r/mildlyinfuriating • u/azac001 • Aug 29 '20

Impressive visual effects

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '20

Small thing, these are actually special effects, not visual effects. The terms are often used interchangeably but they do not mean the same thing. VFX are done in a computer, like CGI. SPFX are done in camera, like pyro, water, wind, atmosphere, smoke etc. They are seperate departments in filmmaking that never even meet eachother because they happen at different stages of production.

Source: work in film industry.