Episode 394 - Chris Zammit Talks TOP GUN: MAVERICK VFX
Episode 394 - Chris Zammit Talks TOP GUN: MAVERICK VFX
Episode 394 – Chris Zammit Talks TOP GUN: MAVERICK VFX
Christopher Zammit is a VFX Supervisor and Art Director. He’s worked on many films like Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Tomorrowland, Ghostbusters, and of course films in the Transformers franchise Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Transformers: Age of Extinction and Transformers: The Last Knight.
In this Podcast, VFX Supervisor and Art Director Christopher Zammit about his work on TOP GUN: MAVERICK, THE BOYS, GHOSTBUSTERS, THE THING, GODZILLA; as well as how to make production constraints work in your favor as a VFX Artist.
Allan McKay Podcast with Christopher Zammit: https://www.allanmckay.com/377
Christopher Zammit on IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1598732/
Christopher Zammit on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/textureartist
Christopher Zammit Talks about His Childhood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsZwkzDQtaI
Christopher Zammit Talks About The Transformers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRJ8G7rfl9M
Christopher Zammit on IG: https://www.instagram.com/christopher.lee.zammit/?hl=en
EPISODE 394 – CHRIS ZAMMIT TALKS TOP GUN: MAVERICK VFX
Hi, everyone!
This is Allan McKay. Welcome to Episode 394!
I’m sitting down with Chris Zammit. This is Chris’s second time on the Podcast: https://www.allanmckay.com/377. He is a VFX Supervisor and an Art Director.
We get into a lot of the projects he’s worked on:
- Chris’s CG sequences on TOP GUN: MAVERICK;
- The realism of VFX on that film;
- Learning from other supervisors;
- His work on THE BOYS – and creating gory visual effects;
- CG versus practical effects;
- Why art is never finished – but merely abandoned;
- Top executives affecting the overall vision;
- Working on GHOSTBUSTERS;
- THE THING and approaching hyperrealism;
- Creating GODZILLA’s Behemoth Gojipedia;
- Adapting video games to film;
- Why constraints force a creator to make better projects;
- No ego mindset – and so much more!
I’m super excited to speak to Chris!
Let’s dive in!
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES FROM ALLAN McKAY:
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Okay, what did you think? I hope you got a lot from this Episode. I want to thank Chris for coming on the Podcast.
Thank you so much! Have a great week and –
Rock on!
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