District 9 Interview #2 of 6: VFX Data Coordinator - Vancouver Film School (VFS)

District 9 Visual Effects Data Coordinator & Compositor Bernhard Kimbacher, 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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[enchantresssa]

is Living in Vancouver really that great? i'm thinking of studying film there for postgrad

[VancouverFilmSchool]

We might be a bit biased, but we think it is a pretty great place to live! Many also agree with us - in 2009, Vancouver was named the world's #1 most livable city by The Economist!

[dillbag666]

Kevin Smith went to VFS. For 2 months. Then he quit, got his money back, and used it to pay for Clerks.

[VancouverFilmSchool]

It makes for a good story. The other side is that he met producer Scott Mosier and cinematographer David Klein and VFS, longtime collaborators (and successes in their own right) he wouldn't have known otherwise. They both finished their studies and graduated. It worked out for everybody in the end!

[JKLTelevision]

i love vfs they one of the best film schools in the world and have so much successful grads

[zARCADEz]

yeh VFS is truly the place to be if you wanna have a career in films

[RoathRipper]

@VancouverFilmSchool isnt butt-freezing in vancouver?

[Affekong]

Wenn du das liest Bernhard, dann will ich dir nur mal sagen was du für eine großartige Arbeit geleistet hast!

Ganz im Ernst, visuell ist der Film so real und nahe an der Perfektion wie schon lange kein Film mehr!

GROßES LOB an das ganze Team!

[masterpiraka]

So what if he does? It doesn't matter as long as it looks good in the end.

[LMitchellAnimation]

Yeah that would piss me off too, this movie is amazing because it does almost everything right, doesn't matter if people think its a "cheap" way to do it, it was done that way because that's the way that makes it look the best.

[xNikaXteeNx]

Oh, I agree.

But I was just irratated that people were trying to make it sound like there was nothing really complex about the CGI and animation in this film.

[LMitchellAnimation]

Whatever gets the job done and doesn't take away from the movie. If it looks good and adds to the movie its not cheating, its clever.

[xNikaXteeNx]

That's what I'm saying.

Some people on IMDb are saying that Blomkamp 'cheats' with his CGI effects by using harsh lighting to help hide the edges, and using RED cameras, which makes it much easier to intergrate CGI.

I think they're just sour, though.