Paul Lambert - VFX Supervisor

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James Ellis Deakins

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🗓️ 18 April 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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EPISODE 107 - PAUL LAMBERT - VFX Supervisor

Team Deakins has a great conversation with Paul Lambert, VFX Supervisor (DUNE, FIRST MAN, BLADE RUNNER 2049). He walks us through the world of VFX and reveals the complexities. We talk about the VFX on Blade Runner 2049 and how some of them were achieved. He shares how he figured out the transparency of the character Joi. He also talks about his work on the film, First Man and tells us how a lot was accomplished. We talk about what makes a VFX shot work and what makes it fail. We also touch on the importance of continuity of lighting between the elements of the shot, the importance of the placement of the focus and the difficulty of scheduling the amount of time needed to create the shots. A fascinating look into the world of VFX!

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0:00.0	Hi and welcome to the Team Deakin's podcast. This podcast is a dialogue between Roger and
0:10.1	James Deakin's often joined in the conversation by a guest. It's very informal and we never
0:16.6	know where it will go. We're connecting through Zoom so bear that in mind when you hear
0:21.8	the audio.
0:23.8	If you'd like to submit a question or topic, please do so by emailing podpod at RogerDekens.com.
0:33.9	This episode of the Team Deakin's podcast supported by Company 3, the world's leading post-production
0:40.4	group dedicated to collaborating with both emerging and established filmmakers.
0:48.2	Today we're going into the world of visual effects again. We have with us a visual effects
0:53.0	supervisor who has worked on among his many credits, Oblivion, Gone Girl, Blade Runner
0:59.5	2049, First Man and the upcoming Dune. We're pleased to welcome Paul Lambert with us today.
1:06.9	Paul, thank you for doing this.
1:08.9	Yes, thanks Paul. Thank you so much for having me. This truly is an honor. Thank you.
1:14.0	We'll see if you say that at the end.
1:18.8	We want to start with our normal question, which is how did you get to where you are today?
1:23.3	Did you always feel like you wanted to do this? Did you take another path first? What was
1:28.3	your story?
1:29.3	I took a very, very confusing path to the film business. I actually did a degree in
1:35.7	aeronautics when I was 18. Yes, I was on my way to be a rocket scientist. What I found
1:45.6	was that it wasn't for me. There were people in my class who could see an aircraft flying
1:53.0	over and they could tell you what the tire pressure was supposed to be in the tire. I didn't
1:58.6	have that much of an interest. I just thought it would be cool to do aeronautics. I did
2:04.8	it. Unfortunately, I finished the degree but then I got lost because it wasn't something
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