You can attend a school such as the Digital Animation and Visual Effects School, the Vancouver Film School, Gnomon, or Full Sail; regular collages also provide some training, but usually don't provide as much in-depth training as these specialty schools provide.
It is also possible to self-teach yourself through accumulating knowledge from vfx web forums or buying training packs. However, it is usually much harder because you need to search for all the information yourself in various places, and don't have an experienced professional nearby to give advice or help if something goes wrong. You would also need to provide yourself with the software, as opposed to having access to it at a school lab.
The best place where one could go to learn how to produce cinematic visual effects is the internet. There are sites such as Smashing Magazine and No Film School that offer this information.
What are the contemporary visual techniques utilized in television production and film making?
The 2012 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects went to "Life of Pi."
"Special Effects" is a term generally used to describe ALL simulated illusions in the film, television and entertainment industries. Special effects, as we know them today, are traditionally divided into the categories of scenery effects, mechanical effects, and visual effects. "Visual Effects" is the term that is generally associated with the integration of live-action footage with computer generated imagery, such as animation and compositing.
Adobe After Effects is a software package that allows motion graphics and visual effects to be added to motion pictures. It is used in the post production process of film and television program production. The latest version of Adobe After Effects contains 3D pipeline for layering 4D effects and multi machine synchronization along with cloud compatibility.
Movie from 1998 won 3 Oscars: - Best Effects, Visual Effects - Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing - Best Film Editing
Babe (1995) was the last G-rated film to win the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
Stefen Fangmeier has: Played Himself - ILM Special Effects Supervisor in "HBO First Look" in 1992. Played Himself - Visual Effects Supervisor in "HBO First Look" in 1992. Played himself in "HBO First Look" in 1992. Played himself in "Cartelera" in 1994. Played Himself - Visual Effects Supervisor in "A Terrible Tragedy: Alarming Evidence from the Making of the Film - A Woeful World" in 2004.
The More They Learn - 1982 TV was released on: USA: 1982 (American Film Festival)
Most films shown on television are edited. Some for content and some for time. However if you have a modern television, you can view the tv rating for a film. Read your owners manual to learn how.
"The Golden Compass" (New Line in association with Ingenious Film Partners): Michael Fink, Bill Westenhofer, Ben Morris and Trevor Wood "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (Walt Disney): John Knoll, Hal Hickel, Charles Gibson and John Frazier "Transformers" (DreamWorks and Paramount in association with Hasbro): Scott Farrar, Scott Benza, Russell Earl and John Frazier
In 1998, the record was broken by Gary Ross's film Pleasantville. I am looking for information about films made since then which exceed Pleasantville's 1,700 visual effects shots.