The Visual Effects Society Knows What to Call You
May 24, 2008 in kvetching, movies and tv, visual effects
So this week, the Visual Effects Society (VES) published the first ever set of guidelines for titles in the visual effects industry. They assure us that Many Very Important People have looked over the list and given it the thumbs up.
"Through these collective efforts, a harmonized master list of titles has been created that should be useful as a touchstone for all effects stakeholders," says VES Exec Director, Eric Roth. "We think it represents a major step forward for our craft in standardizing the use of titles in the credits process for effects artists."
Of course, I'll interject here that if the Visual Effects Society actually carried any weight, someone would care. I'll further interject that if they'd actually attached descriptions to these titles it would mean a bit more - but since a good chunk of these are too nonspecific to mean anything (or at least vague enough to get people to fight over them) they've basically left us where we were before. (Except that since my responsibilities shift and sway on a regular basis, I can dig through the list for suggestions of what I should be calling myself - like this weekend, I think I'm calling myself the Visual Effects Photographer)
Questions regarding these guidelines can be addressed by calling the VES at 818-981-7861. Credits/Titles to be submitted in accordance with VES Guidelines follow after the cut:
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