three-year plan, where else the skills go, what the apprentices in the case studies did, and the library for this course.

1. readThe map: companies, the two ladders and the three-year plan8 min
2. resourcesThe library: do-first to do-later8 min
3. checkCheck: the map and the paths4 min

Your plan, saved; the five statements as a self-certification for this role; and exactly what to do next on MFJF.

1. plannerYour VFX runner plan10 min
2. readHow you know you are ready for Stage 26 min
3. checkCheck: the self-certification4 min