Special effects artist

Without them, there’d be no tornadoes, dragons or frenzied zombie attacks! With the help of their digital tools, special effects artists (or FX artists) design and animate various components that make up a film or game’s special effects.

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Fun fact

Georges Méliès, the famous French illusionist and director, is widely considered the father of special effects in cinema! Coming from the world of magic, he saw early films as the perfect way of continuing to perform his magic tricks to a wider audience. In the early 20th century, he reworked the old-fashioned rolls of film tape to make characters suddenly appear or create illusions and slights of hand on screen. The 2011 film Hugo Cabret paid tribute to the trailblazer.

Skills

Hard skills

  • Monitor manufacturing quality standards
  • Authoring software
  • Intellectual property law
  • Design graphics
  • Ict accessibility standards
  • Computer programming
  • Graphic design
  • Typography

Soft skills

  • Planning
  • Identification of Consequences
  • Systemic perception

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