Open Letter from the VES: Visual Effects Catches the True Tiger by the Tail

VES Chairman Jeff Okun and executive director Eric Roth issue an open letter in response to an L.A. Times Life of Pi review.

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 9:49 am

Posted In | Magazines: VFXWorld | Site Categories: 3D, Business, CG, Films, People, Visual Effects

For everyone watching the tiger Richard Parker and Pi Patel learn to live with one another stranded in a small life boat, remember this: without the phenomenal visual effects artists who spent months painstakingly creating every frame, Richard Parker, the meerkats, fish, whales, storms, ships and sky would never have come to life. And that would not be worth either the $14 admission price, or the two hours you’ve spent in the theater.

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Bravo! It needs to be said.. We're also making the movies!

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Lyndon Barrois (not verified) | Fri, 11/30/2012 - 09:10 | Permalink

tats true VFX artist should get recognized in someway

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Anonymous (not verified) | Fri, 11/30/2012 - 01:36 | Permalink

Perhaps the VFX artists can leak/publicize the actual greenscreen film plates as the "before" version to the press, and then the impact of VFX would be more obvious to the layperson. I think it would be the strongest argument, and should be done with EVERY tentpole, so that people can see the contribution of the VFX world in general.

Pete