Luke interviews Chris Clements. Chris is well-known for his works with the Reimagine series and Scene 38 of Star Wars. He has been working as a Visual Effects Artist for eleven years, bringing creative visions from storyboard to the screen. Luke and Chris talk not only about Chris’ experiences as an FX Artist, but also the struggles of working as one. He also shared the importance of revisiting and keeping an asset library, and how essential it is to stick to the previous looks, to satisfy fans and viewers, and also to save money and time.

Highlights

• What are Chris' notable works? 0:06
• What are the factors which cause Chris to want to revisit Scene 38, specifically? - 1:32
• The idea was always to try and recreate something. Trying to reconnect what we saw as kids, to what the reality is. - 4:03
• Did Chris face any backlash or internal issues working with big studios? - 8:41
• Are there any pushbacks in recreating famous works, especially from fans? - 11:00
• Where did your love for the effects and stunts intersect and combine? - 14:05
• As far as asset libraries go, are they very helpful for the project? Do they cut down turnaround time? - 18:36
• Having high-quality assets… means I need to do a lot less work for them to look good which makes the whole process so much more refined. - 23:38
• Each revision is a sales pitch. 23:58
• Time is money. You can’t replace it. You can’t change it. It’s just constantly flowing. - 27:44
• The experience that let Chris get a chance to play, try some new things, and develop some skills and knowledge from the tools which are already available for him - 28:16
• What’s coming up for Chris? - 30:09
• Inside scoops that Chris and Luke were not able to talk much about, publicly. - 32:09
  
  
  Episode Resources
• Scene 38 of Star Wars
• Connect with Luke Thompson
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• Connect with Christopher Clements
• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnHn3SzWLLimBjA79vDNTgQ
• https://www.instagram.com/fxitinpost/
• https://fxitinpost.com