One of these days has passed remarkable event CG Event - a place of a meeting of all those who is professionally connected with computer graphics or simply is interested in digital art. For those who are little acquainted with this event, we advise you to visit their site. One of the young enthusiasts who visited this event was the young director Tatyana Zvanskaya, already known on the video "Dreams of Nature".

- Tatiana, than the CG Event can be of interest to such novice filmmakers as you?

This conference is an excellent opportunity for two days to see what has changed in the industry in a year: what technologies have emerged, who worked on what, what new specialists have appeared, etc. We are all engaged in the embodiment of ideas. And for the director it is important to have an idea of ​​what opportunities he has for this day. Of course, you can shoot only on tape, sit with a gleam and stubbornly ignore the benefits of civilization. And it is possible to masterly use all the knowledge that humanity has accumulated over 117 years and use them for their intended purpose. In addition, the CG Event can be a little insight into how the work of different specialists is built: modelers, composers, concept artists, matt painters, colorists, etc. This is also a valuable experience for filmmakers, especially beginners.

- Why should a director delve into what composers and colorists are doing. It always seemed to me that the director should only care about the result.

Yes, this point of view exists, but I can not fully agree with it. For a young director this information will never be superfluous! If you understand the essence of the work of one or another specialist and imagine how the process is built, then you can set the task more specifically. And this saves him time. The time that he can spend on himself, on rest, instead of going through a million options, trying to guess what the director meant. In addition, this knowledge allows you to more accurately plan everything during the preparatory period. I can lay some things related to color, graphics or sound at the script level, without distracting people with unnecessary questions, and to estimate how much this will take us some time. So all this undoubtedly facilitates the work of both the director and other specialists. True, as long as the director remains in his mind and does not teach people to do their work. Offer something or ask to add it is possible, but no more.

- Well, with this, really everything is logical. But why does the director need to understand the new software? He will not work with him anyway.

Why not? I, for example, now master Nuke, and in the near future I have Cinema 4D. The young director is vitally important. We work on small projects (videos, clips, short films). And here the director is the main buffer between the customer and the team. I now work with projects for people who are far from filmmaking, and often there are situations when we want the impossible from us. For example, "We depart tomorrow morning. I want to see how this will look like with the graphics. Will I send you in the morning? ". In the courtyard - night. People are resting. They have their own work plan. Asking hastily keiit and fake composing - stealing their time. If you can dissuade the customer - well. But there are situations where it's easier to do than explain. Here knowledge of programs comes in handy. You collect a couple of shots yourself - and everyone is happy. The team is safe and sound asleep, and the customer is looking forward to the final result.

Secondly, you can always hedge the team. On small projects it happens that there are overlays, hh, terms are shortened and everything must be done to minimize the impact. And here the practical skills of the director are very helpful. You sit down and rotoscopy, crack, keish. In short, you do everything you can to buy time.

But it is worthwhile to understand that I'm watching from my bell tower beginner director. And this attitude is based on personal experience, associated with small projects and student movies. On large projects, the director deals only with his direct duties. But in this case it seems to me that curiosity is a useful quality for any director, and new skills will never be superfluous.

- And many VGIK students share your convictions and go to the CG Event?

Not too much. At the last conference I saw a man of 7. And among them there was not a single person from the direction of the feature film. Perhaps that's why people so ironically bobbed their brows when he heard the word "VGIK". Apparently a stereotype has already developed that we are moldy snobs who can not work and are not interested in anything. A stereotype has every right to exist, but I'm happy to see that there are exceptions to this rule.

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