Visual Effects w/ Paul Debevec

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2014

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Cara is joined by Dr. Paul Debevec, Chief Visual Officer at the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies. (His cutting-edge science made Avatar, Gravity, District 9, Benjamin Button, and a bunch of other films possible!) He shares the process of making a digital character, the importance of crossing the uncanny valley, and how you can tell that the moon landing was not a hoax.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. Welcome to Talk Nurdy. I'm your host Kara Santa Maria.
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1:00.9	All right.
1:01.9	Oh, and by the way, it's the middle of the week because I'm about to travel.
1:04.9	So those of you who made donations after Wednesday, I'm so sorry.
1:08.9	I totally will give you a shout out next week.
1:12.0	But I couldn't today because you haven't done it yet.
1:14.5	All right, without further ado, I want to welcome my guest this week.
1:18.8	He is Dr. Paul de Bevick.
1:21.0	He is the chief visual officer, which is like the coolest title ever, at the
1:26.0	University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies.
1:31.4	Thanks for joining Paul.
1:32.4	Happy to be here, Kara. Do you want to put on, are your headphones? Thank you. Pah.
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