4. Finding Balance with Ian Northrop
While We Render
English - May 17, 2021 15:59 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsFilm Interviews TV & Film Arts Visual Arts behind the scenes bts career cgi commercials compositing directing film hollywood inspiration Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode, David chats with Emmy-nominated compositing supervisor Ian Northrop about his life and career in visual effects. Tune in to hear the story behind Ian’s Emmy nomination, how Ian balances work and family time, and Ian’s worst ever mistake in After Effects.
Show Notes
Ian’s IMDb pageCheck out Ian’s most recent VFX reel here.Learn more about Digital Domain’s pre-visualization and post-visualization here.Some of the VFX software Ian mentions are After Effects, Nuke, Prodman (or Production Management) was the name of David and Ian’s office lounge space, where they would often talk while waiting for renders to complete. Fun Fact, the nickname actually was Café Prodman due to the Edison bulb string lights overhead and a fresh pot of coffee always available.