District 9 Interview #5 of 6: Lighting Lead - Vancouver Film School (VFS)

District 9 Lighting Lead Robert Bourgeault, a Vancouver Film School graduate, discusses his role in creating the film's groundbreaking visual effects.

The acclaimed District 9 was directed by VFS 3D Animation & Visual Effects grad Neill Blomkamp, co-written by Writing for Film & Television grad Terri Tatchell, and featured the visual effects talent of 40 VFS alumni.

Find out more about District 9's VFS connections at http://vfs.com/enterD9

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[ActionPod]

D9,Best movie of 09

[henkvandervelden]

Too bad he didn't tell us a whole lot about what goes in setting up lighting in 3D. Good interview though.

[silveralejo]

people who can't appreciate the movie and says that it sucks are the ones who really suck

[aizeemifridgerunnnin]

i like the originality of the movie.

[ameba2k]

fair enough :)

[colloredbrothers]

"We definitely agree - there's no way a 6-minute video could replace a complete education at VFS, or anywhere else for that matter!"

a quote f'rom VFS it self.

peace

[ameba2k]

Im british i dont know/care who koby briant is. But im gathering he is a sports "star". Sports is completely different to setting up lighting in a 3D environment.

And you missed what i meant to say. Im saying that they should not give out tips on how to work a 3D environment. Imagine if you paid for an expensive education from VFS and then they started giving it away on youtube.

[VancouverFilmSchool]

We definitely agree - there's no way a 6-minute video could replace a complete education at VFS, or anywhere else for that matter! In this case, we would have loved to go into more detail but didn't for time reasons. Our audience represents a really broad range of experience, so we tried to keep it simple this time. We hope to one day get into more of the nitty-gritty stuff!

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. Always good to know what people want to see!

[colloredbrothers]

So basicly you are saying that going to VFS would be useless because of some youtube hit videos?

You are wrong, that's like saying kobey briant can learn you how to throw a ball correctly and you would suddenly become a second kobey.

[ameba2k]

if they did that then people wouldn't need to go to the school, they would be giving away key information that is exclusive to the school.

[MattieCooper]

Good interview~!